My current setup is an Intel hackintosh but I am considering moving to an M2 MacBook Air. I use two LG UltraFine 4k 24" displays currently, I daisy-chain them using Thunderbolt 3 cables, example:
[Computer -> Thunderbolt 3 Cable -> LG Ultrafine 4K -> Thunderbolt 3 Cable -> LG Ultrafine 4K]
My current setup works fine but I am interested moving to official Apple hardware.
All of the official documentation and essentially everything I can find on the internet is insisting that the M2 MacBook Air is only compatible with one display and this can only be circumvented using the DisplayLink workaround.
I understand multiple perspectives of the argument of why the base M1 and M2 MacBook Air do not support multiple displays, but I am having trouble deducing how it is possible. Some writers claim the reason is that it uses Thunderbolt 3 instead of Thunderbolt 4, which is nonsense because the option to daisy-chain these displays has been available with all Intel-based Macs since the introduction of Thunderbolt 3.
The only limitation I could conceive of is the possibility that the M-series chipsets do not support multiple DisplayPort streams over Thunderbolt 3, but I can't find any hard evidence of that. Essentially, if the M2 can support one 6k display, it should technically be able to support two 4k displays, and Thunderbolt 3 should be doing the heavy lifting regardless of the computer its coming from. Otherwise, I suppose Apple could have just hard-coded non-support, but that seems especially stupid, so I would hope not.
I want to know if anybody has even attempted to daisy chain two 4k UltraFine displays from an M1 (non pro/max/ultra) or M2 mac or am I the only person still trying to use this feature?
If I were to speculate, the lack of official support for this configuration is likely driven by Apple trying to sell their own 5k and 6k displays and not because the device can't actually do it, but I unfortunately cant burn $1500 just to test my theory, so I want to know if anybody else has tried.
I am aware that somebody has already asked about daisy-chaining an LG UltraFine 4k 24" and an LG UltraFine 5k 27" in another thread, I already know that configuration does not work under normal circumstances even on Intel Macs (the two DisplayPort streams over Thunderbolt 3 do not have the bandwidth needed for both displays unless you manually hack a downscale to 4k for the 5k display), so please do not refer me to that thread. I am only interested in knowing if anybody has tried daisy chaining two LG UltraFine 4k Displays from an M1 or M2 MacBook Air using Thunderbolt 3.
Thank you!
[Computer -> Thunderbolt 3 Cable -> LG Ultrafine 4K -> Thunderbolt 3 Cable -> LG Ultrafine 4K]
My current setup works fine but I am interested moving to official Apple hardware.
All of the official documentation and essentially everything I can find on the internet is insisting that the M2 MacBook Air is only compatible with one display and this can only be circumvented using the DisplayLink workaround.
I understand multiple perspectives of the argument of why the base M1 and M2 MacBook Air do not support multiple displays, but I am having trouble deducing how it is possible. Some writers claim the reason is that it uses Thunderbolt 3 instead of Thunderbolt 4, which is nonsense because the option to daisy-chain these displays has been available with all Intel-based Macs since the introduction of Thunderbolt 3.
The only limitation I could conceive of is the possibility that the M-series chipsets do not support multiple DisplayPort streams over Thunderbolt 3, but I can't find any hard evidence of that. Essentially, if the M2 can support one 6k display, it should technically be able to support two 4k displays, and Thunderbolt 3 should be doing the heavy lifting regardless of the computer its coming from. Otherwise, I suppose Apple could have just hard-coded non-support, but that seems especially stupid, so I would hope not.
I want to know if anybody has even attempted to daisy chain two 4k UltraFine displays from an M1 (non pro/max/ultra) or M2 mac or am I the only person still trying to use this feature?
If I were to speculate, the lack of official support for this configuration is likely driven by Apple trying to sell their own 5k and 6k displays and not because the device can't actually do it, but I unfortunately cant burn $1500 just to test my theory, so I want to know if anybody else has tried.
I am aware that somebody has already asked about daisy-chaining an LG UltraFine 4k 24" and an LG UltraFine 5k 27" in another thread, I already know that configuration does not work under normal circumstances even on Intel Macs (the two DisplayPort streams over Thunderbolt 3 do not have the bandwidth needed for both displays unless you manually hack a downscale to 4k for the 5k display), so please do not refer me to that thread. I am only interested in knowing if anybody has tried daisy chaining two LG UltraFine 4k Displays from an M1 or M2 MacBook Air using Thunderbolt 3.
Thank you!
