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The external display limitations of Apple silicon Macs are inscrutable and infuriating.

I have an M3 Pro from work. At the office, I plug it into an HP dock with a single USB-C cable (which I believe is TB4). I have 3 displays connected to the dock and they all work.

I purchased the exact same dock for my home, but only 2 of my displays work there.

I think the M3 Pro is documented to support 2 displays; you have to get the Ultra to have 3 (absurd). The dock is able to do some kind of workaround with the displays at the office, but I can’t figure out what the displays at home are lacking for that to work.

It’s 2024! For gods sake I should be able to have a dozen displays if I want.



My Mac is limited to just one external display yet everything works just fine through a DisplayLink dongle.




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