How to connect monitor to MacBook Pro?

DO NOT mistake the Apple USB CHARGE cable for a real cable. It is most certainly NOT.

It has charge conductors ONLY, and its data conductors are only suitable for running a Keyboard, no high-speed data pathways whatsoever.

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ThunderBolt cables used for multiple displays must be about 1/2 meter or less, or contain repeaters. It appears that USB-C cables can be slightly longer (up to 1 meter) and still work:

Monoprice Essentials USB Type-C to Type-C 3.1 Gen 2 Cable - 10Gbps, 5A, 30AWG, Black, 1m (3.3 ft) - Product # 24285 - $18.49

The above is a high quality example. Don't get fixated on THAT cable. Buy a brand-name cable that meets those specs.

Hi Sparky Marky,

If your display can become a hub then a USB C to USB C cable could make this display into one.

As this will not carry a data signal mostly, you would need to use the HDMI connection also.

The display will not get power from the MacBook

Mr Leo Sir wrote:

Hi Sparky Marky,

If your display can become a hub then a USB C to USB C cable could make this display into one.

As this will not carry a data signal mostly, you would need to use the HDMI connection also.

The display will not get power from the MacBook

That is NOT correct. On a display that has a USB-C input, the display data CAN carried on the USB-C connection, IN ADDITION TO (not in place of) the data for additional peripherals. DisplayPort Alt mode in encapsulated in the USB-C data, and the display can extract and use that to run the display.

However, the USB-C cable required for this sort of connection needs to be short (limited to 1/2 meter) and rated for the top data rate.

The actual requirement for your display is USB-C 3.1 5Gbps.

However, the price difference is to step up to USB 3.2 10Gbps only about US$5, and the better cable is the one you will want to own in the long run.

Hi Grant Bennet-Alder,

I clearly didn't make myself clear here, DisplayPort was what I was thinking of.

I have had problems with this programe before, and not all Mac's I have used with this has worked like you would exspect.

Be that after a mac OS update and the DisplayPort stops working to days when it just doesnt work full stop for no reason that I can see.

This has been the case in the past and I use DisplayPort at home on my mac, yes the data for the screen is carryed though the USB port, it can even be done over USB A prots over 3.0 but I still find this not to be the best way to do things.

I also didnt put that the macbook wouldnt be able to power the screen but didnt say that the screen might be able to power the macbook.

With out knowing the screen make/ modle you or I can not say more then these things are out in the market.

Hi Sparky Marky,

if your display says it can do that, it might need software installed on the MacBook to work. But not knowing if it can do this with a Mac, I can not be sure.