How to leave one monitor usable when watching full-screen videos in VLC Player for Mac
When I’m coding, I love to watch the occasional X-Files or Futurama episode on my external monitor while I work. This leads to a problem when using VLC since, by default, the external monitor is blacked out while a video is full-screened.
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- 1 ea Mac OS X
- 1 ea VLC Player
1Open VLC
Navigate to Applications > VLC.
2Access the preference pane
In the menu bar, navigate to VLC > Preferences.
3Navigate to the Video tab
4Change the video preferences
Uncheck the box that says “Black screens in Fullscreen mode” and click Save.
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