Daisy chain Dell u2713h

I tried to do the same thing. Unfortunately, neither OS X 10.9.x nor 10.10 (Public Beta) offers full support of the MST (Multi-Stream Transport) feature set as outlined by the DisplayPort 1.2 specification.

However, Windows 7 and 8 both support it (tried it on both). I'm able to daisy chain my U2713H with another monitor via DisplayPort on my Late 2013 Retina Macbook inside of Windows. They show up as separate monitors (extended desktop) without any issue.

Hi, I have read through several threads and understand that daisy-chaining the dell U2713H on a macbook pro is only possible when using windows. I am not a competent mac-user myself, but am asking on behalf of a friend. When everyone says "it only works through windows" do you mean if you are running parallels on your MBP? Or do you need to have purely windows installed to get the daisy-chain to work? I know my friend uses parallels on his MBP so if it's possible to get a successful daisy chain through that, I would appreciate knowing. Thanks

Just a thought, but if a particular Mac has two TB ports (like newer MBPs), then why not connect one monitor directly to each individual TB port. And then, connect other peripherals to the monitor's second TB port. That way you are not daisy chaining the monitors at all. In the OP's scenario, the TB to GB Ethernet adapter would connect to the monitor's second TB port.

He does in fact have two TB ports. He may be satisfied with two external monitors, but if he theoretically wanted to add a 3rd/4th, would it be possible to run a daisy chain through one or two of the TB ports? These monitors have 2560x1440 resolution. I don't really understand if a single MBP is capable of running 4 external monitors of such high resolution... or how all that works with regards to GPU requirements. Thanks.

I am no expert but think that andars answer above is correct. I don't remember where I read it, but I seem to remember others talking about the fact that Apple would need to add DisplayPort 1.3 before you could do MST (Multi-Stream Transport) and daisy-chain multiple high resolution monitors on a single TB cable.

I cannot get my out of the box one new Dell monitor, model u2415 to work with my MacBook Pro (MBP). I have a MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2011). I have no other external monitor.

After working with Dell Tech Support, they tell me it is "Plug-n-Play" and incompatible with Apple. However, I find on YouTube and here, people using this new Dell monitor.

I told Dell, I cannot get any Menu or what have you, to come up on the Dell. Only the "Inputs" selection. I think that's where the problem is.

Frankly, after two nights and four hours or so (also with Apple). I'm about to give up.

Am I missing something? Ideas???

Did you find a solution to your problem? I have a very similar issue with my mac.

Unfortunately still no solution for this problem. I'm trying to keep track of all posts that discuss this issue here:

MST Support but no support for daisy chaining?

I hope apple will enable daisy chaining now they have good MST support build-in. They do support daisy chaining with their own Thunderbolt display, but I hope they will also support it with normal displays (at 1/3 rd of the price of a thunderbolt display, but yes, without the thunderbolt hub build in).