- #Docking station apple macbook pro dual monitor for mac#
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#Docking station apple macbook pro dual monitor movie#
When I say good, I mean good for standard productivity, non DRM movie watching, etc.
#Docking station apple macbook pro dual monitor for mac#
In all it's a good solution for an M1 but obviously it needs refinement/improvement. This item Docking Station for MacBook Pro Air, USB C Docking Station Dual Monitor,Dual HDMI Adapter Hub for Mac MacBook Pro with 2 HDMI(4K 60Hz), 3USB3.0,SD TF Card Reader and 100W PD USB C Port TOTU USB C Hub Docking Station for MacBook Pro M1 2020 and MacBook Air M1 2020, Type C Hub with 4K HDMI, 100W Power Delivery, 40Gbps Type C 5K60Hz,2. unlock with Apple Watch does not currently work, since the OS thinks the screen is being recorded. This happens on all displays while displaylink is activeģ). While displaylink app is active, video from the Apple TV app only shows as a black screen. Clamshell mode needs to implemented, currently its all displays active or none while using Displaylink in extended desktop modeĢ).
#Docking station apple macbook pro dual monitor drivers#
The fast performance might be due to the unified memory architecture and will probably get better since the displaylink drivers haven't been optimized for the M1 chip yet (the are coded for Intel arch as far as I know).
If you got what you expected in every case, I would not use such strong terms to describe DisplayLink.Īctually the Displaylink performance on an M1 MacBook Pro is very good and using a dock such as the HP Universal USB-C G2 dock (5TW13UT), I have 2 external 27" Acer Predator monitors at 1440P plus the built in display active in extended desktop mode. I think the Big Surprise for a lot of Hub/Dock buyers is that they thought they were getting a "real" display, but actually got a DisplayLink "fake" Display. There have been cases where MacOS changes completely Borked DisplayLink software, and it took some time for them to recover. These displays depend on DisplayLink software, and are at the whim of Apple when they make MacOS changes. But that is NOT the same as the computer supporting a second, built-in, accelerated display. It is really nice to know that you can use a DisplayLink display if you MUST have an additional display for some of the types of data I mentioned. It may be acceptable for a second display showing slow-to-change data such as computer program listings, stock quotes, or spreadsheets, but NOT for full motion Video, and mouse-tracking on that display can lag, and can make you feel queasy. It is not a true "accelerated" display, and it suffers from lagging. Since Apples latest MacBook Pro 14 and MacBook Pro 16 now have the ability to support up to three Pro Display XDRs and a fourth 4K TV display, Satechis docking station is looking a lot more. DisplayLink technology creates a "fake" display buffer in RAM, sends the data out over a slower interface to a stunt box with DisplayLink custom chips that put that data back onto a "legacy" interface.