Third Monitor is not detecting

Hi ,

I am new to Mac world , consider me as newbie.

i bought a new mac Macbook Pro M3. i usually three monitor when i use windows machine using dock station . i generally use Hp Thunderbolt docking station. when i switched to Mac , i get only external display while i am connected to docking station including built in display , second monitor is going as Mirrored display.


work around is , i connect the second monitor directly to my mac using HDMI , that gives me third monitor which i don't want to . i want everything to be connected via Docking station.


how do i resolve it ? should i buy a specific docking station where three monitor pop up. or should i change the setting .

thanks to anyone who help me to resolve it

cheers

Shiva

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 14.3

Posted on Mar 26, 2024 11:35 AM

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Mar 27, 2024 5:40 AM in response to shiva4722

For a 14" MacBook Pro with a M3 Pro chip, the Technical Specifications say that it

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Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at 1 billion colors and:

  • Up to two external displays with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz over Thunderbolt, or one external display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz over Thunderbolt and one external display with up to 4K resolution at 144Hz over HDMI
  • One external display supported at 8K resolution at 60Hz or one external display at 4K resolution at 240Hz over HDMI

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So just to get things straight, when you said "third monitor", were you referring to a second external monitor (two external monitors + the built-one = three)?


If you are trying to connect two monitors to a M3-Pro-based machine, through a Thunderbolt dock (not merely a USB-C dock marketed as "Thunderbolt-compatible"), that should be possible. At least with some docks – since Other World Computing, SonnetTech, and CalDigit offer many Thunderbolt docks which they say can do that, in one way or another.


If you are trying to connect three monitors to a M3-Pro-based machine, through a Thunderbolt dock, that's more monitors than the M3 Pro chip can support.

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