Front RowThis is the best solution I found in the world wide web to overcome the missing feature, to use Front Row on a secondary d isplay screen:

  1. Download the tool displaysInfo
  2. Start Applications > Utilities > Terminal.app
  3. Drag-n-Drop the displaysInfo-file to the Terminal window & press Return
  4. Read the DisplayID of the display you want to send Front Row to
  5. Execute the following command in the open Terminal window (replacing “xxxxxxxx” with the DisplayID of your preferred screen): 
    defaults write com.apple.frontrow FrontRowUsePreferredDisplayID xxxxxxxx

Whenever you have now that display connected to your Mac, Front Row will use it to show up on that screen, no matter what your main display is set to. The nice “side effect” of this whole solution is, that you only defined a “preferred display” – so when it’s not available, Front Row just starts on the primary screen.

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References used

mac-forums.com
whirlpool.net.au – Mac Forums
beauchamp.me – Mac

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1 thought on “OS X: set Front Row to show preferably on secondary Screen”

  1. fantastic! I never use FrontRow, but I’m sure this can come in handy!
    BTW you have a typo in your text. I guess “…no matter what you main display is set to.” should be “…no matter what your main display is set to.” (you -> your)

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