osx - MacBook Pro 13 inch, Mid 2010 external monitor

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2014-04
  • Sam Leach

    I would like to know what is the highest external monitor resolution my MacBook Pro 13 inch, Mid 2010 can support?

    Also, what connection am I looking at? Mini DisplayPort to what? HDMI?

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  • Daniel Beck

    Regarding the highest external monitor resolution:

    Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on an external display

    Output to external monitor is via Mini DisplayPort, so your screen ideally has a DisplayPort input. For other inputs, you can use adapters, but you might not get the highest resolution.

  • Sam Leach

    Dual display and video mirroring: Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on an external display, both at millions of colors


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  • Alec Gorge

    I have a 24" Asus V246H and a new MacBook ($999 one). I am trying to display to display to my Asus at 1080p via VGA. So I boot up with the lid closed and the external monitor plugged in. Everything boots up fine, but the resolution is really low. So I go in and change the resolution to be 1920x1080. My monitor then has a blue box on it that says "OUT OF RANGE". Lower resolutions like 1024x768 work, but 1680x1050 doesn't.

    If I try mirroring my displays, the entire external monitor AND the entire laptop screen is completely garbled. I can make out some colors, but it is completely unusable.

    I am suspecting that it simply won't work via VGA, but I don't want to buy another adapter, and my PC is using the DVI port.

    Any solutions?


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  • Scott Jackson

    I had trouble getting my MacBook to output video to an external display as well. I had roughly the same thing happen with a DVI connection, so I don't think the VGA connection is what's causing the problem.

    Try this:

    1. Put the MacBook to sleep.
    2. Plug the external display adapter (Mini DisplayPort to VGA) into the MacBook.
    3. Insert a USB device into the MacBook (a mouse, a flash drive, whatever.)

    The MacBook should wake up and output video to the external display at the native resolution of the external display. At least, that's what happens with mine.

  • Momo79

    Try this freeware app for Mac

    Display Maestro 1.1.2

    http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/displaymaestro.html