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I've yet to find a monitor that "just works" with my MBP. I'll take whatever they release. My LG is nice, but often gets confused about when my laptop is plugg

I've yet to find a monitor that "just works" with my MBP. I'll take whatever they release. My LG is nice, but often gets confused about when my laptop is plugged in. Both of my Dells are ok, but randomly lose signal and can't control the volume from the Apple keyboard or from the OS. It would also be nice to not need a docking station and or adapter anymore.

bluedino 8y ago
My LG Ultrafine 4K works splendidly.
fredley 8y ago
This is something I cannot stand. I have two external monitors, and each time it wakes from display sleep they switch around - so the desktops are reversed. It's infuriating. I have tried and tried to find a solution but so far have nothing.
- dmayle 8y ago
  I had the same, though after three days I just gave up and physically switched the monitors. It shouldn't be necessary, but at least I don't have to deal with it anymore.
  - fredley 8y ago
    The problem is they always switch around between each other so I'm not sure that would solve the problem.
- innagadadavida 8y ago
  +1 most annoying thing. There is a workaround. Create a new desktop on one of the display, this will then give you options to move app around when you right click on the app icon. Still pretty bad but it beats moving around windows manually.
  - fredley 8y ago
    This is what I'm doing at the moment, but dragging around 2-3 desktops every time I wake my laptop is an extremely draining experience.
- kitsunesoba 8y ago
  IIRC this happens because some monitor companies are cheap/lazy and assign the same EDID to all monitors of a particular model (EDIDs are supposed to be unique), making it difficult for operating systems to distinguish between them.
  - fredley 8y ago
    This does not appear to be the case, the serial numbers reported in System Information are different.
    - benologist 8y ago
      Are you all using TB3 monitors? My experience with an eGPU using TB3 has been that TB is an awkward technology in any operating system so far, I have to routinely power down in specific order all the way to disconnecting from the wall to ensure the device is detached correctly and will attach correctly next time.
      - fredley 8y ago
        Not for the monitor, but for the dock that's connected to all the monitors (belkin thing)
- basch 8y ago
  physically swap the two monitors?
anentropic 8y ago
I've found since Mojave it is unreliable whether my screen will wake up unplugging and re-plugging the mDP cable doesn't help, I have to reboot the laptop to get the screen to turn on (Dell U2415)
- tnorthcutt 8y ago
  Same here with my LG 27UD68P-B. Endlessly annoying. Wakes up probably around ~70% of the time.
- kitsunesoba 8y ago
  The 27” Dell I have at work won’t see my Mac’s signal if I install an update and reboot or boot up from cold shutdown — I have to physically unplug the monitor from power and then replug it and then it’ll pick up the signal. Feels like a monitor firmware issue.
porphyrogene 8y ago
I'm using an LG 4k and while I have no idea what model yours is I had an interesting revelation that made the coexistence of my monitor with my MBP more palatable. I turned off the "Buzzer" setting (it's more of a beep) and now that I am not being confused by the beep I feel perfectly satisfied with the monitor and the laptop recognizing one another. Nothing changed except my perception but I think that beep was just noise (in the sense of irrelevant information) and I have since developed a sense for the time that it takes for my monitor to wake up and take the display off of sleep mode after I press a key. All I wanted was to stick the laptop under my desk and run a keyboard, a mouse, two monitors, speakers and an external hard drive off of a single USB-C port and that one small change to silence the monitor's "wake-up beep" made a huge difference in the experience.
mikestew 8y ago
I’ve got an old (as in, no Thunderbolt) 27” Cinema Display that just keeps chugging away. It won’t do 4K or anything, and won’t be much good for modern Macs, but it has without fail worked as expected. Oh, and it makes a great docking, station, too, for period Macs. I want one of those again, only bigger and moar pixels.
occamschainsaw 8y ago
Have you tried the Ultrafine displays? I use the Ultrafine 4k with my 13" tbMBP and it is pretty streamlined. Even features like True Tone work. Volume control and Brightness control is controlled by MacOS itself natively. Also works as a dock for my keyboard, mouse, webcam etc and charges my Mac. One cable is all I need.
nextweek2 8y ago
The fix for me was to use DisplayPort, if HDMI was in the mix it would have the reliability of a 90s monitor.

