Ultra-thin notebook because of its lightweight, compact, for the majority of office workers and students has always been essential for the party choice, the new Apple ultra-thin notebooks have come out every year, always attract a large number of avid fruit powder. But the ultra-thin notebook and laptop computer interfaces and general somewhat different, such as Mini Displayport (hereinafter referred to as Mini DP) interfaces, the Thinkpad X series, Dell XPS, and even Microsoft's Surface series are equipped with this interface has many advantages such as there are transmission stability, high efficiency, low radiation, widely favored over most of the manufacturers. In actual use, the user, the limited screen size MacBook, often use the extended function screens, monitors and other display terminal devices often without Mini DP interfaces, to implement a notebook to other large video display screen device, it is necessary to use switch MiniDP DP is connected the line.
MiniDP DP transfer line using a simple plug and play, the Mini DP interface has sufficient output voltage, insufficient voltage conversion not worry about the problem. We may need to set the display mode. DP transfer line using miniDP macbook air external display mode to my knowledge there are three cases:
1, closing lid mode
It is to use only the external monitor, laptop display can not be displayed at the same time close the lid to use. On display performance point of view, this display mode is to maximize the use of graphics, graphics can focus on the external display, so the display is the best, but the monitor does not work on the heat after the closing lid and some help, most are external monitor universal application. Sequence of operations: access cover standby power state, then the access terminal computer miniDP large DP access monitor, but also access a keyboard, a mouse, a keyboard, press any key to wake MacBook air, this time as you will find that the display will the only screen at work.
2, the mirror mode
Notebook display and external monitor simultaneously with a display full screen, notebook closing lid then go to sleep. Display performance point of view, this display mode need to allocate resources graphics displayed simultaneously on two displays, so the display is the worst, generally used in exchanges, lectures, meeting the requirements of the display is not much place.
Mirror need to check form image display in MacBook preferences. In the form of the mirror, the external monitor MacBook perform the same task, is displayed in the same screen, using a wire connected to an external monitor, two or more display resolution (preferably arranged in the same display options, but generally The system will automatically set) then "arrangement", check the "display image" can.
3, extended mode
One screen are extended to more than two display monitors, each monitor can be implemented with a different portion of the display screen, the notebook closing lid to sleep, this display mode also requires to allocate resources on a plurality of graphics display, but mirror mode off than small resource consumption, so the display in general, is generally used in place multi-screen use multiple programs at the same time work due to mac procedures for the separation of the characteristics of this model in the mac is also more widespread use. This mode is the default, by using DP miniDP transfer line connected to an external monitor, the mirror mode is not checked, no lid is closed into the closing lid wake mode, that is extended mode. In the extended mode, click on the "arrangement", then the corresponding instructions can be arranged according to.
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