I have MacBook Air M1. Only one of its usb ports is detecting external display. Rest all functions are normal in both usb ports.

While both usb c ports are working normal such as charging and detecting pen drives and all but only one of the usb c ports is detecting external display. Why so?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 13.4

Posted on Jul 10, 2023 1:44 AM

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WheelieNick

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Jul 10, 2023 2:48 AM in response to rohit41

That is weird, seems like a hardware issue with the port for me

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I have MacBook Air M1. Only one of its usb ports is detecting external display. Rest all functions are normal in both usb ports.

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