This option is available on my 17 powerbook running 10.4.6. I seem to recall it being available for some time.

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Intel Minis support that too, either directly or via SwitchResX.
SwitchResX even allows to flip the display on Intel Minis (right<->left, or top<->bottom) (useless, but fun), maybe on MacBooks too ?

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Flipping displays has uses for kiosk developers and similar in-place display systems, where you might use a mirror or a reflection as part of the display system.

Plus, if you're just an ueber-geek who wants to, um, maximally actualize your digital personhood, you can set up a display behind you, flipped left<->right, and use a rear-view mirror, fixed to the monitor you're facing, to let you view the one behind your head!

Hmmm, gaming might find uses for that....

Anyway, speaking of rear-view mirrors, you can get those at auto parts shops, in a variety of sizes and attachment styles. Hmm, I feel a hint submission coming on....

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What clown decided that the iPod calendar view didn't need to show you the Location field? I guess they always use the same room at Apple.

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this option is also available on the intel Mini.

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aaaand you know what? It's also available on my 1.67 powerbook g4 (hi res). Guess it's not an intel thing.

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my new mac mini... and LaCie Photon19Vision

http://www.rafaespada.com/caborian/cabor_rotate_8914.jpg

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This is part of the system software as far as I know. I have seen it back in 10.4.2 and died momentarily with 10.4.3. Then fixed at 10.4.4.

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Yeah, that seems about right. I'm on an old 1.6 GHz G5 running 10.4.6 and I can rotate the display on an Apple Cinema Display.

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i have it on my Powerbook PPC G4

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This is also an option on external displays (after using Screen Spanning Doctor) with my 1 GHz iBook G4 and 1 GHz eMac G4.

One of the most useful applications of this is for digital artists and photographers who work with portrait oriented images a lot.

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Even better for web designers, or anyone doing layout for magazine or newsletter style work. Posters (generaly a portrait layout) are a breeze on a 20" screen turned 90°

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I tried this and it seems that the font smoothing does not take into account that the screen is rotated. The fonts are really ugly when that is enabled, like it still assumes the RGB crystals are in the same horizontal orientation.

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For rotation to work you need Tiger and a compatible Mac and video card. Works on my 15" PPC PowerBook...with a CRT!

I hear it doesn't work with nVidia.

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Almost any Mac running OS X can rotate a display -IF- it's using an ATI video subsystem, as the notebooks and minis have. Apparently, NO Mac can do this with an nVidia subsystem, which is what the recent PowerMacs have. While the nVidia cards can do this in Windows, for some reason, Apple has chosen to disable this in OS X.

I have a monitor that can rotate but a G5 with nVidia, and haven't been able to find a solution or reason for this. Anyone know of a way around this?

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Has anyone found a 3rd party solution or some kind of program to allow you to rotate a display connected to an NVidia card? We got one of the new Mac Pro units at my office with the default NVidia GeForce 7300 GT card and we can not get the system to rotate the display. The Samsung Monitor we have is built for this but apparently OSX and NVidia just don't work well together. I can't believe that no one out there has complained about this. There has to be a solution. The video cards are certainly powerful enough to handle this, so what's the deal?

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