macOS Sequoia 15.3 wont let me detect my second display

Can anyone help??

I've just moved to macOS Sequoia 15.3

Now my second display (thunderbolt) which worked perfectly, about 2 hours ago is now dead and cant be detected. I've looked on line and it turns out it's a common problem. I wish I had just left the upgradfe.


IS there a fix?


Thank you


iMac 27″, macOS 15.3

Posted on Jan 29, 2025 3:18 PM

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Posted on Feb 5, 2025 12:05 AM

It's very clear there is an issue with this update, the internet is full of it, already at least more than a month. No solutions worked for me. This is 100% a software issue on apple's side. I need the second screen for work and it affects my productivity a lot. When will Apple fix it?

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Mar 1, 2025 3:48 PM in response to Servant of Cats

I believe that is the case for the M1 Mac Mini, perhaps one of the laptops. The Mac Studio M1 I have supports three monitors because that’s what I’ve been doing for over two years. But I do have a Kensington TB3 dock where two of my monitors are plugged into. I would also guess the first M1 Mac Pros support at least three or more monitors.

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Mar 1, 2025 3:55 PM in response to Elparquito

That solution worked for me. However, I do not believe you need to download anything. I didn’t. Since it’s a .plist, if you drag the file to your desktop and reboot, the operating system will create a new .plist file. You’ll need to go in and manually set your preferences again, though.

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Mar 4, 2025 1:06 AM in response to sgreadly

I don’t know what I’m doing wrong but I just can’t find this file to delete it. I’ve tried about every single solution apart from changing leads which isn’t an option. Can anyone just let me k ow where to find this file. Thanks

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Mar 5, 2025 8:46 AM in response to WozaMAC

I waited until 15.3 because of all the reported issues with multiple monitors. For me, at least, there are still issues with 15.3. I have a MBP16 with 2 Apple Thunderbolt Monitors.

Both monitors work for me.

HOWEVER, I have to reboot every morning to get both monitors to work. When waking up from sleep, only one of the Thunderbolt monitors is recognized. Restart MBP and back to both Thunderbolts working. A pain but at least they work.

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Mar 6, 2025 8:53 AM in response to WozaMAC

I am having a similar issue since the 15.3 update and it is very frustrating to not be able to extend the displays in a reliable way any more. If I unconnected and connect eventually it will finally find it but it has been taking 20 minutes every morning to get his working. Do we have a timeline with this will be fixed. This is a horrible user experience.

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macOS Sequoia 15.3 wont let me detect my second display

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