Just purchased a Macbook Pro and found I cannot use an external monitor connected via HDMI cable even though I have an HDMI port. The Apple Advisor I chatted with said,
"It will not work. This Macbook does not have an Apple Silicon processor. Connecting a display with an HDMI cable will not work for this Macbook." Is it just me or is this just crazy?
Why does Apple install an HDMI port that you cannot use???
MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 13.0
14-in MacBook Pro introduced in 2021 DOES have an Apple-Silicon chip on board.
it features HDMI 2.0, a very good version of HDMI that should, in itself, have no problems supporting an external HDMI display up to 4K at 60 Hz.
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to get a Mac display to become active, you need the Mac to query the display, and the display to answer with its name and capabilities. Otherwise, the display will not be shown as present, and no data will be sent to the display. "No signal detected" is generated by the DISPLAY, not by the Mac.
This query is only sent at certain times:
• at startup
• at wake from sleep — so momentarily sleeping and waking your Mac may work
• at insertion of the Mac-end of the display-cable, provided everything on that cable is ready-to-go
• on invoking Option-(Detect Display) button in Displays preferences (from another display)
so try doing some of those things and see if the display comes alive.
Yeah my Macbook Pro is two weeks old from Costco and they confirmed with Apple support my hdmi port is dead. I will be returning tomorrow. Thanks for the assist.
HDMI Port On Macbook Pro
