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September 9, 2008
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Moving photoshop onto a dual display

  • September 9, 2008
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Hi there guys!

I'm running a new Intel iMac with a dual dell monitor. I'm working in CS3 and all i want to do is move Photoshop onto my second monitor. Please please please tell me this is possible. I've come off a PC and want to love this Mac but i've already found out that i can't even just scroll through type faces in Illustrator by using the up and down arrows!!!

Cheers

Jake
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    Participant
    July 23, 2021

    Im having this issue too...

     

    I can drag the photoshop window to the other screen, but when i focus on it, it jumps back to my other monitor. It wont "stick" on the new monitor.

     

    I've been using macs for years, so commenting that the user doesn't know what they are doing isn't helping anyone or conributing. There are definitely a few bugs in photoshop I'm noticing since the last udpate to Big Sur. 

    Carola_BHG
    Inspiring
    November 10, 2021

    Hi! What I did to better use Photoshop in a new secondary screen is go to Screens settings in the Mac Settings and drag the top menu bar from the laptop screen that I'm using, to the bigger screen on the side, so everything will move to it and be my main screen.

    October 27, 2008
    >there are some things which are just quicker using the menu bar. For instance when I have 30 stock photos open that I'm using and i want to change to a specific one.

    Reportedly CS4 now has tabs that allow that, a nice new feature.
    Participating Frequently
    October 27, 2008
    Hey Moo

    Cheers for the response. Yea i still find it annoying all this time on not being able to have the menu bar at the top.

    The links A!!an put up are really helpful but unfortunately they aren't exactly what we're looking for.

    Shortcut keys are the way forward for me now. Check out the link below for a list of all the shortcuts keys. I printed them off and have them stuck up on the wall next to me.

    http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials/new_media/keyboard_shortcut_cards

    Jake
    Participant
    October 27, 2008
    Hey Jake / A!!an

    Thanks for the post (Jake) and thanks for your sensible response A!!an. I'm a new convert too - having worked on PC's for 15 years I get a new job where I need to use a Mac.

    Needless to say I'm having to look up numerous forums to find 'how to do it on a mac' type questions. I've noticed that Mac users seem to be very touchy when you imply that there may be a 'better' solution on a PC - no logic really, they just get all defensive.

    I too am wishing i can move my entire app to my second monitor. The problem is not that I haven't mastered my shortcuts, but that there are some things which are just quicker using the menu bar. For instance when I have 30 stock photos open that I'm using and i want to change to a specific one. Rather than using my Ctrl+Tab to scroll through 1 at a time, I can select the one I want directly. Just 1 example of when the "redundant top menu bar" is anything but redundant.

    I'll check out the options you added A!!an.

    Thanks again
    Moo
    Participating Frequently
    October 13, 2008
    Hey Allan

    Cheers for the really helpful feedback. Yea i kind of realised after a while that unless you've worked on a PC then you won't really know what i'm on about.

    I've tried out that Deja Vu link you sent me and i can see that being really helpful so thanks again for your message.

    Jake
    Participant
    October 12, 2008
    Jake Lee,

    Having transitioned to an imac in the past week, I know exactly where you are coming from. There are certain conveniences I was accustomed to and 'assumed' that they also existed for Mac's. Hence I was chuckling as I read your post. It's easy to see where the confusion is; what you are asking for simply does not exist in Mac-world, so users with little to no PC experience simply don't have a basis for answering. You are just as likely to get the correct answer from a PC forum (at least they would understand the question, but wonder why this would not be available with Mac's). So it's up to us converts to stick together...

    I too have been searching for a solution to this 'problem'. Additionally, I wanted to have a keyboard shortcut to move a window from one monitor to the other -- I use Ultramon on my laptop and it's a fantastic app. I have the Cintiq 12 tablet by Wacom and hate how confirmations always seem to show up on the other side -- Kinda like when you are carrying groceries and need to get your car keys. Inevitably they are always in the pocket on the other side from your free hand.

    Anyway, I digress, the answer (for the most part) to your question can be found here
    ..http://homepage.mac.com/khsu/DejaMenu/DejaMenu.html

    I created a shortcut with one of the buttons on my Cintiq to emulate the keyboard shortcut that brings up the DejaMenu (it displays the menubar for the application you are working on). It's not exactly, what you were asking for, but I would give it a 9/10.

    Also, incase you are interested, I use MercuryMover as my means of moving a window from one monitor to the other. I setup a configuration whereby I can flip a window around with a series of two keyboard shortcuts. I give it a 6/10 as there really should be a better solution...

    While there are a few other things I would still like "fixed", I am very happy with my iMac and would be even without these workarounds.

    Cheers,
    Allan
    Participant
    June 11, 2009

    The DejaMenu is fantastic and I thank you for that link.

    Ramón G Castañeda
    Inspiring
    September 11, 2008
    Two old timers meet in the middle of the road:

    --Hi, are you going to town?

    --No, I'm going to town.

    -- Ah, OK; I thought you were going to town.
    September 11, 2008
    Jake and super Mac guy read post 12
    Participating Frequently
    September 11, 2008
    Ok thanks for getting back to me about that SuperMacGuy. Glad i know it's not possible to move the whole thing now. Not the end of the world- just a little frustrating!

    Jake
    Known Participant
    September 10, 2008
    The main menu bar always stays on the MAIN monitor. This also means your OS titlebar, your hard drive icon(s), servers, startup icon, login window, etc are on the #1 monitor. You can change your Main monitor to be a second monitor, but then that means your menu bar of ALL apps goes to that second monitor. That's just how Macs are, so Jake what you are seeking currently is not possible (real time access to both apps and all their menus).