10.13.4 Displaylink no longer working

JPyre

I have been using a plugable dock for 6 months with 3 monitors with NO issues. EVERYTHING worked fine before this upgrade. Stop being a ****** - If you havent anything helpful to say then bug off.

I have the same problem and need that third monitor. Apple is being inconsiderate and nazi-like on this. Our Mac Mini computers have been very efficient for us, but I guess no longer. I dont think I am ever going to migrate to another "update" in the OS.

Thanks for the info, i had already found that, but this is no solution by any means. All this beta driver does is clone your display. What we need is EXTENDING or MIRRORING, otherwise apple just made our "displaylink" completely useless, who's returning our money?

I hope they're working on a solution ASAP.

A display link device isnt JUNK to ME. I need 3 monitors and its the only way I saw to get it. It IS apple's fault for NOT announcing along with the "update" that something as prevalent as display link devices would turn into bricks. I am ****** off at Apple. Too bad the only completion is WORSE, or I would migrate to it.

Apple talks about intuitive software, but I think they suck at it to an alarming degree. I find the whole iCloud incomprehensible , as well as iTunes. The software is still written by programmers, FOR programmers, not normal people.

We should sue apple for not telling us all that display link devices would become useless and NOT to update if you want to continue using them. Its only fair.

Unfortunately, windows is worse ! And Apple knows it, which is why their programmers dont care about the customers who have display link devices. I think we all should sue apple for making our devices into bricks WITHOUT warning us that their "update" would have that result. Its very inconsiderate, and I hope they fix the problem one way or the other, although I am expecting they knew what they were doing and for some business reason they proceeded with it anyway.

Rolling back isn’t quick, but the faster u do it the better. When you get done you can update all the files changed since the original update date by using time machine. You can bet I won’t be updating my system again anytime soon. Apple should announce what the new OS updates DONT DO in advance. But big business is a bit arrogant

Good points, BUT I still blame Apple on this one. Display Link is a very useful technology which Apple didnt invent. Suspicious that Apple didnt like that and is now getting rid of it without even offering an alternative. It just makes Apple a lot LESS of a company offering useful things to ME, a lowly customer. I spent hours undoing what they did, and I WONT MAKE THAT MISTAKE AGAIN. No more upgrades for me unless its been tested for quite awhile and its advantages AND disadvantages are fully documented. Too Bad for Apple. They lost a lot of faith I had in them.

I would agree. There are so many recent driver related issues that it does put Mac usage in real danger. I am a developer and I am thinking of switching. Recently I had major issues with USB keyboards, my external devices never go to USB3 and now this. It's not good; in fact it's aweful. I have been using Mac's since 1984 and I am pretty sure I am switching; at almost $4k this is ridiculous.

The point is that it was a simple utility that worked flawlessly and was withdrawn without warning. I was using my iPad Pro as a second display and a graphics tablet via DuetDisplay. It worked really well and the pressure sensitivity was as good as anything from Wacom.

? Do you have some kind of citation for this? I received no warning that this functionality would be removed in 10.13.4

The creative ways developers implement their solutions does not mean that they were doing anything wrong. Exploiting options and coming up with creative workarounds is a developer's job. Additionally, using an iPad or other device as an external monitor should be functionality Apple encourages. Many businesses depend on being able to do this.

Thanks, I may try to go with the partition route. If I can figure it out.

I downgraded using my Time Machine to 10.12.6 but my laptop ran so slow on that system. I don't have any High Sierra backups prior to 10.14.3 thanks to yet another issue with High Sierra.

The idea of a solution between Apple and Displaylink seems to grow less likely by the minute. I fear my only option is to buy a new laptop that comes with a USB Type C built in. Chances are I won't go with a Mac computer this time.