I'm wondering if a macbook (USB C only) can support a  monitor display.   The 2018 Macbook has the Intel® HD Graphics 615 card (per .    The  for this graphics card has a confusing table for max resolution which cites: 4096x2304@60Hz, 3840x2160@60Hz.  The card apparently has 16GB of memory.    Although I am a trained electrical engineer I'm not knowledgeable enough to work out if this card can support a 5120 x 1440 display.   Is it as simple as ensuring that:  5120 x 1440 &lt; 4096 x 2304?  Or is it more nuanced than that?
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How do I find out the number, type, resolution &amp; refresh rate of additional monitors I can attach to my MacBook or MacBook Pro?  This is an attempt at a canonical QA, as per the Meta QA -   to try prevent the myriad "same but different" questions we get on every possible combination of computers, cable &amp; monitors There are perfectly good resources out there that Ask Different should not have to duplicate the efforts of.
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I've recently been reading about new peripherals for the Mac (such as ). I'm very attached to using an external display, but since the DisplayPort is now combined with Thunderbolt, how is it expected that we use an external display and a device?  As I understand it, Thunderbolt supports daisy chaining up to 7 devices, but it would appear that the display/device doesn't support this. Are we going to start seeing ThunderBolt "hubs" anytime soon, or am I asking this question too early?
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I am using my MacBook pro 15" 2016 everyday and attached to it I have got a DELL Monitor 25" QHD. In order to use the monitor as main screen my MacBook pro needs to be plugged in charging all the time.  Will the battery of the MacBook deteriorate because of this?  Thanks
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Currently the MacBook's display works as primary, so every application I open gets open on the 13" and I have to drag it to the 24". I also don't have access to the dock on my 24".  Is is possible to turn off the MacBook screen and use only the one attached via DVI?  (I've just connected my 24" HP LP2475w via Mini DisplayPort to DVI to my MacBook Pro 13", which works great except for this one thing.)
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The Apple Silicon based  supports Thunderbolt version 3 and I'm wondering if anyone has tried connection one to an ? Of course you'd need to use one of Apple's Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 converters. I also understand that this version is limited to supporting only a single 4K or 6K display, but since the original Apple Thunderbolt Display is only 2K I’d want to try and daisy chain these. Can I run more than one external display from the Apple Silicon M1 CPU/GPU based MacBook Pro (or Air)?
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I am running Mac OS X (Version 10.10.5) on a MacBook Pro (13 Inch, Mid 2010) and want to arrange an external monitor of the same type to different positions.  First, let me explain my setup:   monitor at my office: DELL U2312HM (located above the MacBook's screen) monitor at home: DELL U2312HM (located left of the MacBook's screen)   As you can see, I am using different monitors of the same type (they have different serial numbers displayed in the System Overview window). However, they are located either above or left of the internal screen.  Since the only way I know to arrange an external monitor is draging the blue boxes in the monitor section of the system preferences, I need to do this every morning after connecting my monitor in the office and every evening after coming home. The monitor arrangement does not depend on the monitor's serial number but on the model since saving the arrangement of different models works as desired.  So is there a way, a hidden setting, a hidden setting accessible through the terminal or even a third-party app which enables different monitor arrangements for the same monitor model but based on the monitor's serial number as shown in the system overview?  The behavior which seems to be a system default is very annoying and does not feel very apple-like.
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I have an Asus N752VX-GC234 with a usb 3.1gen2 Type-C port and some sites say it supports Thunderbolt3, some say it doesn't.  How can I check to be sure? Is there a command I can use for this?    EDIT 1:  luca@charlieBrown:~$ lsusb -t /:  Bus 04.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/2p, 5000M /:  Bus 03.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/2p, 480M /:  Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/8p, 5000M /:  Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/16p, 480M     |__ Port 4: Dev 2, If 1, Class=Video, Driver=uvcvideo, 480M     |__ Port 4: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Video, Driver=uvcvideo, 480M     |__ Port 9: Dev 3, If 0, Class=Wireless, Driver=btusb, 12M     |__ Port 9: Dev 3, If 1, Class=Wireless, Driver=btusb, 12M   My pc is advertised and reviewed to have 3x3.0 1x3.1gen2. How should I interpret the above outut?  Moreover, the relevant part of lshw  *-usb                 description: USB controller                 product: ASM1142 USB 3.1 Host Controller                 vendor: ASMedia Technology Inc.                 physical id: 0                 bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0                 version: 00                 width: 64 bits                 clock: 33MHz                 capabilities: xhci bus_master cap_list                 configuration: driver=xhci_hcd latency=0                 resources: irq:16 memory:df100000-df107fff   and I found  saying that this chipset does not allow simoultaneous 10Gbps and does not support Th3. So is this the answer?  Thanks, Luca
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Recently, something went wrong with my Macbook Pro 13&quot; 2019 model's display. About 1.5 inches (in length) of my display went completely black and there are some vertical lines on the edges of this black portion. It appears to be a hardware issue.  I was wondering if I can do something so that my entire screen appears in only the part to the right of this black portion, until I can find the time to give my laptop for repair. I know I can just rescale my window each time, but I don't want to keep doing that every time I open a new window. Can I use software to remap the entire display area to a smaller section of a physical display?
