You’ll see two preferences windows when you do this, one for your MacBook screen, and one for your monitor. To fix or avoid this, head to System Preferences > Displays. This can be disorienting, and it definitely hurts workflow if you need to go between the displays a lot.
If your MacBook thinks the monitor is to the right, when it’s really to the left, you’ll still have to move your cursor all the way to the right to get over to the monitor.
At that point, your screen will blink black for a second and your monitor screen should turn on, showing a continuation of your laptop display.ĭepending on where you’re setting up your monitor relative to your laptop-to the right, left, or even above or below it-you’ll want to adjust how your screens work to mimic what’s happening in real life. On your MacBook, you shouldn’t have to do more than plug in the cable (or the cable with an adapter). Then, plug the cable you’ll be connecting to your MacBook into the monitor. With your ports understood and cables obtained, the next step is to plug the cables in and start using your monitor with your MacBook.įirst, make sure your monitor has its power cord plugged in and is turned on.
Watch our What is Thunderbolt 3 video on the Thunderbolt YouTube channel.Plug Everything In and Adjust Your Settings And it allows you to connect as many as 6 devices, daisy chained, through a single compact port. Thunderbolt I/O technology lets you move data between your devices and your computer with 2 channels of 10Gbps flowing both ways (upstream and downstream) at the same time. Simply put, Thunderbolt 3 delivers the best USB-C.Thunderbolt technology is a transformational high-speed, dual protocol, PC I/O delivering performance, simplicity and flexibility. It’s unrivaled for new uses, such as 4K video, single-cable docks with charging, external graphics, and built-in 10 GbE networking.
A single cable now provides four times the data and twice the video bandwidth of any other cable, while also supplying up to 100W of power. For the first time, one computer port connects to Thunderbolt devices, every display, and billions of USB devices. Computer ports with Thunderbolt 3 provide 40Gbps Thunderbolt – double the speed of the previous generation, USB 3.1 10Gbps, and DisplayPort 1.2.
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