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Can I use my MacBook Pro 2011 as a monitor for my PC?
You can not use your MacBook Pro as a second monitor for your Windows computer without additional software. For Mac using a Windows computer, there is software such as ScreenRecycler: Use your other computer as an additional display for your Mac.
How do I use my MacBook as a second monitor for Windows laptop?
Your Mac can work with any monitor with a DVI or VGA connection even if the display came from an old PC.
- Turn off the PC and the monitor.
- Insert the adapter into the “DisplayPort” on the side of your Mac.
- Connect the end of the VGA or DVI cable to the port on the DisplayPort adapter.
Can you use a MacBook Pro as a second monitor for a PC?
You can’t physically connect your Windows PC to your MBP so just using the monitor is not possible. You can use any of the various screen sharing solutions out there to access your PC from your Mac: TeamViewer is kind of straightforward to setup on both machines.
Can a secondary display work on a MacBook Pro?
Installed the macbook drivers and everything. I picked up a minidisplay -> vga adapter and it works great in osx. However, in windows i can not get the secondary display to work. I updated the drivers, still nothing.
Can you use an external monitor on a MacBook Pro 15?
To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question. I recently puchased a Macbook pro 15 in 2012. I have bootcamp set up and am running windows 7 home on the bootcamp partition. When in windows I am unable to use an external monitor or overhead projector.
How can I connect a mini monitor to my MacBook Pro?
You can also connect one mini DisplayPort monitor to the end of a Thunderbolt chain and connect your Mac to your Thunderbolt Display. A non-Thunderbolt solution if you don’t have a Thunderbolt Mac: a DisplayLink-style USB to DVI display adapter. You can always try the Matrox DualHead2Go Digital ME.
How to use a Windows laptop as a second monitor?
Load the software in windows. Check the airplay icon in your Macbook. Fire Airplay display on your macbook to cast your Macbook as another display in your Windows laptop. I use this daily. To extend the screen – first time you will need to change the arrangement in the macbook machine in Display settings under System Preferences.