We are aware the m1 Pro and Max support multiple external monitors, but there was no specific mention that they could do it through a single thunderbolt port via a dock. For everyone who doesn't understand the point of this post. If anyone here has a thunderbolt dock and an M1 max and can test to see if you can get 3 or 4 external screens from one thunderbolt dock please post in here! So I might try buying one of these new OWC thunderbolt 4 docks when they are available soon and sell my Dell docks if they will truely let me plug in and extend my desktop to all 3 of my external monitors and peripherals with only 1 thunderbolt connection into my MacBook. So the M1 max/pro seems to not have the same limitation as the base M1 macs which is awesome. The M1 max can support 4 external monitors and the M1 pro can support 2. I can’t test it but I have a feeling if I had a thunderbolt 4 dock with 3+ thunderbolt ports in it I could run even more screens off of it too, but my Dell dock only has one thunderbolt in port. I was able to extend to two 1440p monitors with my dock and only needed one thunderbolt cable plugged into my MacBook! I just tested out plugging one monitor (Dell 1440p) using a usb-c to DisplayPort cable into the thunderbolt port on my Dell WD19TB dock and then my second monitor into one of the normal DisplayPort ports on the dock and it worked! I have a 16” M1 max and as long as you have a thunderbolt 3 or 4 dock that has one or more thunderbolt in ports you can extend multiple displays without relying on displaylink or MST. The M1 macs all had to rely on janky Displaylink docks to get multiple monitor support from one thunderbolt port on the MacBook but this isn’t the case for the M1 Max or Pro. I have also seen a lot of outdated info in here lately recommending people use the old Displaylink docks which is bad advice.
You can learn more about the power of the new Macs here.I have seen this asked all over the place on here and other places and haven’t seen anyone answer how to do this yet so I thought I would share. MagSafe returns with a higher power throughput, but you are still able to charge through the Thunderbolt ports if you would like. There are a total of three Thunderbolt 4 ports available, and even the headphone jack has been upgraded. The MacBook Pro now also features an HDMI port, SD card reader, and MagSafe for magnetic charging. The mini-LED display has more pixels, supports a higher contrast and 1600 nits of peak brightness, and also runs at 120Hz with ProMotion technology. The design of the MacBook Pro has also been completely redesigned, now featuring thinner bezels – albeit with a notch housing the webcam. This is only one of the many things Apple took advantage of during this event.
With that, users can add up to three Pro Display XDR and a 4K TV all running at the same time.
Up to two external displays with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz at over a billion colors (M1 Pro).
If the new Liquid Retina XDR display with up to 1000 nits sustained, 1600 nits peak brightness, 1 billion colors, and 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio isn’t enough for you in the 14-inch or 16-inch MacBook Pro there is some good news since these new notebooks support up to four external displays.Īccording to Apple, the new MacBook Pro features “simultaneous support for full native resolution on the built-in display at 1 billion colors” and: With them, the company was able to boost the number of external displays the new MacBook Pro supports. Apple announced during its “Unleashed” event the new MacBook Pro powered with the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips.