Multiple Displays on a Mac Sucks

Re:Multiple Displays on a Mac Sucks by joshstrange on Friday April 26, 2024 @05:23AM (#40167370)

> It's particularly frustrating since Apple's most popular Mac product is their Macbooks, which have a rich docking and display ecosystem, so you'd think dynamically changing the desktop configuration would be solidly handled! But no.

I hear what you’re saying, but the vast majority of MacBook pros are probably never plugged into an external display. I know on Hacker News it’s a very different story, but for the general population, they don’t use external displays.

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Re:Multiple Displays on a Mac Sucks by ChrisMarshallNY on Friday April 26, 2024 @08:40AM (#40168703)

In my case, I almost never use the MBP as a standalone.

My replacement for it will be a Studio, whenever the M4 version comes out. I'll keep my current laptop as an "on the road" computer.

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Re:Multiple Displays on a Mac Sucks by joshstrange on Friday April 26, 2024 @08:43AM (#40168736)

Same here. I’d say my laptop is docked 99.99% of the time. I was just pointing out a possible reason as to why multi-monitor support is not a higher priority for Apple. It’s a subset (multi-monitor) of a subset (Mac) of their business.

I do wish it was better, but I’ve also found tools to work around all of my issues .

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Re:Multiple Displays on a Mac Sucks by Capricorn2481 on Friday April 26, 2024 @09:50AM (#40169389)

I just swipe with three fingers. I find that less annoying than dragging my mouse across displays and moving my head.

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