Mulitple display in Macbook Air M2

With a MacBook Air M2 where only one external display is allowed,

Can I use ipad as a second monitor folllowing this guide

Use an iPad as a second display for a Mac - Apple Support

and still connecting to the third monitor via hdmi/type-c?

Thx~

Posted on Jul 13, 2023 10:14 PM

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Posted on Jul 14, 2023 1:51 AM

You're in luck.


I could be mistaken, but I don't think Sidecar counts against the "one external display" limit. Sidecar doesn't' give you an extra hardware video output on your M2 MacBook Air, or add a hardware video input to an iPad (which has none). It uses a software-based virtual display connection.


M2 MacBook Air: Using an external display… - Apple Community


https://www.pocket-lint.com/laptops/news/apple/148262-apple-sidecar-macos-ipados-features-explained/


There is apparently a limit of one Sidecar display at a time.




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Jul 14, 2023 1:51 AM in response to hsunwen

You're in luck.


I could be mistaken, but I don't think Sidecar counts against the "one external display" limit. Sidecar doesn't' give you an extra hardware video output on your M2 MacBook Air, or add a hardware video input to an iPad (which has none). It uses a software-based virtual display connection.


M2 MacBook Air: Using an external display… - Apple Community


https://www.pocket-lint.com/laptops/news/apple/148262-apple-sidecar-macos-ipados-features-explained/


There is apparently a limit of one Sidecar display at a time.




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