I've currently got my 2018 Mac Mini connected to a 27" Thunderbolt display via Thunderbolt 3 USB-C to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter and a 27" Benq via HDMI. I have an opportunity to inherit (figuratively speaking) a 2nd Thunderbolt display and am contemplating replacing the Benq with it. My issues: 1. I don't want to have to drop $50 on the adapter. Is the Apple version the only one out there? I've found USB-C to Mini DP adapters for quite cheap but my understanding is that it *has* to be Thunderbolt... mDP alone will not cut it. Is this accurate? 2. As a measure to avoid the $50 hit in #1, can I daisy chain the 2 Thunderbolts? I believe I have a TB2 cable laying around. Otherwise, it looks like I'm stuck with a $30 hit for that... or is there a non-apple version I'm missing?

I have Apple M1 Pro 14 Inch with two monitors Lenovo 27 Inch Monitor with USBC support and a Display Out port LG 24 Inch - 24gm79g I connected my laptop to Lenovo monitor via USBC and connected my LG 24-inch with DP cable using the Display Out port on Lenovo Monitor. When I do this, Mac only detects the Lenovo Monitor and the display is duplicated between the monitors. How can I extend the displays instead?

I have a Dell P2720DC and Apple Thunderbolt Displays I want to daisy chain. Since the Dell has USB-C PD, I prefer connecting my MacBook to it, but then I'm not sure I can connect its DisplayPort output to Apple Thunderbolt Display. Would it work? Which cable/adaptor to use? If not, are there other options?

I started work at a new organization and have been provided with a 2017 13" MacBook Pro with 2 Thunderbolt ports. Those are the only two ports on the device apart from a 3.5 mm jack. One of the TB port is always occupied by a YubiKey which is a security device which needs to be plugged into the laptop for me to access office resources. I have read that Macs don't support daisy chaining so is there any way that I can have a 2 monitor set up with just 1 TB port ?

I have a 2017 13" MacBook Pro (with two USB-C ports) with Mojave and wish to use it to daisy-chain a display to two external monitors through DisplayPort. Unfortunately, it seems that although the hardware supports this, MacOS itself does not support multi-stream transport - the two monitors in the chain are mirroring their display with no option to extend instead. **Is there any third party driver or other software available to make this work as intended in MacOS?** If not, what would be the best alternate solution to get it working? Ideally, I'd like to avoid buying a separate £200 dock to be able to use multiple monitors and still power the MacBook as well. The monitors in question are Dell U2515h if that helps - they support daisy chaining through DisplayPort 1.2, although ideally, I'd also like to be able to chain to another monitor too.

I'm wondering if it's possible to daisy-chain my two Dell U2417H monitors with my MacBook Pro (2019 - 16 inch), which has 4 Thunderbolt 3 ports. I've seen a few "no" answers relating to older Macs, have Apple decided/announced support for daisy-chaining since. If not, can anyone recommend an alternative way to connect two monitors + peripherals with minimal cables into the Mac?

I'm interested in setting up a wired connection to my router, in order to achieve a faster internet connection than I can get from built-in 802.11n. My 2012 Mac Book Air has only one Thunderbolt 1 port, and that port is in use by an external LaCie HD with two Thunderbolt ports. So I would be connecting to the internet this way: 2012 MacBook Air > Thunderbolt 1 Cable > Lacie HD > Apple Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter > Fast Cat5E UTP Patch Cable > Netgear Router > cable modem Will having a hard drive between a laptop and its internet connection impose a significant performance cost?

My current setup ---------------- 2 Thunderbolt 27 inch displays 7 port Dlink USB 2.0 HUB 15" MacBook Pro Retina, Late 2013 Various low power USB 2.0 Peripherals plugged into hub I have the one monitor daisy chained into the other which also has an ethernet 1 Gb/s connection and the USB hub connection. This is all connected to my MacBook Pro with the Thunderbolt 2 connection. ---------- ## Upgrading to 2016 MacBook Pro ## I thought it would be relatively simple to simply get a Thunderbolt 2 to Thunderbolt 3 adapter .However, **Apple support said that this is not possible.** If that is true, why? They said I would need an adapter for each Thunderbolt Display. An adapter for the ethernet, and an adapter for the USB 2.0 hub. That's a total of 4 adapters! However, I'm wondering if that is true since you can buy hubs (OWC Thunderbolt 2 Dock ) which this guide says will run over a single Thunderbolt 2 to Thunderbolt 3 adapter. These hubs can have various thunderbolt/hdmi/ethernet connections. In principle, aren't I using the Thunderbolt display in the same manner?

has this issue been sorted out with High-Sierra? The issue being (in case you didn't want to click the link) that daisy-chained displays were always being mirrored instead of recognised as individual displays.

