However, I read that this won't work unless your monitors have MiniDisplay Ports. But I thought it might be worth it to do it this way, so that if I get a new computer sometime down the road in the next couple of years, I already have a dock, and not just a useless adapter.Ģ) 'Daisy chain' the monitors. Will this work, or am I taking crazy pills?ġ) Buy a USB to HDMI adapter with video card and connect one monitor via Thunderbolt, and one via one of the USB 3.0 slots. Then connect the monitors to the dock.Įverything seems to be compatible, but it's all a bit confusing. So I'd plug the MiniDisplay Port cable into my laptop's Thunderbolt 1 port, plug the other end into the adapter's thunderbolt 1/thunderbolt 2 port, then plug the adapter's Thunderbolt 3/USB C end into the dock's USB C/Thunderbolt 3 input. wondering if anybody has tried anything similar.Īpple Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter Also compatible with Thunderbolt 1 (though I'll be damned-I can't seem to find a bidirectional/correct direction cable that isn't $50-Apple or otherwise.)

I think I've come up with the solution as to how to do this, but I wanted to check if this will actually work. I understand that this is the same shape as MiniDisplay Port (thunderbolt 2) and they are (somewhat) cross-compatible (thunderbolt 1 can go to thunderbolt 2, but not the other way around?).

MacBook Pro 2015 and down - These computers have HDMI ports, so you can use a standard HDMI to HDMI cable. You can buy a USB-C to HDMI cable that has a USB-C connector on one end and an HDMI connector on the other. USB C to HDMI Cable, 4K UHD, Syntech Thunderbolt 3/4 to HDMI Cable Compatible with MacBook Air MacBook Pro 2020 iPad mini iMac 2021 iPad Air 4 Surface Pro 8/X Go Galaxy Dell and More-1.8m 4. However, this laptop has only a Thunderbolt port for video output (Thunderbolt 1). MacBook Pro 2016 and up - These computers use Thunderbolt 3 outputs, which need USB-C connections. I'm looking into running two external monitors from the Thunderbolt port (for school and work.

I have a mid 2012 MacBook Pro, non-retina (In which I installed a 1TB SSD and 16gb RAM a little while back).

2012 macbook pro to hdmi cable