Using Two Monitors with Logos?
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I have ADD. I have two monitors, and a third would be nice.
But these give me a headache looking at them! [:D]
Kudos to y'all that can pull these setups off! Wish I could.
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Eat your hearts out people.
[:D] [:D] [:D]
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Doc B said:
Eat your hearts out people.
Ideally, on the very top two right monitors, the Passage Guide and Factbook should be swapped positions for a better workflow. Otherwise, it's ideal.
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Joseph Turner said:
Once you go to multiple monitors, you will never be happy with one monitor again. It creates a much more productive workflow. I build my desktops to support 4 outputs, but I am actually about to starting using my laptop exclusively, so I purchased a 4 output docking station to test.
You can do all that just with the floating windows? Very nice. (I'm new to Logos, still figuring out layouts.)
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Jonathan Huber said:
You can do all that just with the floating windows? Very nice. (I'm new to Logos, still figuring out layouts.)
Yes sir!
Right click on any tab and you will see an option to open that tab in a floating window. There is another option to open all tabs in floating windows. Then you can move them around to wherever you want. If you have them in a link-set, it will still follow.
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xnman said:
I just wish we could have multiple instances of Logos open so that we could have full working layouts on all the monitors we have.
Since this zombie thread is back anyway, I will point out that you can have Logos and Verbum installed side-by-side as a workaround to running two instances of Logos. But it will install all of your resources twice.
When you save a layout with multiple monitors, Logos does keep all of that straight for you when you open it again.
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Justin Gatlin said:
When you save a layout with multiple monitors, Logos does keep all of that straight for you when you open it again.
I have never gotten this to work. When I close my two-monitor setup and open again, it opens on my main monitor and I have to move the other window over to the second one every time.
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Jerry Bush said:
When I close my two-monitor setup and open again, it opens on my main monitor and I have to move the other window over to the second one every time.
Did you save it (or "update") it with the two monitor setup established?
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JT (alabama24) said:Jerry Bush said:
When I close my two-monitor setup and open again, it opens on my main monitor and I have to move the other window over to the second one every time.
Did you save it (or "update") it with the two monitor setup established?
Yes sir. I've tried multiple times.
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David R. Bess said:
How many of you use two monitors with Logos, one for the program and one for your word processor? I've used one monitor with Logos for years, but a couple of friends have suggested I use two. Is it that much benefit to you? If so, why?
Hugely beneficinal to use 2 monitors.
I teach, so I'm writing all the time, and many of those are long documents. Having Logos on the laptop screen and the wordprocesor on the other is a no-brainer.
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Allen Browne said:
Hugely beneficinal to use 2 monitors
I have used 3 monitors on my old Windows 7 machine for at least 15 years. What makes it work good is 3 identical monitors, and two graphics cards.
These are low resolution monitors at 1920 x 1080p. I have experimented in the past, and I can assure you that the result is not good mixing monitors with different display sizes and/or differing dpi.
Newer versions of Windows introduced some options to adjust scaling to try to make things appear the same size as monitors with differing specs.
Once I bought my first iMac with a 27 inch 5K Retina display, this was not possible. I was unable to find extra monitors with the matching 5120 x 2880 resolution; let alone the high quality of the Apple Retina display.
After I started learning the MacOS way of doing things, I discovered mission control and workspaces.
There was a learning curve to adapt to the Apple way of doing things, but as I have found with so many things, the Apple way is superior to the Windows method.
You can easily swipe between any number of additional desktops with a keypress or a 3-finger swipe on the touchpad. With a little practice, you can learn to do this faster than the time it takes you to turn your head and look at a different monitor. And this allows you to use multiple desktops even on a Macbook with only one screen.
Another thought: having multiple monitors has had the advantage of not needing to heat my office in the winter, as the monitors put out enough heat to heat the whole room [:D]
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JT (alabama24) said:
Did you save it (or "update") it with the two monitor setup established?
Jerry Bush said:Yes sir. I've tried multiple times.
It has been a VERY long time since I have tried anything like that. However, I had problems with floating windows on previous versions of macOS when switching between devices and/or setups. Logos remembered the "ghost" monitor and I had troubles with windows in the ether. Sounds like the opposite problem from you!
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I have been using multiple monitors for years. My head deacon is also an IT guy for a living... he built me a new fancy and fast computer. I swapped out my two way outdated 22" monitors for 2 32"... wow! I am older and have fonts stupid large to make it easy to see for long periods of time... and this set up is a game changer!
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JT (alabama24) said:JT (alabama24) said:
Did you save it (or "update") it with the two monitor setup established?
Jerry Bush said:Yes sir. I've tried multiple times.
It has been a VERY long time since I have tried anything like that. However, I had problems with floating windows on previous versions of macOS when switching between devices and/or setups. Logos remembered the "ghost" monitor and I had troubles with windows in the ether. Sounds like the opposite problem from you!
I tired floating windows in Windows... it just didn't work for me. I seemed to always have trouble with the floating window and just couldn't get it to be stable. Probably my fault... but have trying and trying, I gave up.
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Jerry Bush said:
I have never gotten this to work.
It's an oddity. Some installations of Windows allows the non-primary monitor to 'keep' the floating windows and some installations don't. My current one does not, so I have to drag items to the second monitor. My previous one did.
I have sometimes wondered if there are settings (primary/secondary, mirror/duplicate) that might fix this issue, but have never played around with them enough to know.
BTW, Jerry, I switched the display on the top right monitors as you suggested, and the workflow is indeed better. [H]
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John, do you use multiple monitors AND spaces as well? Either way, I'd love to hear more about how you have your Spaces configured. What is in each Space?
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Jason Nelson said:
John, do you use multiple monitors AND spaces as well? Either way, I'd love to hear more about how you have your Spaces configured. What is in each Space?
Not John but incase you're intested.
Using a MacBook and two monitors. I start off my sermon prep with the main Logos screen on one of the monitors. Two floating screens, each in its own space on the MacBook, 'Text Comparison' and 'Send Hyperlinks Here'. On the second screen I have my 'Sermon Document' and 'Copy Bible Verses' each in their own panel. In separate spaces are my Email Program, Safari, and various other programs.
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Mike, thanks for the description. That's helpful. I should play around with Spaces more.
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My set up is simple.... I have a layout as such ... One screen has my bible, my notes, my sermon building. The other screen has a floating page of my fav dictionary, ,my fav commentary and a Search. This is my startup layout.
I have some other layouts set up about the same way... so they utilize both screens.
xn = Christan man=man -- Acts 11:26 "....and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch".
Barney Fife is my hero! He only uses an abacus with 14 rows!
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xnman said:
My set up is simple.... I have a layout as such ... One screen has my bible, my notes, my sermon building. The other screen has a floating page of my fav dictionary, ,my fav commentary and a Search. This is my startup layout.
I have some other layouts set up about the same way... so they utilize both screens.
Thanks xnman. That helps!
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