MacBook :: Connecting To An External Monitor With Mini DVi

Dec 6, 2010

I've had my Macbook for about 3 years and have always been able to connect it up to my external monitor using a mini dvi cable.

A couple of weeks ago my hard drive died and since using the new one I cannot connect.

The external monitor shows my wallpaper but nothing else, no desktop, no dock etc...

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I have a MacBook Pro 2012 (Lion) and am connecting to my monitor via the mini displayport and a VGA adapter.  This worked fine for a while, but now is intermittent.  It's not the cable or the monitor as I have tried with several and get same results.  The port works fine with an Apple monitor and no adapter.  I've seen several threads on this, but no solutions other than starting up with monitor plugged in which I've done.I updated the OS and it worked fine yesterday, but today not working again.

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