I recently purchased a new monitor (an Acer - Nitro XF243Y). It has two HDMI inputs. It is primarily used with my Windows desktop computer. I occassionally want to use it as a second screen for my Macbook Pro M1 laptop. There is a button on the monitor to toggle between the two HDMI inputs. The problem occurs when I want to use the monitor for the Windows desktop, but also use the laptop separately. If the Windows desktop is the selected HDMI input for the monitor, but the Macbook is still also plugged in to the other HDMI input, the Macbook still "thinks" it has an external display connected, and most of the open windows are not accessible on the laptop's built-in display. The only way I've found to get the laptop to work properly in this situation is to pull out the HDMI cable. Is there any way for the monitor to communicate to the inactive HDMI connection that it is inactive? It seems like it would be better if I wasn't frequently pulling out and putting back the HDMI cable.
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