I have a macbook pro Monterey with M2 chip. I want to connect multiple monitors (HDMI) but the mac only sees 1 of the external monitors in system preferences. It duplicates to both external monitors. Is there a way to connect 2 external monitors?
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.4
The 2020 Apple-Silicon M1 13-in MacBook Pro and Air and 2022 Apple-Silicon M2 13-in MacBook Pro and Air are extremely-capable entry-level computers. They can support the internal display AND an External display up to the previously unheard of size of the Apple 6K display at billions of colors. But only ONE in addition to the internal display.
This may not match the way older computers forced you to work, since older computers were not able to support a really large external display. But it is NOT a defect. The spec was available long before you could purchase the computer.
The Apple standard for its built-in hardware-accelerated displays, makes them suitable for full-motion video for production/display of cinema-quality video with NO dropped frames, and NO dropouts or partial-blank scan lines due to memory under-runs or other issues. This requires a hardware rasterizer/display-generator for each fully-accelerated display.
There are no good hacks that can provide a hardware-accelerated display suitable for full-motion Video.
There are some hacks if you don't need a hardware-accelerated display, such as for slow-to-change spreadsheets, program listings, or Stock quotes.
MacBook Pro M2 - Connecting multiple monitors
