Preferably you want a monitor that supports usb c with power delivery which allows you to connect your macbook pro to the display and charge it using a single cable.
Macbook pro to monitor cable.
To find the right cable or adapter for your mac or ipad pro use the information below to identify the connector on the end of the cable coming from your display hard drive camera hub or other device.
You can also connect a usb c power adapter and cable to charge your notebook computer.
Additionally macos works best with monitors that have a pixel density close to either 110 or 220 ppi.
Use the proper dongle or cable.
Click the displays icon.
Check the end meant to plug into your mac or ipad pro.
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Lg offers a one cable usb c connection to your macbook pro.
As i said the easiest way to hook up an external monitor or a tv to your macbook would be to run an hdmi cable from either a monitor or tv directly to your mac.
Select the video source your macbook is connected to on the monitor.
You can power your macbook use it as a usb hub and transfer video.
Click the apple icon on your macbook.
Connect an hdmi or minidisplay cable to your macbook.
It allows you to calibrate colors with your macbook so that the displays between both are in sync.
Connect the other end of the cable to an hdmi port on the monitor.
These mac models have thunderbolt 3 ports.
Macbook pro 13 inch 2020 macbook pro 16 inch 2019 macbook pro 13 inch 2016 2019.
If you have a device that doesn t connect to this port you might be able to use an adapter to connect it.
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You can also interface with any peripheral using the two 3 0 ports.
Use thunderbolt 3 with displays and other devices that connect using either a thunderbolt 3 cable or usb c cable.