Geek Posted December 28, 2010 Posted December 28, 2010 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/rotate-mac-screen-orientation.jpg" alt="rotate mac screen orientation" title="rotate mac screen orientation" width="610" height="463" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-11233" /></p> <p>You can rotate your primary Mac screen, including the built in screens on a MacBook Pro or iMac, by accessing a hidden pull-down menu within the Display preferences. </p> <h2 style="font-size:1.2em;">Rotate Mac Screen Orientation</h2> <p>Here’s how to access the screen rotation option in Mac OS X:</p> <ul> <li>Launch System Preferences</li> <li>Hold down the Command+Option keys and click on the “Display” icon</li> <li>On the right side of the Display preferences, look for the newly visible ‘Rotation’ drop down menu</li> <li>Set the rotation you want, 180° flips the screen vertically</li> <li>Close Display preferences to have the settings stay</li> </ul> <p>If you flip the screen vertically, you’ll notice that the mouse is flipped as well, this is pretty confusing at first and it definitely makes for a good prank to play on someone. Of course the real reason to rotate the Mac screen is to accommodate for different display setups, although rotating the internal display is a bit of an oddity which is likely why the setting to do so is hidden by default.</p> <p>If you have an external display attached to your Mac, you’ve likely noticed that you can adjust the screen orientation on the external display by using the Display System Preference. This is for using the external monitor in the vertical position as you can <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/10/02/mac-setups-mac-voice-recording-studio/">see in this Mac setup</a>, this is great for viewing code and page layouts.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eBM8z4aghm6vr_UlbzV71oAP0m8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eBM8z4aghm6vr_UlbzV71oAP0m8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eBM8z4aghm6vr_UlbzV71oAP0m8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eBM8z4aghm6vr_UlbzV71oAP0m8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=WNa2M336Hgw:s7OO2hhTvLQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=WNa2M336Hgw:s7OO2hhTvLQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=WNa2M336Hgw:s7OO2hhTvLQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=WNa2M336Hgw:s7OO2hhTvLQ:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=WNa2M336Hgw:s7OO2hhTvLQ:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=WNa2M336Hgw:s7OO2hhTvLQ:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=WNa2M336Hgw:s7OO2hhTvLQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/WNa2M336Hgw" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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