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Presenting picture and sound on an external display in Mac OS X

How to choose the audio and picture output in Mac computers.

1) Go to System Preferences in the Apple menu and go to Displays.

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2) Make sure the Optimise for field is set to your external display.

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3) If you want the same screen to be displayed on both screens select Mirror Displays option on the Arrangement tab. If you want to treat the external display as a separate desktop leave Mirror Displays unselected.

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4) Go back to System Preferences and select Sound.

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5) On the Output tab select your external device from the list.

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