My boss just purchased a Mac Studio (with 2 Thunderbolt 5 ports) and has tasked me with finding monitors. He wants to daisychain 6 monitors, which will mostly be used for financial data. Do all monitors need to be Thunderbolt compatible or just a USB-C port? What would be the best set-up to get 6 monitors connected to one Mac Studio?
iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.15
You need to first determine if the Model of Studio that was purchased can actually run 6 monitors.
Only the Mac Studio with the M3 Ultra CPU can sustain more than 5 displays.
The Mac Studio with the M4 Max can only run up to 5 displays. With one of the 5 having to be connected over HDMI.
With that said, the displays will need to be Thunderbolt capable with a downstream Thunderbolt port for daisy chaining. Or a dock with again compatible downstream thunderbolt ports.
click here ➜ How many displays can be connected to Mac Studio - Apple Support
Also, you won't be able to daisy chain all 6 monitors from a single port. You will need to spread them out at least 2 ports. 3 on each port I believe is the limit. Though I may wrong on this.
Then it should be possible to connect 2 displays to single port to get up to 6 assuming each display has a downstream thunderbolt port.
You will need good quality high speed Thunderbolt cables.
click here ➜ OWC 80Gbps Thunderbolt 5 cable - Amazon.com
Thank you for the feedback. It has an M3 Ultra with 28-Core CPU, 60 GPU and 30 Neural Engine. There are 4 Thunderbolt ports in the back and 2 in the front.
What type of monitors or connections are needed to daisy chain 6 monitors with a Mac Studio with Thunderbolt 5?
