How can I rotate the screen of a MacBook Pro 90 degrees?

Question

How can I rotate the screen of a MacBook Pro 90 degrees to read content like books?

Answer 1

1. If System preferences is open, close it (this only work once after opening system preferences. I have no idea why)
2. press and hold option/alt + cmd + left click 'Display'
3. Now there should be a button that says 'Rotation: Standard', click it and choose your rotation

Word of caution - it may be tricky to navigate the mousepad with a rotated screen. You feel drunk.

Answer 2

Hold the Option and Command, click on Preferences and then on Display while holding the Option + Command. Only than you'll be given the option to change the rotation of the screen.

Answer 3

I am running Windows XP on a MacBook and have found while holding the ctrl and option keys together and pressing the cursor move keys (home pgup pgdn end) orients the screen in the direction of the cursor key.

Answer 4

On Mac OS X 10.6.8:

System Preferences -> Displays -> Rotation is a hidden setting:

1. Go to System Preferences (in the Apple menu).
2. While holding the alt/option and command keys, click 'Displays'.
3. Adjust the Rotation setting. (If you don't see it, close System Preferences and start over.)
4. A popup entitled "Confirm new display setting" appears.
5. Rotate the physical screen.
6. In the popup, click "Confirm" or "Revert".

Answer 5

To rotate the screen when reading a PDF or word file, simply hold control and right click the mouse. You can rotate the screen, and your mouse, etc. still runs the same, so you won't get disoriented.

Answer 6

According to http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9290419 the hardware supports the act of displaying sideways, but it appears that only SMSRotateD makes use of this.

Answer 7

On MBP's with multi-touch, you can rotate content in Preview.app using the 'two finger swirl' ;) or you can use cmd-L or cmd-R. This works in OX 10.5.x, but I don't know about earlier versions.