Is it possible to run Dual LG UltraFine 24MD4KL from a 14" 2021 MacBook Pro and have the second monitor daisy chain to the first?
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Dual LG UltraFine 24MD4KL on 2021 MacBook Pro?
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Yes.
The MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021) has M1 Pro or M1 Max chip. It supports Thunderbolt 3/4. It supports up to two external displays (M1 Pro) or four external displays (M1 Max).
https://support.apple.com/kb/SP854?locale=en_CA
Each Thunderbolt 3/4 port can have up to two 4K displays connected (or two 5K or two 6K Apple displays, but only one LG UltraFine 5K)
The 24MD4KL is only 4K 60Hz and has two Thunderbolt 3 ports so you can connect a second 4K display (such as another 24MD4KL) to the other Thunderbolt port.
5K and 6K Apple displays only have one Thunderbolt 3 port so you would need to use a different Thunderbolt port of the Mac to connect a second 5K or 6K Apple display, or you can use a Thunderbolt 4 hub or dock which have 3 Thunderbolt 4 ports.
The MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021) has M1 Pro or M1 Max chip. It supports Thunderbolt 3/4. It supports up to two external displays (M1 Pro) or four external displays (M1 Max).
https://support.apple.com/kb/SP854?locale=en_CA
Each Thunderbolt 3/4 port can have up to two 4K displays connected (or two 5K or two 6K Apple displays, but only one LG UltraFine 5K)
The 24MD4KL is only 4K 60Hz and has two Thunderbolt 3 ports so you can connect a second 4K display (such as another 24MD4KL) to the other Thunderbolt port.
5K and 6K Apple displays only have one Thunderbolt 3 port so you would need to use a different Thunderbolt port of the Mac to connect a second 5K or 6K Apple display, or you can use a Thunderbolt 4 hub or dock which have 3 Thunderbolt 4 ports.
Thank you for a great reply 👍
Are there any other screens that’s can daisy chain like these one’s available?
Are there any other screens that’s can daisy chain like these one’s available?
For macOS search for Thunderbolt displays that are 4K or less. The display needs to have 2 Thunderbolt ports.
For Windows you can include displays with MST hub.
Maybe I can little borrow this thread for my question as well: how about the same screens with M1 Air? I guess no really good options? There are adapters that promise convert USB-C to dual HDMI 4K@60Hz for M1 notebooks using DisplayLink and then there are (some rare) adapters to convert HDMI to USB-C. Has anyone successfully done this? Not worth the hassle?
M1 and M2 (not M1 Max or Pro or Ultra) can only support one external display. An adapter can't change that unless it's an eGPU (which Apple Silicon Macs don't support) or a USB device (such as DisplayLink which is not connected to the Macs GPU, and is therefore not as performant since it requires compression by the CPU to transmit video over USB at ≈1 Gbps; 4K60 is usually 16Gbps just so you know how much compression there is with DisplayLink).