Wednesday
Jun102009
Mac Tips Daily! #72 - Display Rotation
Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 7:49PM
Learn how to rotate your screen by 90-120-270 degrees!
Note: I received a nice email from a listener today, and he added the following:
Just thought I'd pass on that this tip only works for Macs with certain
video cards - My new G5 17 inch iMac does not have this feature. According to
built-in Mac Help:
'Some video cards may include support for display rotation in Mac OS X 10.4
Tiger. Look in Displays preferences; if you see a Rotate pop-up menu on the
right side of the window, your video card supports display rotation.'
One thing I forgot to mention on the podcast is that, from what I can tell, it only works if you are using an external display. For example, mine works fine on my Mac Mini, but on my iBook, the option isn't there, until I hook up an external monitor to it.
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Note: I received a nice email from a listener today, and he added the following:
Just thought I'd pass on that this tip only works for Macs with certain
video cards - My new G5 17 inch iMac does not have this feature. According to
built-in Mac Help:
'Some video cards may include support for display rotation in Mac OS X 10.4
Tiger. Look in Displays preferences; if you see a Rotate pop-up menu on the
right side of the window, your video card supports display rotation.'
One thing I forgot to mention on the podcast is that, from what I can tell, it only works if you are using an external display. For example, mine works fine on my Mac Mini, but on my iBook, the option isn't there, until I hook up an external monitor to it.
Feedback? Want to Support the site? please consider a donation. All donations are appreciated and they go directly back into the site and equipment for the podcast.
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