Having spent an hour tonight trying figure out why Front Row refused to work with my “external monitor” (A Sony Bravia TV), I thought I would share the solution I found.

Normally, to allow Front Row to work with an external monitor, all I do is:

System Preferences » Displays » Arrangement

And then drag the grey menu bar to desired screen.

99% of the time this allows me to use the external monitor as the main Front Row screen. Recently, even after performing the steps above, Front Row will run only on my Macbook Pro.

Having tried several suggestions found on Apple Discussions, I think I have found a solution to the problem.

If your Front Row refuses to move to the external monitor, whilst Front Row is running simply press CMD + ALT + ESC - this forces Front Row to quit. The next time you run Front Row it should now appear on your external monitor (as long as you have followed the normal steps above).

I’ve tried this on the last 3 occassions I have had this problem and each time has fixed it… but as always YMMV.

I’m still plodding along with the new design, with just the comment page remaining before I start integrating it with Wordpress. I’d ideally like to get it completed this week so that when GTA4 is released I’m not too distracted from the task in hand.

Also, I’ve just orded 4x 43″ Westcott Umbrellas (2 white and 2 silver) from MPEX so that I have a complete home studio for when the babba arrives. Now I need to find myself some umbrella adapters in the UK at a good price (any recommendations are welcome).

Finally, it was also good to see some familiar names like Ian and Neil in the comments recently - thanks for the comments guys.