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Extending Monitors on Macbook Pro 2017

Hello:


I have a MacBook Pro 13", 2017 with an Intel Iris Plus 650. I currently have my Mac linked up to a Lenovo USB-C dock with two DisplayPorts.


The two monitors I want to hook up are Dell P2419H (24" monitors) and I want to run both of these in extended display. Unfortunately, my screen Arrangement does not pick up the second Dell monitor and these just run as a mirrored display (my laptop screen is a separate space though). What do I need to do to allow both of these Dell monitors to have their own, separate, extended display?


Thanks!

Posted on Sep 24, 2019 7:53 AM

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Posted on Sep 24, 2019 8:13 AM

Craig_Beringer wrote:

Hello:

I have a MacBook Pro 13", 2017 with an Intel Iris Plus 650. I currently have my Mac linked up to a Lenovo USB-C dock with two DisplayPorts.

The two monitors I want to hook up are Dell P2419H (24" monitors) and I want to run both of these in extended display. Unfortunately, my screen Arrangement does not pick up the second Dell monitor and these just run as a mirrored display (my laptop screen is a separate space though). What do I need to do to allow both of these Dell monitors to have their own, separate, extended display?

Thanks!



See if you still have this option >System Preferences>Displays

press the option key while you're in Displays— You'll get a Detect displays button (bottom right).


there is a checkbox "Show displays in menu bar". If you check it, you get a new icon in the menu bar that has "Detect Displays" as its first option.


Use external monitors with your Mac: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202351

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Sep 24, 2019 8:13 AM in response to Craig_Beringer

Craig_Beringer wrote:

Hello:

I have a MacBook Pro 13", 2017 with an Intel Iris Plus 650. I currently have my Mac linked up to a Lenovo USB-C dock with two DisplayPorts.

The two monitors I want to hook up are Dell P2419H (24" monitors) and I want to run both of these in extended display. Unfortunately, my screen Arrangement does not pick up the second Dell monitor and these just run as a mirrored display (my laptop screen is a separate space though). What do I need to do to allow both of these Dell monitors to have their own, separate, extended display?

Thanks!



See if you still have this option >System Preferences>Displays

press the option key while you're in Displays— You'll get a Detect displays button (bottom right).


there is a checkbox "Show displays in menu bar". If you check it, you get a new icon in the menu bar that has "Detect Displays" as its first option.


Use external monitors with your Mac: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202351

Extending Monitors on Macbook Pro 2017

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