It seems after further discussion that running two thunderbolt displays with an M1 MBA is 100% not possible, but what about running 1 Thunderbolt display and 1via HDMI?
Monitors are:
LG Ultrafine 5k (LG 27MD5KL-B)
Dell Professional P2419H
No.
The only way (not Apple supported) is with a USB dock that supports DisplayLink drivers, and they only have either dual HDMI or dual DisplayPort or some combination of the two. None of which are in any way shape or form compatible TB display and neither is DisplayLink.
And plugging the TB display directly into the M1 MacBook Air essentially will obviate any DisplayLink driver or the DisplayLink driver will drive the display on the DisplayLink compatible dock and the TB display will be black.
Bottomline once again, if you want to use the TB display with the M1 MacBook Air, it will be the only external display.
No.
The only way (not Apple supported) is with a USB dock that supports DisplayLink drivers, and they only have either dual HDMI or dual DisplayPort or some combination of the two. None of which are in any way shape or form compatible TB display and neither is DisplayLink.
And plugging the TB display directly into the M1 MacBook Air essentially will obviate any DisplayLink driver or the DisplayLink driver will drive the display on the DisplayLink compatible dock and the TB display will be black.
Bottomline once again, if you want to use the TB display with the M1 MacBook Air, it will be the only external display.
I don't see anything in the specifications about it supporting 2 external displays:
The M1 14" and 16" MacBook Pros have that capability, but not the 13" MacBook Air and MacBook Pros.
On the back of the LG 5K, if I use a USB-C to HDMI cable to connect to a displaylinkdock, and then use another HDMI cable to connect the other HDMI monitor to the dock, why wouldn't that work?
Anyone here know the answer to this one? Its hard to imagine nobody experimented with some fixes
Wordle wrote:
Anyone here know the answer to this one? Its hard to imagine nobody experimented with some fixes
Likely because it won't work.
Macbook Air M1 - Run Dual display - Thunderbolt and HDMI?
