What to do when you can’t drag a window to an external display in MacOS or OS X

What to do when you can't drag a window to an external display in MacOS or OS XWhat to do when you can't drag a window to an external display in MacOS or OS X
Zach Zach (233)
Total time: 1 minute 
Updated: September 12th, 2018

When I turned my computer on this morning, it seems that the menu bar was blocking me from dragging a Google Chrome window from my laptop display to my external display. After much trial and error, I found that I simply needed to drag the window further.

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Drag the window further onto the second displayDrag the window further onto the second display

Drag a window from your primary display onto the secondary display until your cursor is at least 75% of the way across the external display. You’ll see the window suddenly jump onto this second display.

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