MacBook Pro M2 with 2 Thunderbolt Displays

What year and size is your M2 MacBook Pro? The 2022 13" supports only one external display.

MacBook Pro (13-inch, M2, 2022) - Technical Specifications

"Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at millions of colors and:

One external display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz"

The 2023 14" does support two external Thunderbolt displays.

MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2023) - Technical Specifications

Thunderbolt displays do have a Thunderbolt port on the back, so can be daisy-chained with just one Thunderbolt adapter if your MacBook Pro supports two external displays.

Apple Thunderbolt Display - Technical Specifications

"Peripheral connections:

Three powered USB 2.0 ports

FireWire 800 port

Gigabit Ethernet port

Thunderbolt port"

Did you ever find a solution to your problem? I'm trying to find a workaround to do the same on my new MacBook Air M2 which only supports a single external monitor. Daisy-chaining the two Thunderbolt Displays used to work for the second monitor on my old Intel-based Macbook Pro, but no longer does on the M2.

I don't know what you mean when you say that "the Thunderbolt displays only have USB ports (no Thunderbolt ports)."

The 27" Apple Thunderbolt Display, model A1407, sold between July 2011 and June 2016, has two Thunderbolt connections, both of which are Thunderbolt 1 connections using Mini DisplayPort style connectors. One of the connections might consist of a hard-wired cable with a Thunderbolt 1 plug on the end.

If both connections are working and your computer has Thunderbolt and your computer supports at least two external monitors, with resolutions of 2560x1440 pixels or greater, you can daisy-chain the monitors.

If you have an Apple laptop that uses the base M1 or M2 chip (13" Air, 15" Air, 13" Pro), you have a machine that supports at most one external monitor. So you can't daisy-chain two Thunderbolt Displays to it, and expect that to work.

Yes, I understand the the M1 and M2 chips (not Pro versions) support only a single external monitor. I'm looking for a workaround for the Thunderbolt displays. Many people have used docks/hubs to accomplish dual-monitor support for other monitor protocols, but I can't use these solutions because they do not support old Thunderbolt 2. I was hoping someone in the community had found a clever way to get around the single monitor support, specifically for Thunderbolt displays.

I found this article in Macworld but the docking stations are on the expensive side so I have not commented on doing it just yet. But at least it provides detailed solutions on how to get around this supporting only a single monitor.

https://www.macworld.com/article/675869/how-to-connect-two-or-more-external-displays-to-apple-silicon-m1-macs.html

Hope this helps!!

I do not believe that there is any workaround when the displays in question require Thunderbolt input. You’re looking for something that does not exist.