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I am trying to switch from using my desktop to my macbook pro as my primary machine.  I have 2 monitors (each 1600x1200 resolution) I'd like to use as external monitors for my macbook pro (from 2013).  Both monitors support VGA and DVI input (along with s-video and composite, although I've never used those before).    Looking at the laptop, it has 1 hdmi port, and 2 thunderbolt ports.    The 'about this mac' reports I'm using osX 10.10.4, with a early 2013 15-inch Retina display.  Graphics card is nVidia GeForce GT 650M 1024 MB.  How do I find out if this is possible?  If it is possible, how do I do it?
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My monitor supports full-resolution display (2560x1440) only when connected to through either the DVI-D dual link port, or the DisplayPort.  My laptop, though, has neither of these two kinds of output. Instead, all it's got is a HDMI port (which is version 1.3, and I also read that the laptop's graphics chipset supports 2560x1440 at 60Hz).  So I'm wondering whether anyone has ever seen an HDMI-to-DVI dual link adapter, which will carry my ultra-highres signal to the monitor I just bought. So far I haven't seen any, and don't even know whether such an adapter (which I understand would have to be active, USB-powered and expensive (but I don't care)) exists.
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I have a new , resolution of 2560 x 1080, connected via DisplayPort to my 2012 MacBook Air 13" via a  that reportedly does have pin 20 wired correctly. I had previously tried connecting via HDMI, but as the manual for the display indicates, Macs are apparently unable to use the full native resolution when connected via HDMI.  A negative experience I'm having is that, when the MBA goes to sleep, the display appears to disconnect. This is noticeable only when waking it: the extra screen blanking of the display automatically reconnecting is almost imperceptible, and would otherwise be of negligible consequence, except for the result that all of my windows that were on that display are resized to fit on the MBA's built-in screen's resolution.  So, I find myself having to constantly re-maximize or rearrange windows whenever I walk away long enough for the screensaver to turn on and/or the computer goes to sleep. This is really aggravating, as I do arrange my windows quite particularly.  My options are seemingly thus:   Replace cable - maybe this is a manifestation of the pin 20 problem, but the display does awaken, just dis/re-connects annoyingly. Replace monitor - maybe something is wrong with this unit or this model?   I don't have another DisplayPort monitor easily accessible, but I might be able to borrow one or at least find one I can use in a store just to demonstrate that it's a DisplayPort or OS X problem and not a unit/model problem.  Tweak something in OS X - maybe there's a setting that I can alter that will disable this behavior, without having to disable screensaver or sleep. Suggestions welcome! Replace MBA - I'm already planning to pick up a new Macbook Pro this month, but I don't know if I'll get it in time to be within the display's return period, should I decide to return the display. I have a feeling this is not a reliable solution, because it's unlikely that the new machine wouldn't exhibit this behavior unless the behavior would change between Thunderbolt and Thunderbolt 2. ??? - this is where you ingenious answerers come in.
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I have 2 MacBook Pros and one Thunderbolt Display (27 inch). Both MBPs support Thunderbolt connectivity and work fine with external display. I need a way to switch between 2 MBP, without changing the connection everytime.   Is there any hardware / KVM switch which supports this functionality?   MBP Models are as below:   MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012) MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Late 2013)
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Is it possible to invert display colors on Windows like Macs can?   I have nVidia GeForce 6200 graphics card and 17" Samsung SyncMaster display.
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I have just looked on MacRumours and found out that Apple have stopped support for installing Windows 7  with BootCamp on the 2015 MacBooks (Air and Pro) (). Since I am going to get the new 12" MacBook I am guessing that too doesn't support Windows 7 using bootcamp.   Since Apple are stopping the drivers for the 2015 models as well, is there still a way to install Windows 7 on the 2015 versions of the MacBook? (I sometimes need Windows 7 on my Mac for college)  Edit  Thank you for the replies.  I ended up getting the MacBook Pro since they didn't have any MacBooks in store. Since I have the MacBook Pro I can now run Windows 7 in a virtual machine (as suggested by you) because I do not have heat and performance issues.
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When I plug my Mac  into a DisplayPort monitor that has loudspeakers, the Mac's volume controls become disabled.    Is Apple assuming that if I have external speakers I am so much better using their own volume control that I have to be forced to do it?   That is annoying because the monitor's volume controls are buried in terrible menus accessed by terrible buttons on the back of the monitor.  Also, if I am inside an app where I can select the audio device and I select the Mac's internal speakers, the volume controls are STILL disabled.  Is there no way to control the volume of an app when an external speaker is connected even if the app is not using the external speaker?????  Some additional info: It's a Macbook Pro 13" 2018 version.  Using a Thunderbolt to Displayport cable, plugging in to a Dell monitor with speakers.    In another location I use the same cable to plug in to Dell monitors with Displayport but without built in speakers in the monitors.   At that location the volume controls remain active and they control the internal speaker in the laptop as they should.
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I've just purchased a Dell P2415Q monitor which I've connected up to my MacBook Pro (running OS X El Capitan). Everything works great in terms of the display, however I've noticed that it goes into power-saving mode (i.e. shuts off the display) as soon as I disconnect my MacBook Pro from its power source.  Given the battery is already charged up I don't want to keep it plugged in as I suspect it will damage the battery life if I keep it that way for a long time (and I do intend to take my MacBook Pro out and about for other uses).  Does anybody know how I can make the display work irrespective of whether my MacBook Pro is connected to it's power source or not?
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I am, like so many other graphic designers, very excited about the new MacBook 15" with retina display. But there is one thing that I really am concerned about. With 4 times the pixels as on ordinary screen, how can we be sure, that the preview of an image, is what we really get?  When images are optimized for web usage, how can we be sure that the optimized image, is what the end user (with a non-retina display) wil be seing?