Haha - I have that exact Mac and that exact dongle. Now I just need that shirt.

You have no idea how much money you just saved me because I almost bought a new laptop. Thank you.

I am a MacBook novice new to the world of Apple computers. This video helped show how I would hook up my MacBook M2 to an external non-apple monitor. I have a dongle I had ordered by mistake thinking it could be used as a docking station and now will come in handy to link both components. Very helpful video. Thanks for sharing.

This is literally the exact video I was looking for! I have Macbook Air M1 and just bought an Asus external monitor. Excellent explaination.

Video chapters and links to the donges are down below. I hope this video is helpful. :) 🛒 Walmart USA - bit.ly/46vTGWP 🛒 All USB-C to HDMI (B&H) - bhpho.to/3ROxEb1 🛒 Yeolibo USB-C to HDMI (mine) eBay - ebay.us/tZNluS 🛒 USB-C to HDMI (Simple/Affordable) - ebay.us/AZwiLm 🛒 USB-C to Display Port - ebay.us/FMMwBQ (affiliate links) Video Chapters: 0:00 - About & Older Macbooks 0:21 - External Monitor Ports 0:51 - USB-C to HDMI Dongle (link below) 1:18 - Macbook Air to Monitor Setup 1:41 - Display Settings and Orientation 2:51 - Closing the Lid or External Keyboard & Mouse 3:23 - My list of dongles (links below) Please leave a thumbs up and comment if you found this helpful. Cheers!

Thanks. You saved me from frustration. It turns out order of operation matters! Plug in the USB-C first then the monitor.

EXCELLENT tutorial. Straight to the point and simplified. Thanks!

This video is very well explained thank you very much

OMG, when a guitar guy looking for computer solutions, here is the best place, hahaha great job!!!

I just set up an external monitor. Everything was simple. Thanks for walking me through this. I will make a note to my fellow goofballs: To mirror the screens you have to stack one over the other like you would playing cards.. Not over as in above. It took me a minute to process. 😅

I bought an Anker dongle then bought just a dongle that strictly has 5 USB ports since I needed way more for my setup. Good stuff!! Thanks for this 😁

Thank you, you make it so simple. I was missing one simple step.

just needed a quick refresher, perfect, thanks

This is so helpful! I kept getting an error message and I found out why in less than 60 seconds

So helpful and straightforward!! 😭 thank you sir!

Super helpful - this was absolutely everything I needed to know! Cheers,

Bloody brilliant video. Thanks. Saved me a lot of tears to be honest. Have been able to have an ASUS Pro-art working with my M1 MacBook Air for the last 6 weeks, I do a software update on the Mac, then use my Mac on the job (so disconnected from the ASUS) and suddenly I couldn't use the ASUS screen when I reconnected. It would show an image of my mac's home screen but the mouse would only work on the Mac, not on the ASUS. I'd pull all the plugs, turn everything off and on, and then the mouse would work on the screen but couldn't open any apps as they're on the Mac, only faded out on the screen and unusable. Yes, it's impossible to explain so trying to get customer service over the phone or even via email wasn't working. I watched your video and learnt about how to mirror the screen etc. A little trial and error and then all of a sudden, it's working, you li'l rippa! Thanks heaps.

Thanks this was very helpful. Especially showing that both the built-in and external monitors work, and how to orient them to make the mouse movement logical. Thanks so much!

Thank you! This is the most straightforward video I've seen on the topic.

I use this dongle now for one of our Nintendo switches to travel with. Glad to know that this will work for my new Mac

Now can you do a video on doing this with monitors if different resolutions, such as 1080, 1440, 4K? All the current videos all seem focused on gaming monitors but all I need is general use and light weight video editing. Thanks

Simple and efficient… Thanks for the tutorial! 🙏

Thanks! Very straightforward and clear explanation!

Excellent tutorial... Best I've seen for this application!!

That cables makes me irk. Lol i wish theres wireless connection.

Shane, I thought I recognized you! Helping my son set up an external monitor and I'm like it's Shane from In the Blues! I play and have enjoyed your videos, even though you are a southpaw😜

Thank you sooo much I was trying to figure out how to display the bottom portion to the monitor 😅😊

I like straight to the point tutorial

I am flabbergasted...only known you as a guitar player for the last 10+ yrs

Thank you so much for this video! Saved me trying to set up a dual monitor school setup!

Great job! Answered my questions

Randomly found this video after years of watching you on InTheBlues! How crazy! Need some guitar solos to your tech videos!

thanks to you I finally able to connect my external monitor and bro I was shocked to see how you just hover over the display to switch am like this is soo cool..... am new with all the tech and all

I think, You shouldn't charge your M1 through external dongle/adapter. Because it will brick your M1's battery and eventually dead

thanks - so well explained!

Well done GNT - short and sweet, exactly what I needed to know.

it's not working for me... i want to connect my macbook air m1 2020 to a 2010 asus monitor through an hdmi cable and with a dongle like one in the video. but, even though it recognises the monitor on the Display tab on the mac's Preferences, it keeps showing "no signal" on the monitor

Thanks for the help, well done

When I did this, display and everything worked fine, but I couldn’t have sound coming from my monitor in the sound settings it was greyed out and couldn’t raise my volume, I don’t know why??

