How Many External Displays Can I Connect to My MacBook Air M5?
An external display is a monitor, projector, or TV connected to your Mac. The numbers below count those displays only. Your laptop screen is in addition to that number.
Unique means different content. Mirrored means the same content.
With the lid closed: You can still use your external displays. Keep your Mac connected to power. Plug a USB keyboard and mouse into the HP docking station.
1 External Display
Plus your laptop screen if open
What you need
HP docking station
What can I display?
The content on your laptop and external display can be unique or mirrored to be the same.
2 External Displays
Plus your laptop screen if open
What you need
HP docking station. Add an HDMI to USB-C adapter if you want different content on each external display.
What can I display?
With just the HP docking station, both external displays show mirrored content.
With the adapter, each external display can show unique content.
3 External Displays
Plus your laptop screen if open
What you need
HP docking station with an HDMI to USB-C adapter
What can I display?
Two of your external displays can be unique. The third mirrors one of them.
How Many External Displays Can I Connect to My MacBook Neo?
An external display is a monitor, projector, or TV connected to your Mac. The numbers below count those displays only. Your laptop screen is in addition to that number.
Unique means different content. Mirrored means the same content.
Use the rear USB-C port: Plug the HP docking station into the port closest to the screen hinge. Connect the projector or TV to the dock’s HDMI port.
An HDMI to USB-C adapter does not add a unique external display on the Neo.
With the lid closed: You can still use your external displays. Keep your Mac connected to power. Plug a USB keyboard and mouse into the HP docking station.
1 External Display
Plus your laptop screen if open
What you need
HP docking station. No adapter needed.
What can I display?
The content on your laptop and external display can be unique or mirrored to be the same.
2 External Displays
Plus your laptop screen if open
What you need
HP docking station. No adapter needed.
What can I display?
Both external displays show mirrored content. Your laptop screen can show different content.
3 External Displays
Plus your laptop screen if open
What you need
HP docking station. No adapter needed.
What can I display?
All three external displays show mirrored content. Your laptop screen can show different content.