Apple Studio will not default to Apple Studio Monitor for Login and Icons

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Apple Studio will not default to Apple Studio Monitor for Login and Icons

I have a Apple Studio with a Apple Studio Display, and a Second Monitor which is a cheap MSI HD Only monitor connected to the Apple Studio via the HDMI connections.

The Apple screen lights up on the press of the power button, but the MSI takes nearly a minute to warm up and start displaying something.

At the moment and for some unknown reason the Login, the Dock, and all Onscreen widgets and Icons appear on the MSI which is really annoying.

The main monitor should be the Apple Studio monitor and not the MSI!

Is there a way to set this up, i.e. set the Apple screen to be the default monitor?

Kind Regards

James

Mac Studio, macOS 14.6

Posted on Sep 12, 2024 2:20 AM

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Grant Bennet-Alder

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Sep 12, 2024 7:22 AM in response to jamessawle

<< The main monitor should be the Apple Studio monitor and not the MSI! >>

Computers do what you TELL them to do, not what you WANT them to do.

You specify which is the PRIMARY display in the displays arrangement pane, by dragging the tiny menubar icon to the Primary display. This is an older version, but the concepts are unchanged:

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Sep 12, 2024 8:19 AM in response to jamessawle

They don't exactly club you on the head with those features.

They were obscure in the old versions of Arrangement, and are MUCH less clear in the newer versions.

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jamessawle Author

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Sep 12, 2024 7:34 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Thank you for that, I was being totally thick and had not ever noticed that you could do that, Thank you So Much...

James

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