To do so, Drag the right-side display to left.

Important – Rearrange the display and relocate the menu bar.

It will list two displays (left side one is MacBook display while the right side one is your HDTV display) as shown in the image below.

Now open the Color LCD window and select the Arrangement tab.

You can select a higher resolution if it’s supported by your external device. (Full-screen mode on TV doesn’t seem to work when Mirror displays is enabled).

In ‘Color LCD’ window, open the Arrangement tab and Uncheck Mirror Displays option.

The current resolution of your MacBook Pro would be listed. You can enable ‘Show displays in menu bar’.

Displaying 1080p (1920×1080) resolution in full-screen mode when connecting MacBook Pro with HDTV using an HDMI cable –.

Now sound would just come from your Television set.

To enable Audio from TV’s speakers and NOT from MacBook Internal speakers – Open System Preferences > Sound, tap the Output tab and select your TV as a device for sound output.

Select the HDMI port to which you’ve connected your MacBook Pro.

Use the TV remote to switch to the Input device.

We used the below one which is a single 6 feet cable that supports both audio and video, you can buy it from Amazon for $11.69 only.

Connect both the devices using a quality Mini Display Port to HDMI Adapter Cable.

How to connect MacBook Pro to TV with HDMI If you see “HDMI/ DisplayPort Output”, then your MacBook Pro does support HDMI audio out. Under Hardware, click “Audio (Built In)”. Click “About This Mac” and then “More Info…”, click System Report. Note: Only MacBook Pros April 2010 and later support audio, but if you want to check to know for sure, click the Apple logo in the top left corner.

Your MacBook Pro should support Full HD (1080p or more) resolution on an external display and should support Audio Out via the Mini Display Port (MiniDP or mDP). Requirements: To get all the things working, you must have a compatible cable. So, this article is for all those people who are experiencing a similar problem. Fortunately, I figured out a way and was able to get it working perfectly. Seriously, this was driving me crazy as my MacBook Pro with an Intel HD Graphics 3000 (supports up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on an external display) couldn’t display 1080p on HDTV (Full HD) correctly. The problems caused were – there was No Sound from TV and the MacBook screen was not appearing in Fullscreen mode on the TV (there were black edges on the TV screen even at 1080p resolution). But after connecting both the devices using the cable, it wasn’t easy to get them working properly. Recently, I got a Mini Display Port to HDMI Adapter Cable to connect my MacBook Pro 13 (2011 model) to a Sony Full HD TV.

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