My MacBook Pro have only two thunderbolt ports. My new external monitors are Dell U2414H connected to MacBook Pro using Display Port to Mini Display Port cable each one. In this situation I'm unable to connect Apple Thunderbolt Ethernet adapter cause of no free ports. Next step I tried to connect monitors using Daisy Chain function this way: On first monitor I enabled "Daisy Chain" function. On second (and the last one) I didn't change anything and left it disabled. Now I connected supplied cable (DP to MiniDP) to first monitor to DisplayPort and the other side (Mini DP) two second monitors MDP input. Than I connected only one cable (from first monitor) to first thunderbolt port of my MacBook Pro. Only thing I got was display mirroring. Two of My Dell's was mirrored. My question is - Any chance two run it using Daisy Chain functionality? As far as I know MacBook thunderbolt ports compatible with MiniDP but... Any chance to solve it?

I'm trying to get two displays on my MBP 13" mid 2012, apparently it supports two daisy chained Apple TB displays, but i can't fork out £1600 for two Apple TB displays, so after a weekend of searching, here are my alternatives: 1. A mini dp to hdmi (first monitor) the usb to hdmi/vga/dvi (second monitor), problem here is the usb adapters for mac are just not good enough for me. 2. Using an adapter like the Matrox DualHead2Go Digital SE, to split the mini displayport to two outputs, problem here is the macbook sees both monitors as one big monitor, which isn't what I'm looking for. 3. Utilize the thunderbolt daisy chaining, using the [Elgato thunderbolt dock](http://store.apple.com/uk/product/HFA82ZM/A/elgato-systems-thunderbolt-dock?fnode=51) (which has an hdmi port) connected to the MBP's TB port, you can connect an HDMI display, and then connect the Elgato Thunderbolt Dock to another Elgato Thunderbolt Dock via a Thunderbolt cable. Then, the second Elgato Thunderbolt Dock can connect to a display via Thunderbolt™, HDMI or DisplayPort. Basically using two TB Docks, so you have MBP -> Elgato TB dock with hdmi (first monitor) -> second Elgato TB Dock with hdmi (second monitor) The third option will do what I want, but I don't want to have to buy two docks. Hence, I've been trying to find a thunderbolt device that supports daisy chaining for a price range of less than £100, the closest I got was the [Belkin thunderbolt dock](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Belkin-F4U055ukAPL-Thunderbolt-Express-Dock/dp/B009F916RS) but that goes for £154. I don't really care what the device does I just want to be able to daisy chain my Thunderbolt port from my current dock and attach a second monitor to the chain, i.e. MBP -> TB Dock with hdmi (first monitor) -> a cheap daisy chainable device -> mini displayport to hdmi (second monitor). I would also appreciate any other suggestions on achieving dual independent displays for my MBP (just in case I've missed something).

*Marking this question as an already existing question is **wrong** as the other question refers to a **Mid 2012 NON**retina Macbook running 10.10.1 instead of 10.10.3/4* _______ **I think that daisy chaining DisplayPort screens under OS X 10.10.4 is not possible, due to software limitations defined by Apple.** After Googling for some hours, spending 1.5 hours talking to the Apple Support and another hour talking to the Dell support, I don't know where else to find a solution than here. This is my problem: I just bought a new MacBook Pro Retina 2015 2.5GHz i7, 16GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 750M running OS X Yosemite 10.10.3. I have two Dell U2414H 24" screens. I want to use **one** of my *two* Thunderbolt/DisplayPort ports from my MacBook to connect both screens via a daisy chain. (I know that I could easily plug each screen into its own Thunderbolt/DisplayPort. But I need to use one Thunderbolt/DisplayPort for my Ethernet adapter, so I only have one left.) So the setup I'm trying to run looks like the following: MacBook --(from mDP to DP)--> Screen 1 --(from DP to mDP)--> Screen 2 However, whenever I connect the cables like this, I only receive the same image on both screens, i.e. the image is mirrored to both screens. I don't understand why this is the case. If I connect the same setup to a Windows machine, it is working fine. While Googling I found some articles which say that "a Mac running Windows will daisy chain monitors" . Both screens support DisplayPort 1.2 as well as MST ("DisplayPort 1.2 added support for Multi-Stream Transport (MST), enabling multiple monitors to be used via a single DisplayPort connector. ") and I enabled Display Port 1.2 on both screens within the menu. So, as Windows machines and a MacBook running Windows support this setup, I concluded that it has something to do with OS X running. I tried to download the newest drivers for my graphic card form Nvidia . However, I learned that Apple provides the drivers, not Nvidia (“Nvidia drivers are provided by Apple and they are updated with every OS X maintenance update. ”). So I think that Apple is intentionally restricting the usage of Display Port 1.2 with non-Apple screens by limiting this function within the drivers. --- **Can this be true?** Does anybody have a solution for this problem, or know what to do? I tried to find open source drivers for my graphic card and my MacBook which would enable this function, or maybe some hacked drivers, but had no luck yet. --- ## Update 1: 3 June 2015 After Googling again for some hours, I decided to test the statement (link above) that a MacBook running Windows is able to daisychain. I installed Windows 8.1 on my MacBook via Bootcamp. When running Windows 8.1 with the actual Nvidia drivers, daisychaining multiple displays through one Thunderbolt port **is** possible. So I conclude that Apple is intentionally limiting the capabilities of OS X, to force customers to buy their Thunderbolt displays if they want functionality that should be possible with normal displays, and breaking the official standards . I contacted the Apple Support again, and met a very competent and helpful supporter, who deep-dived into my problem. He escalated the problem to the European technology department of Apple, questioning why daisychaining display port monitors is not possible on OS X. I am still waiting for a response from the department, but this can take up to 5 days, according to the supporter. *If I get any answer, I'll post it here.* --- ## Update 2: 6 June 2015 Today my Apple support rep gave me a call to inform me that he received a response from the European technology department of Apple. However, the department only referred to a support article of Apple and quoted the following "[...] as each Thunderbolt port can support one Mini DisplayPort display." Therefore, they could only speculate why daisychaining does not work but decided to not do so as it wouldn't help. My support then told that this answer is not very satisfying and asked for further help. It seems like this daisychaining problem is either not known at Apple and therefore not solved (**maybe we can make Apple pay attention by spamming the developers with the form mentioned below**), or Apple does not want to solve the problem in order to force customers to buy the more expensive Apple Thunderbolt Display. --- I am keeping this thread up to date for other people searching the web for the same problem. If you are experiencing the same problem, then please fill out [Apple's feedback form](https://www.apple.com/feedback/macos.html) and tell the developers to change the macOS behaviour regarding daisychaining.

