MBA M4 External Display Dongles

[ne0lines]

Hey guys and gals! Do we have any insight to if the new Macbook Air M4 supports MST (Multi Screen Transfer)? Pre-ordered Macbook Air M4 13" 512GB, but now looking for a dongle with two HDMI outputs. Or will I need to use two dongles (one for each display)?

 

[mystery hill]

macOS does not support MST.

You don't need multiple dongles. You can use a Thunderbolt dock or adapter that has two video (HDMI) outputs.

 

[ne0lines]

macOS does not support MST.

You don't need multiple dongles. You can use a Thunderbolt dock or adapter that has two video (HDMI) outputs.

Okay, so something like the UGREEN Revodok Pro would work if I understand you correctly?

 

[joevt]

Okay, so something like the UGREEN Revodok Pro would work if I understand you correctly?

What Revodok Pro are you looking at?
As far as I can tell, Revodok Pro is not Thunderbolt. One of the USB-C ports has a lightning bolt icon. A Thunderbolt icon is a lightning bolt with an arrow at the end.
Revodok Pro has an MST hub built into it. macOS will display the same image on all the outputs of the MST hub.

Look here for Thunderbolt examples:
https://www.thunderbolttechnology.n...s_value_many_to_one=All&field_company_nid=All

 

[ne0lines]

What Revodok Pro are you looking at?
As far as I can tell, Revodok Pro is not Thunderbolt. One of the USB-C ports has a lightning bolt icon. A Thunderbolt icon is a lightning bolt with an arrow at the end.
Revodok Pro has an MST hub built into it. macOS will display the same image on all the outputs of the MST hub.

Look here for Thunderbolt examples:
https://www.thunderbolttechnology.n...s_value_many_to_one=All&field_company_nid=All

This one -> https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0D1XSKZRJ/

 

[joevt]

This one -> https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0D1XSKZRJ/

Yes, that one is as I described. It is not a Thunderbolt dock. It is a USB-C dock with an internal MST hub.

You see in the image that macOS can only mirror displays to the MST hub of the USB-C dock.
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/7189c6Bla3L._AC_SL1500_.jpg

 

[joevt]

Here's some Thunderbolt dual display adapters which are less expensive than a Thunderbolt hub or dock:
https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/TB3ADP2DPT
https://www.sonnettech.com/product/thunderbolt-to-dual-4k-hdmi-adapter/overview.html