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But you still can’t connect two monitors.
by _LordGodd 3y ago
But you still can’t connect two monitors.
- SkyPuncher 3y agoWhat do you mean? I have 3 connected to mine
- PcChip 3y agoDo you have to use that displaylink software with terrible framerate and latency compared to native? I tried to get 3 monitors working on a work Mac with a new triple DisplayPort dock and had a terrible time, I went back to my Linux desktop since I can easily get smooth 165hz native performance on three monitors
- dmitrygr 3y agoI have a 4K monitor connected via usb3 displaylink and it gets 60fps.
- chris_wot 3y agoYeah, the key here is you must use a DisplayLink adapter. Most laptops other than Apple MacBook Airs don’t need this to have more than one extra monitor.
- dmitrygr 3y agoBut they cannot last 20h on a battery, win some, lose some
- thorncorona 3y agoi find the latency is pretty bad even though it’s 60fps
- SkyPuncher 3y agoI use a dual DisplayPort doc then connect one monitor directly. I'm running 2x 1440p and 1x 1440p ultrawide this way. This is a work setup, so I don't really need massive performance. It's all 60hz and no noticeable latency. I don't believe that triple DisplayPort works well with mac. I believe two is the limit.
- WirelessGigabit 3y agoThe M1 only supported 1 external monitor.
- lostlogin 3y agoAir, the Pro does 2 or 3. https://support.apple.com/kb/SP854?viewlocale=en_SA&locale=en_SA#:~:text=Display%20Support&text=Up%20to%20two%20external%20displays,a%20billion%20colors%20(M1%20Max) https://support.apple.com/kb/SP854?viewlocale=en_SA&locale=e...
- nixgeek 3y agoNope you can connect four: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT213503 https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT213503
- fma 3y agoIt's 2023 and finally can connect more then one... what is their justification for not being able to do this before.
- zuhsetaqi 3y agoThat’s possible since like forever. It just depends on the graphic chip the Mac comes with
- fma 3y agoBeen like that "forever" but also "depends on the graphic chip" meaning it wasn't universally supported. I've not come across a Windows machine with USB-C that can't support multiple displays using $20 hubs from Amazon (even cheap machines). Yet I had to carry multiple dongles for my MBP for multiple monitors.
- dathinab 3y agoThere are _still_ some "new" macbooks sold which only support 1 external monitor. Which honestly would have been ridiculous 10 years ago not even speaking about now. Then even with a newest M3 model apples somehow assumes that external monitors with less resolution then 6k don't exist hence anything but MAX models only supports 2 external monitors even if they are all 1080p. Through to be fair 3+ external monitor setups aren't that common with larger/higher resolution monitors. And issues with dasy chaining monitors seem somewhat common, but that's hearsay so maybe not true.
- kayodelycaon 3y agoThe limitation on the number of external monitors is due to the number of display controllers on the chip. Apparently they take up a considerable amount of space on the die. The base M chips only have 2. They made a technical trade off that we are all paying for. It is unlikely they will ever fix it. :( Daisy chaining monitors via thunderbolt has always had problems since it came out. Some monitors just don’t play nice with each other.
- Clubber 3y agoYou can on mine, but you can't daisy chain them with thunderbolt like you can on Winders.