I'm using a 27" iMac in Target Display Mode, daisy-chained though a Thunderbolt display on my MacBook Pro. Both are running Yosemite. MBP-->TBDisplay-->iMac (normal operation) Typically I come into the office in the morning, connect my laptop to the Thunderbolt, then power on the iMac and switch to Target Display Mode. My laptop is now happily running two external displays: However, when I unplug my laptop to go to a meeting, the iMac grabs the Thunderbolt as a second display. I don't really care about this for now... MBP-X-TBdisplayiMac (problem with TBdisplay not showing MBP) Is there any way of preventing the iMac from grabbing the Thunderbolt, or forcing it to relinquish it when I return, short of disconnecting and reconnecting the cable (really don't want to do this, the cable is flaky enough already) or rebooting the iMac? Even putting it to sleep doesn't seem to cut it.

I recently bought 2 Dell U2715H monitors to use in a daisy chain configuration to save on thunderbolt port usage. Everything I read said it would work with my Macbook, but so far I have not had any success. My specs are: 2.5 GHz i7, 16GB DDR3 memory, NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048 MB for graphics. The first monitor is connected to my laptop via mini-dp to display port in of the first monitor. The second monitor is connected from display port out on the first monitor into the mini-dp in port. I have enabled DP 1.2 on the first monitor, but I'm not sure if it should be on for the second. I did try it in both configurations but neither worked. Based on the support pages I've read, my Macbook has DP1.2 support via Thunderbolt 2 and MST was allowed in update 10.10.3 (I'm on 10.10.5). My graphics card can handle this setup based on my research. Am I missing anything obvious? All I get is a blank screen on both monitors. Should I try updating to El Capitan?

On an iMac with 1 Thunderbolt port, how to have an external monitor and an external HDD work? I can't use the USB port because it's 2.0, it will be too slow (the external HDD is a SSD). I understand the display needs to go last, because it's actually mini-displayport. But what about the HDD? I can't find a single external HDD that has 2 Thunderbolt ports (one IN, one OUT). So how are you supposed to daisy chain things?

There are 2 Thunderbolt ports, but I have 3 devices. Is there a way to attach all 3? I've read stuff about "daisy-chaining" but I don't know what it means.

If I had a FireWire 400 DVD drive connected (via a FireWire 400-800 cable) to a FireWire 800 hard drive that was then connected via a Thunderbolt to FireWire 800 adapter to a Thunderbolt hard drive, that was then connected to a Mac, would I be able to use all the drives? And would I get Thunderbolt speeds on the Thunderbolt drive and FireWire 800 speeds on the FireWire drive? Also all the drives are powered externally.

I currently have 3 monitors (Asus VN247H) connected to a mid 2014 15" MBP Retina. Two connections are on thunderbolt (with TB->HDMI adaptors) and one on the HDMI port. I would like to use one of the thunderbolt ports for another peripheral. Is there a way to daisy chain two monitors on a single TB port?

Dell u2713H monitor supports Daisy Chaining. as one of the first monitors I've seen that uses DP 1.2 protocol. In essence, I'm asking if thunderbolt supports / enables / works with DP chaining, but the practical question is more obvious. Can I connect 3 of those monitors to my 2011 Intel HD Mac Mini via it's one Thunderbolt port?

I recently purchased a Drobo, and in looking over some online documentation, I encountered [this support article](http://support.drobo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/232/~/firewire-performance-and-stability%3A-mac) which states: > If a FireWire 400 device is also connected, it will pull down the overall performance to match FireWire 400 (FW400) instead of FireWire 800 speeds. I realize that if I attached a FireWire 800 device to a 400 device, and then that 400 device to my computer that obviously I'd only see 400 speeds from the 800 device, but this KB article seems to imply that connecting a 400 device to the other FW port on my Drobo, and having my Drobo connected via 800 to my Mac, will cause the Drobo to communicate at 400 speeds. Is this true? Is this a limitation of the FireWire protocol, a practical limitation common to many implementations of FireWire, or a limitation specific to the Drobo itself?