I use 3 monitors on my Mac Studio with no issues.
Multiple Displays on a Mac Sucks
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Re: Multiple Displays on a Mac Sucks
#52And he didn't even get into how mac docking stations fucking suck and full of graphics bugs (everybody in my company actually turned off chrome GPU accel. because the display sometimes went crazy while rendering.)
Re: Multiple Displays on a Mac Sucks
#53This person needs rectangle at least. https://rectangleapp.com/ It will not solve all the problems, but at least it will allow for fast key-based window movement instead of slow drag-and dropping with the mouse.
Was going to say the same. Makes almost all window positioning stuff fun and good.
Re: Multiple Displays on a Mac Sucks
#54I'd love to use a Linux distribution and window manager on my MacBook, in particular KDE. Would be totally awesome, great hardware and a power-user friendly operating system. I resort to using a ThinkPad for my Linux needs and it's ok but the new Macs are just leagues ahead in terms of hardware.
You could give Asahi Linux a spin? https://asahilinux.org/
Re: Multiple Displays on a Mac Sucks
#55I'd love to use a Linux distribution and window manager on my MacBook, in particular KDE. Would be totally awesome, great hardware and a power-user friendly operating system. I resort to using a ThinkPad for my Linux needs and it's ok but the new Macs are just leagues ahead in terms of hardware.
You could give Asahi Linux a spin? https://asahilinux.org/
Yeah thanks, I know that, is it usable enough as a daily driver already?
Re: Multiple Displays on a Mac Sucks
#56I’ve had none of the issues OP complains about. Windows do open on the wrong screen, but I keep the same windows open for months at a time.
Yeah, I was a little bit baffled when I saw the post. I move between two different multi-screen setups with different arrangements (at home and at work), plus using my laptop alone. I haven't done like a study or whatever if it remembers my window positions, but I've never been annoyed with how macOS handles it, it's classic Apple "just works".
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#57Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm on Linux and I don't have any of these issues
Well I have them all the time
Did you try to solve them? "Linux" doesn't really mean anything, which DE/window manager? X11 or Wayland? Which graphics drivers?
Every configuration will have a slightly different solution, but at least there is usually a solution and it makes somewhat sense. And you can customize it to make sense for _you_, not what someone else decides makes sense. Back when I used to work in an office and used to dock/undock my laptop, i3 worked well.
I assigned workspaces 1-5 on my left monitor and 6-10 on my right monitor. When I disconnected from the dock, workspaces 1-10 would appear on my single laptop screen. When I connected it back to the dock, they switched back. I am _pretty_ sure it was all handled by i3 in the config.
Re: Multiple Displays on a Mac Sucks
#58Does anyone else have a problem where secondary displays on mac just stop working, and the only way to fix it is to unplug and replug the display cable, or cycle inputs on the monitor? Nothing I've done seems to fix it. I don't know if its because its a 144hz monitor or what, but it never happened on my previous 60hz monitors and it never happens when i plug into my windows box.
We have one particular model (P2419HC) of Dell display at work that seem to do this.
As best as I can tell, there's some kind of active component in the USB-C cable that is only powered by the monitor, and it doesn't "reset" itself properly.
Re: Multiple Displays on a Mac Sucks
#59I'd love to use a Linux distribution and window manager on my MacBook, in particular KDE. Would be totally awesome, great hardware and a power-user friendly operating system. I resort to using a ThinkPad for my Linux needs and it's ok but the new Macs are just leagues ahead in terms of hardware.
If the Linux drivers now handle the Macbook touch pad with the same feel as MacOS, that would be extra nice.