Thank you so much!!! This video saved me!

THANK YOU SOOO MUCH THIS WAS SOO HELPFUL!!!!!

nice and clean how to video.thank you.

Thank you, sir. You gave concise explanation and the demonstration is appreciated as well.

Super helpful Shane. Thank you!

thanks, well presented and to the point

Thanks. I have a question: is there a convertor (from HDMI to USB C) that can be plugged into the monitor, to provide a USB C connection? This will make it easy for me to use my Mac Air M2 with my living room TV without carrying the dongle around with my Mac. (Hope you answer my question).

I know we get the bigger screen to look at our timlen, What are rhe other benefits of using external display while video editing ? Will external monitor reduce the work load of MacBook?

Hey, it's the guy from my guitar videos!! Nice job.

So helpful and excellent tutorial. Thanks!

Excellent video. Thank you very much. Greetings from Chile.

Thank you for this video! I have a unique situation I want to run by you. I have 3 thunderbolt displays that I'm trying to connect to an M2 Pro Mac mini. The first two displays run great off two of the USB-C ports in the back of the mini. The third display is supposed to be connected via the HDMI port. I've tried a couple of adapter, but so far nothing is working. Any suggestions?

Love your presentation !

thanks. most easiest explaın ever ı saw. thanks

big help

This worked, thank you!

10/10 keep making these videos

You are the goat shayne

excellent explanation

thank you so much for this!! it helped a lot :)

Can I close my laptop and work on the monitor, great video straight to the point. Thanks

Thank You! Super Helpful!

This was helpful!

Thanks you so simple was explain by you.

Thanks Shane! 🙏🏾

Thanks! This was helpful

Wow!!! You’re Intheblues!

Thank you kind sir, you helped me figure this out at my job. It was such an easy process. I have finished one job without stressing out thanks to you.

I have a problem after connecting my MacBook Air to a monitor... everything is so small! I realized the scaling feature in the "Displays" setting is available only until the laptop has connected to the monitor. After connecting, all I can change is the resolution, but changing it just makes everything blurry. Do you have any suggestion on how to change the size of everything after connecting to a monitor?

Great video. Thank you.

Thanks is a good device. With a similar device, I am able to connect the power source to my M2 device through the device, also able to connect an external monitor, but the device does not detect my external 4Tb hard drive. So I am unable to make a backup of my internal hard disk through Time Machine. Would appreciate if you can make a test of your device if you are able to do it.

Thank you so much . Solved my problem.🎉

If you connect a 4K tv with HDMI for streaming services like Netflix etc will you get full resolution and surround sound through the tv? Obviously the TV gets connected to a sound bar or home theatre. I use the Optical out for that.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! 🙏🏼

Thank you!!

Nice and short. Thanks.

Thank you, Shane.

I can't do ANYTHING and I did this!! Thank you!!

Thank you for this

Great help

Can I use one usb-c port of the M1 Air for charging and the other usb-c port to plug a dongle which will connect to the monitor? I'm afraid charging through the dongle will damage the dongle and the battery.

Nice video. I now have a Mac studio in addition to my m1 MacBook Pro. I currently have a 27" monitor connected to my Mac studio. I connected my MacBook Pro to my Mac studio for a second monitor. In the system preferences I can connect my MacBook pro but every time I wake them I have to reconnect my MacBook Pro and set the sound back to my Mac studio. Any thoughts how to fix this?

thank you so much!

I’ve tried this hdmi to usb cable on 3 monitors and it’s still not working for me

Hey man ! Reviewing Marshall’s to macs ! Haha awesome 😎

does it affect the battery life of Mac?

Thanks dude!

Good video - thanks!

Holy crap its my blues guitar brother 😎 I didn't know you were a tech nerd. how many people on this channel know you from the guitar channel?

It's better to use usb-c to displayport for daisy chaining.

Hello, I recently bought a macbookair M2, to connect it to my EizoCG223w equipped with DVI and DisplayPort ports I bought a USB-c -> Display port cable. Unfortunately the mac does not recognize the monitor the cable is not suitable. Can you recommend a cable that will surely solve my problem and avoid wasting money? Thanks for the support.

Cheers mate handy vid

Great stuff

Thank you!

Great video. Thanks!! DD

Hi, friend! Could you help me? I bought an HP monitor that is FULL HD to use with the Macbook Air (2020). The problem is that I notice that the image on the monitor is not completely clear. I notice it in the letters, they don't look completely sharp. I use Canva to design and when I zoom out the letters look distorted but if I zoom in it looks fine. That doesn't happen on the Macbook. Any suggestions? I have tried all the resolutions that the system gives me and the problem persists. Thanks in advance! 🙏🏼

Thanks Sir!

Thanks!

Ahhh, thank you so much!

Hello. Is 8G RAM enough for a M1 MacBook Air to run effectively 2 screens? (build in + a 4k exernal) Thanks

Very helpful