Directions for connecting SmartBoard to the MacBook laptops.

We recommend following these direction while the computer is turned off. It can be done while the computer is on but it’s been our experience that things don’t always work correctly the first time.

1. Plug in the white “Thunderbolt to VGA” adapter that you received into the thunderbolt port which is the small port on the left hand side of your laptop. (It’s the 4th port away from you and has a little lightning bolt next to it.)

2. Plug the video cable into the adapter. There are two options. You can simply take the video cable out of the back of your PC and plug in to the adapter. Or if you have the splitter amp box in you room and you know which cable runs to the projector you can remove that cable from the splitter amp box and plug it into the adapter. Either way will work. Find what’s easiest for you and utilize that technique.

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3. Depending on your room configuration you will have either a gray USB Bluetooth dongle or you’ll have a USB cable that runs to the SmartBoard. Whichever one you have, remove it from your PC and plug it into one of the two USB ports located on the side of the MacBook Pro. It does not matter which one. (USB cable shown below)

4. Turn on your laptop. Once logged on navigate to ‘System Preferences’ on the dock (It’s the icon with the gear).

5. Go to the ‘Displays’ icon and click on it.

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6. You will see three tabs the top of the window in this order left to right – display, arrangement, color – please select the arrangement tab

Please check the box next to mirror display. This is when your laptop screen will be displayed on the SmartBoard.

7. Close the System Preferences window.

8. Select the SmartBoard control panel (SMART Settings). It’s the icon on the dock that looks like a wrench and a screwdriver. (If you can’t find the SMART Settings icon on your dock, look for it in System Preferences.)

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9. Select Connection Wizard in the bottom right hand corner of the window.

10. When the wizard is done scanning you should see a green checkmark on your screen indicating the SmartBoard is connected and working. You should also see a green light on the SmartBoard itself. I recommend orient/aligning the SmartBoard after running the connection wizard. Unfortunately step 11 has to be run every time you reconnect your SmartBoard to your laptop.

11. You are ready to use your SmartBoard now!

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