I just bought a second monitor which I've placed on a stand above my macbook. It seems to be working great but I can't move any application windows on to it because it's also above the menu bar. Is there a way to be able to move windows above the menu bar to the secondary monitor without having to put the menu bar on it too?
MacOS – How to move a window to the secondary monitor above the menu bar
displaymacoswindow-manager
Related Solutions
You are able to choose which monitor will have the menubar in the 'Displays' section of System Preferences.
Go to System Preferences, click 'Displays', and choose the 'Orientation' tab. If you click and hold on the small white rectangle signifying the menu bar, you can move it between screens and move it to the top most display.
I've just tried this in Snow Leopard (10.6.8) without issues...
Menu bar on bottom (primary) screen, secondary screen above and dragging windows between the two is no problem.
To do this, I've used the following configuration under Displays in System Preferences:
Check that your settings match and let us know how you get on.
Related Question
- MacBook – How to stop/freeze the secondary display
- MacOS – How to move a window vertically above the menu bar
- MacOS – Why is the Apple menu icon in the wrong place on the secondary monitor
- Remove menu bar and dock from external monitor
- MacOS – MacBook: Prevent mouse from switching to external monitor placed above main display
- MacOS does not isolate the apps in the secondary monitor through each Desktop
Best Answer
SOLUTION: Move your mouse, while dragging a window, up through the menubar faster.
You should be able to move your application window up to the secondary monitor now.
As mentioned in the comments, if the menu bar is blocking you from moving windows up to your secondary monitor: go to the Arrangement tab and drag the little menubar representation from one screen to the other. (The solution says drag the window THROUGH the menu bar FASTER i.e. quickly. This works!!)