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  • How Apple Silicon on a M1 Mac changes monitor support and what you can connect

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    djfriar said:
    Damnit Damnit Damnit. I have been waiting for these M1 computers since the transition was announced, money set aside and everything, but as I also invested in dual LG Thunderbolt 4K displays (which are bomb I may add), there is no way I'm buying another non-matching display just to use the Mac mini.

    Seriously, seriously disappointed. Apple absolutely dropped the ball here; there is literally no excuse to not support dual 4K over TB3. It was already frustrating that they dropped form 4 TB3 ports to 2 (I have zero use for USB-A now having already fully converted over due to the 13" MBP).

    Seriously Apple, WTF!?!?
    I share your disappointment. I’ve bought a MBP two weeks ago, returned and bought the M1 version and didn’t even think this was something to check. This is the kind of thing you never imagine they would do. You tacitly take it for granted.

    Anyway, until they launch a better one with support for more than 1 external display, I’d like to explore all the possibilities I might have. Currently I use two external monitors with a single USB-C cable on a Kensington Docking Station (SD4700P) that has DP and HDMI outputs. I don’t need 4K+ monitors, but I really need two external monitors for my productivity developing/engineering.

    Is it possible to use two external monitors as one big stretched display in this M1, like a big wide monitor? If yes, what are the best options in your opinion to improve the usability to the closest as possible as of having two external displays? Someone mentioned the Matrox QuadHead2Go, but it’s pricey. I found that there’s the DualHead2Go that costs around 150 pounds in UK (I’m from Ireland), but I don’t know if it works for the intended purpose. Even if it works, I’d like to consider all possibilities. For a long time I thought of giving a chance to try one of those window managers apps like BetterTouchTool, Divvy, etc., but never tried. Does anybody recommend any of these?

    At first I thought of using the split view configuration on these two monitors working as a single display, but it’s too limited and too far from having two external displays.
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