further to my snap at www.flickr.com/photos/gilesbooth/97657473/ …
here’s a proper screenshot of MacOS 10.4 working in portrait mode. You can almost see all is apps in one list!
The Mac Mini is such an obvious tool for kiosks and arrivals boards and the like; it’s small, quiet, reliable, cheap, can be wall-mounted and has DVI output. I’m amazed that the rotate screen option is hidden, and probably missing completely in later versions of OS 10.4.
Come on Giles – you’ve teased us with the saga so much I wanna know what it’s for.
I posted my first comment from my iBook, but went upstairs to have a look ay my Mini ‘cos I remember seeing the Rotate Display option on it… but was it an earlier version of Tiger?
I’ve got 10.4.4 and am up to date with Software Update. The Rotate option appears in my Display prefs with none of the option-clicking jiggery-pokery you talk about here.
I wonder if the preference pane varies depending on what display you’ve got connected? Mines an old Packard-Bell crt. Pics here and here.
The iBook also has 10.4.4 and doesn’t show the rotate – at least not without an external display. To be honest I can’t be bothered to go back upstairs and plug it in to find out!
Thanks James – will send you a link to a photo showing what it’s for! Think you’re right about an external display but the only VGA monitor I have is in the loft and likewise I can’t be ****ed.