bluedino 8y ago

My LG Ultrafine 4K works splendidly.

fredley 8y ago

This is something I cannot stand. I have two external monitors, and each time it wakes from display sleep they switch around - so the desktops are reversed. It's infuriating. I have tried and tried to find a solution but so far have nothing.

dmayle 8y ago
I had the same, though after three days I just gave up and physically switched the monitors. It shouldn't be necessary, but at least I don't have to deal with it anymore.
- fredley 8y ago
  The problem is they always switch around between each other so I'm not sure that would solve the problem.
innagadadavida 8y ago
+1 most annoying thing. There is a workaround. Create a new desktop on one of the display, this will then give you options to move app around when you right click on the app icon. Still pretty bad but it beats moving around windows manually.
- fredley 8y ago
  This is what I'm doing at the moment, but dragging around 2-3 desktops every time I wake my laptop is an extremely draining experience.
kitsunesoba 8y ago
IIRC this happens because some monitor companies are cheap/lazy and assign the same EDID to all monitors of a particular model (EDIDs are supposed to be unique), making it difficult for operating systems to distinguish between them.
- fredley 8y ago
  This does not appear to be the case, the serial numbers reported in System Information are different.
  - benologist 8y ago
    Are you all using TB3 monitors? My experience with an eGPU using TB3 has been that TB is an awkward technology in any operating system so far, I have to routinely power down in specific order all the way to disconnecting from the wall to ensure the device is detached correctly and will attach correctly next time.
    - fredley 8y ago
      Not for the monitor, but for the dock that's connected to all the monitors (belkin thing)
basch 8y ago
physically swap the two monitors?

anentropic 8y ago

I've found since Mojave it is unreliable whether my screen will wake up unplugging and re-plugging the mDP cable doesn't help, I have to reboot the laptop to get the screen to turn on (Dell U2415)

tnorthcutt 8y ago
Same here with my LG 27UD68P-B. Endlessly annoying. Wakes up probably around ~70% of the time.
kitsunesoba 8y ago
The 27” Dell I have at work won’t see my Mac’s signal if I install an update and reboot or boot up from cold shutdown — I have to physically unplug the monitor from power and then replug it and then it’ll pick up the signal. Feels like a monitor firmware issue.

porphyrogene 8y ago

I'm using an LG 4k and while I have no idea what model yours is I had an interesting revelation that made the coexistence of my monitor with my MBP more palatable. I turned off the "Buzzer" setting (it's more of a beep) and now that I am not being confused by the beep I feel perfectly satisfied with the monitor and the laptop recognizing one another. Nothing changed except my perception but I think that beep was just noise (in the sense of irrelevant information) and I have since developed a sense for the time that it takes for my monitor to wake up and take the display off of sleep mode after I press a key. All I wanted was to stick the laptop under my desk and run a keyboard, a mouse, two monitors, speakers and an external hard drive off of a single USB-C port and that one small change to silence the monitor's "wake-up beep" made a huge difference in the experience.

mikestew 8y ago

I’ve got an old (as in, no Thunderbolt) 27” Cinema Display that just keeps chugging away. It won’t do 4K or anything, and won’t be much good for modern Macs, but it has without fail worked as expected. Oh, and it makes a great docking, station, too, for period Macs. I want one of those again, only bigger and moar pixels.

occamschainsaw 8y ago

Have you tried the Ultrafine displays? I use the Ultrafine 4k with my 13" tbMBP and it is pretty streamlined. Even features like True Tone work. Volume control and Brightness control is controlled by MacOS itself natively. Also works as a dock for my keyboard, mouse, webcam etc and charges my Mac. One cable is all I need.

nextweek2 8y ago

The fix for me was to use DisplayPort, if HDMI was in the mix it would have the reliability of a 90s monitor.