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Wow, clamshell to external monitor support is vastly improved. I couldn't believe it when it happened the first time. I have a MBA M2 going USB-C -> HDMI on a

Wow, clamshell to external monitor support is vastly improved. I couldn't believe it when it happened the first time. I have a MBA M2 going USB-C -> HDMI on a 4k Dell monitor. You can open and close the laptop and it switches the external from secondary to primary and back almost instantaneously. I'd describe this as a major improvement over every prior MacOS.

DavideNL 4y ago
I wonder if it's also possible to just leave the Macbook "opened", but disable only the Macbooks display and not the external display (so you'd get the same result as clamshell)...?
- alin23 4y ago
  Lunar's Blackout feature can do that: https://lunar.fyi/#blackout https://lunar.fyi/#blackout There's no built-in way to do it.
abalaji 4y ago
Wow! This alone is enough to convince me to upgrade.
antipaul 4y ago
I think this is an Apple Silicon feature. Did this _not_ work on the same M2 laptop while on Monterey? (I've had this on Monterey from the beginning on M1 MacBook Pro)
- vbezhenar 4y ago
  I own M1 MBP16. While closed laptop technically works... One nasty bug makes it unusable. I can't reliably switch keyboard layouts using globe button. This bug is absolutely weird and ridiculous and I have no idea how it's even possible. When laptop is opened, I press globe button and my keyboard layout is switched. Actually it does not work 100% reliably, but it's OK. With laptop closed it works like 20% of time. Have no idea about ventura, will not update before first patch, I guess.
- bredren 4y ago
  It supported clamshell and open, and has for as long as I remember. But the toggle between the modes had been this slow experience that seemed similar in delay to switching resolutions. Now it is this blip—-this is your main display, and you can toggle it if you rapidly open and close it, which I can’t really recommend except to cement in your mind that this is the new normal. It seems wholly different.
ubercow13 4y ago
My M1 Macbook Pro did this already when I bought it last year, but it stopped working on a minor OS update. I wonder if this update will make it work again.
- ubercow13 4y ago
  I updated and it does work again! Although it didn't at first when I plugged in my monitor. After about a minute the screen flickered off and on and then after that it supports the instant switch again... Strange

DavideNL 4y ago

I wonder if it's also possible to just leave the Macbook "opened", but disable only the Macbooks display and not the external display (so you'd get the same result as clamshell)...?

alin23 4y ago
Lunar's Blackout feature can do that: https://lunar.fyi/#blackout https://lunar.fyi/#blackout There's no built-in way to do it.

abalaji 4y ago

Wow! This alone is enough to convince me to upgrade.

antipaul 4y ago

I think this is an Apple Silicon feature. Did this _not_ work on the same M2 laptop while on Monterey? (I've had this on Monterey from the beginning on M1 MacBook Pro)

vbezhenar 4y ago
I own M1 MBP16. While closed laptop technically works... One nasty bug makes it unusable. I can't reliably switch keyboard layouts using globe button. This bug is absolutely weird and ridiculous and I have no idea how it's even possible. When laptop is opened, I press globe button and my keyboard layout is switched. Actually it does not work 100% reliably, but it's OK. With laptop closed it works like 20% of time. Have no idea about ventura, will not update before first patch, I guess.
bredren 4y ago
It supported clamshell and open, and has for as long as I remember. But the toggle between the modes had been this slow experience that seemed similar in delay to switching resolutions. Now it is this blip—-this is your main display, and you can toggle it if you rapidly open and close it, which I can’t really recommend except to cement in your mind that this is the new normal. It seems wholly different.

ubercow13 4y ago

My M1 Macbook Pro did this already when I bought it last year, but it stopped working on a minor OS update. I wonder if this update will make it work again.

ubercow13 4y ago
I updated and it does work again! Although it didn't at first when I plugged in my monitor. After about a minute the screen flickered off and on and then after that it supports the instant switch again... Strange