USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adaptor with M1 MacBook Pro

Hello all,


I’m in the market to buy the new MacBook Pro (M1, 16GB) and I’m interested in the USB-C Digital Multiport to connect it to my 4K 60Hz display. I do see that the MBP M1 supports up to 6k @ 60Hz, but when I read the documentation for the Adaptor on Apple’s website, it states that only the 4 thunderbolt port MBPs support 4K @ 60Hz with the adaptor. Is this just that the documentation hasn’t been updated, or does the M1 not work at 60Hz with this adaptor?

Has anyone been able to test this and verify I can use it for 4K @ 60Hz? Thank you!

MacBook Pro with Touch Bar

Posted on Nov 21, 2020 2:01 PM

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Posted on Nov 21, 2020 7:13 PM

The Apple Multi-Port adapter AV is limited to the resolutions and refresh rates described in this companion article. 3820 by 2160 at 60 Hz is listed there.


Although the M1 Macs are not yet listed in that article, there is no reason whatsoever they would not be supported as well:


About the Apple USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter - Apple Support


The cables you want for HDMI-only Monitors (higher resolutions than HD TV sets) are marked as Certified with an anti-counterfeiting tag and are labeled:


"Premium High Speed HDMI cable" or that + "with Ethernet"  --OR--


"Ultra High Speed HDMI cable" or that + "48G"


Cables with No Certification tags are good for your standard TV set, and not much more..



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Nov 21, 2020 7:13 PM in response to jsunn

The Apple Multi-Port adapter AV is limited to the resolutions and refresh rates described in this companion article. 3820 by 2160 at 60 Hz is listed there.


Although the M1 Macs are not yet listed in that article, there is no reason whatsoever they would not be supported as well:


About the Apple USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter - Apple Support


The cables you want for HDMI-only Monitors (higher resolutions than HD TV sets) are marked as Certified with an anti-counterfeiting tag and are labeled:


"Premium High Speed HDMI cable" or that + "with Ethernet"  --OR--


"Ultra High Speed HDMI cable" or that + "48G"


Cables with No Certification tags are good for your standard TV set, and not much more..



Nov 21, 2020 3:30 PM in response to jsunn

HDMI is a consumer class interconnect. There is black magic involved at getting it to work at high resolutions and high refresh rates.


If you are serious about displays, use DisplayPort family or its implementation hidden inside USB-C or ThunderBolt.


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Apple only decides to produce adapters when they have something special to add. In the DisplayPort arena, they have no 'special sauce' and have left the issue of adapters to others.


If you pay a little more than the cost of that Apple adapter, you can get a small third-party ThunderBolt-3 "Hub/Dock" device that provides DisplayPort, a charge port, and has additional interfaces such as Ethernet and more USB-A ports.




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