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have connected an external monitor to my Mac and the mac screen does not show, can anyone help me please

I have connected an external monitor to my Mac and the Mac screen does not show

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jan 23, 2023 6:05 PM

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Posted on Jan 23, 2023 7:08 PM

if the background pattern shows, your Mac is working as designed.

You may hot have a MenuBar on the external display with Extended Desktop:

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