Set main display for mac how to#

I guess that's better than the PC behavior where even if you switch the source on the display back to the Mac, Windows still thinks its connected and continues to extend the display (the fix for that is to go to display properties and select 'only show on display 2') , but thats a whole other gripe. I then have to move everything back to the big display. The application all stay on the laptop screen and the big screen is empty when I switch the source back on the monitor. Attach to the process with process ID 123. After selecting your tablets display as your current display, click on 'Apply' or 'OK'. If you are not sure which of the displays is your tablet, you can click on 'Identify'. On 'Select Current Display', choose which display you want to use for your tablet. Prior to macOS Big Sur, if I switched to the PC input on the monitor, all the macOS windows would shift over to the built-in laptop display, and then shift back to their correct window once I switched back. Set environment variables for process and launch process in one command. Open the tablet driver and click on 'Work Area'. Each computer also has its own dedicated monitor (built-in for my Macbook, an old external for my PC). I switch between the two sources on the monitor depending on what I'm doing. I have one big 4K monitor, connected to both my Mac (USB-C) and my PC (HDMI). To make more space on the screen so you can see more things, click one of the boxes to the right of Default. To make text larger, click on one of the boxes to the left of Default.

If Resolution is set to Default for display, click on Scaled.

Set main display for mac how to#

I've found something thing macOS Big Sur broke - the 'recovery' after changing display sources. How to change the resolution of your Mac's built-in display.