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Displays not working as expected with Adobe CS5

I've finally upgraded to OS X on an early 2009 Mac Pro Quad Core. I have two displays: a 20" Apple Cinema and a Samsung Syncmaster. Previously, when still using Snow Leopard I had no problems with setting up my menus, panels, etc. on the Samsung, thereby leaving my Cinema uncluttered and only to display the photo or painting being worked on. This was a great set-up.

But now, I can't get my workspace (menus, panels and so forth) to 'stick' to the Samsung. Instead, they insist on overlapping whatever I'm working on on the Cinema, which can now hardly be seen behind all the clutter of the menus and panels.

I tried moving all that stuff to the Samsung, and I saved the arrangement as a new workspace. But the next time I opened Photoshop, all the menus and so on were back on my Cinema. This is a problem I hardly expected, of all the problems one can have. But it's a serious one since I'm not keen on having to move everything the other display before beginning work. Besides, what could be causing this? None of the existing workspaces nor those custom made will display on the second monitor unless manually moved over.

I'd greatly appreciate any answers as to why this is happening. Thank you,

CFS88 wrote:

 

So really, a big thank you for letting me know of something I'd never have found. I have never used Spaces, not in Snow Leopard either.

You're welcome. You got lucky...I've been away from these forums for a while, came back to post a problem I was having, happened to see your post and recognized the problem right away.

I don't use Spaces either, but this effect of panels and menu bars was something that was discussed in more depth way back when "Displays have separate Spaces" was introduced several OS X versions ago. I wish I could leave it on because I kind of like having a menu bar on every monitor, but because it segregates the displays as separate spaces, when it is on you can't do things like spread a single application's panels across monitors, they will snap back like you saw. This setting was an early attempt to correct Apple's iniial flawed implementation of full screen mode and spaces, which is a little better now.

The setting is so obscure and (by now) old that it looks like relatively few support people are aware of the good and bad side effects that innocent little check box has. I only wish I could have answered before you got advice to do major reinstalls and resets that were not necessary.

- Try resetting the SMC and NVRAM/PRAM

  Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)

One important thing to try is to go into System Preferences, click Mission Control, and disable "Displays have separate Spaces."

I'm running 10.9 on two monitors and often run my Adobe apps as you do, with all panels on the secondary monitor. "Displays have separate Spaces" was a new option that appeared some time after Snow Leopard, and while it may have some advantages when running multiple applications on multiple monitors, it can really screw up spreading one application's windows and panels across multiple monitors.

Well, Network 23, after an entire day of chatting with support (Sunday), fooling with it all day Monday, and then deciding just to reinstall the whole thing this morning, you had the correct answer the whole time! Thank you, thank you, thank you. I could not figure out either why there was a menu bar running across the top of the second display, because I knew that did not happen in Snow Leopard. But I just couldn't get rid of it. I just now opened my email--the reinstall finished--to find that you'd replied. I checked Mission Control and sure enough that thing was turned on. I turned off everything in Mission Control (thanks, but no thanks), logged out--per very dim instructions next to that particular option--and then logged back in and opened Photoshop. I rearranged yet again and then closed. Then I reopened, the menus were exactly where I put them.

So really, a big thank you for letting me know of something I'd never have found. I have never used Spaces, not in Snow Leopard either. What I do on my Mac is Photoshop and pick up email, and that is about all. I don't need all the gimmicks, toys, games, etc., etc. I just make art and that's all. I just hope that now Photoshop will otherwise work as it should. I have CS5. If you have any warnings to issue me or things to look out for that have changed as a result of upgrading the OS, PLEASE let me know. I would much appreciate that. Thank you once again.

Just a thanks for the tips. I actually wouldn't know how to do that anyway and would have had to bother you in asking how. Network 23 had the answer, but again, thank you for your time.

CFS88 wrote:

 

So really, a big thank you for letting me know of something I'd never have found. I have never used Spaces, not in Snow Leopard either.

You're welcome. You got lucky...I've been away from these forums for a while, came back to post a problem I was having, happened to see your post and recognized the problem right away.

I don't use Spaces either, but this effect of panels and menu bars was something that was discussed in more depth way back when "Displays have separate Spaces" was introduced several OS X versions ago. I wish I could leave it on because I kind of like having a menu bar on every monitor, but because it segregates the displays as separate spaces, when it is on you can't do things like spread a single application's panels across monitors, they will snap back like you saw. This setting was an early attempt to correct Apple's iniial flawed implementation of full screen mode and spaces, which is a little better now.

The setting is so obscure and (by now) old that it looks like relatively few support people are aware of the good and bad side effects that innocent little check box has. I only wish I could have answered before you got advice to do major reinstalls and resets that were not necessary.

Indeed, I did get lucky. You'd think that support would know about these things. I chatted with four different people and not a one of them mentioned Spaces. All of them, I have no doubt, tried their best but just couldn't come up with anything. Makes one wonder how well trained they are. They should know of Mission Control and how it effects displays. Of course they knew I was moving up from Snow Leopard, actually so as to update Safari, what with the old version 5 having become obsolete. I could no longer get email to display correctly and then couldn't update Silverlight for Netflix. All of these third parties aren't concerned with legacy and are moving almost as fast as Apple to update everything.

I think it's gotten pretty nuts. I don't think most consumers really need all of these fairly minor changes in their OSes. Just reading through these forums is a nightmare of people having all kinds of problems. Apple needs to work out the bugs BEFORE distribution, and then it needs to inform more thoroughly of what can happen should one go ahead and update. After all, it's our apps that most matter, not the OS per se. Apps have to work properly. I am glad that Apple and Adobe seem to be working well together, trying to iron out conflicts. But as I said, a whole day, okay two hours chatting, but also a lot of fussing around reading stuff, powering on and powering off, rearranging those menus, not knowing which menu to use (confusing to me)and then coming here to post, etc., etc, all can kill most of a day. Then one needs a break. Next day half spent reinstalling. The oddest thing happened while I was doing that--I watched the progress of the install when suddenly it leaped from one display to the other. I wondered what that was about. I immediately stopped the install, disconnected the second display, went into recover to start a new install, which took a couple of attempts. I thought that might help. It didn't, but it was still pretty weird.

Anyway, thanks so much again, and I'm sure glad you found my post. Otherwise, I'd probably be restoring a back up of Snow Leopard about now.

Please, no apology necessary. I'm just glad I got an answer, which doesn't happen all THAT often here. Made all the difference in the world, though I am surprised more people don't run into this problem.

All I can do is thank you again for what really is a deceptively simple solution.

最后更新：2017-09-25 06:44:20

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