How to use an external display with your Mac

Every computer I’ve called my own for work or personal use has been a laptop. I love the portability of a laptop. It’s great to do work while lounging in my favorite chair or at a coffee shop (when we could still do that). But it’s really hard for me to put in a full workday hunched over one. To fix that, I’ve found that plugging my laptop to an external monitor on my desk is essential for me to be productive. Now I can’t imagine working without one.

If you’re considering adding an external monitor to your macOS setup to help fix that laptop hunch or just to add some extra screen real estate, read on. I’ll walk you through how to set up the external monitor with your Mac and adjust your display settings so that you can make the monitor...

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