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On your Mac, click the AirPlay button on your Macs menu bar, which looks like a rectangle with a solid triangle pointing upward from the bottom.

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Less wholesomely, you could work in one and watch a movie in anotherbut I didnt say that.) An HDMI-compatible TV should do the trick if you dont have an extra monitor sitting around, but the pixel density and refresh rates likely wont be as satisfying.

Its usually a lot easier to hook up an external monitor to a PC rather than a Mac, as you can usually just use any ol HDMI cable.

Youre almost certainly going to need some kind of a dongle with a contemporary Mac.

On the other hand, the Apple ecosystem now lets you easily use newer iPads as secondary monitors within seconds, so it does bring clear advantages.

If you have one of those models, congratulations For everything else, youre going to need a dongle or a specialized cable.

And if you just want a specialized cable for a USB-C compatible MacBook, we recommend Apples own 39 USB-CThunderbolt 3 cable if you have a Thunderbolt 3-compatible monitor.

If you have a standard HDMI-compatible monitor, we recommend this highly rated six-foot 17 USB-CThunderbolt 3 to HDMI cable from Uni.

Lets start with Apples own options for HDMI and VGA, which are outrageously expensive for what youre getting, as you might expect.

Its what I personally use for the 2010 Cinema Display that I keep hooked up to my 2017 15-inch MacBook Pro, and it has served me well for two years.

Once youve managed to hook up your second display, youll need to arrange the two displays so you can intuitively drag windows and files from one display to the other.

Go to Settings in your Mac, then click Displays and then Arrangement.

So if you put your secondary monitor above your MacBook (as I have in the photo above), make sure you orient the second monitors blue rectangle so its on top of the blue rectangle representing the MacBook.

After that, you may want to move your macOS dock to the secondary screen if youll be looking at it more often.

To do this, move your mouse pointer up to the desktop of the secondary monitor and click anywhere.

Then makes two swift downward strokes along the bottom of the display where you would like for the dock to appear.

The dock should then switch overalthough keep in mind that it may take some practice.

If you have your monitors set up the way I do, make sure you make these downward strokes in a corner of the display that doesnt overlap with the main MacBook display.

Otherwise, your mouse pointer will simply go down to the bottom screen.) Use your iPad as a secondary display If you dont happen to have a second monitor or an extra TV sitting around, an iPad now works as a secondary monitor for your Mac as well.

Just keep in mind, of course, that youll be working with a smaller screen.

There is a bonus, though: If youve already set up a proper secondary monitor, this setup lets you use your iPad as a third display.

More specifically, youll need at least a 5th-generation iPad, an iPad Air 2, and iPad mini 4, or any iPad Pro.

Youll also need a MacBook or MacBook Pro that was made in 2016 or later, a 2015 27-inch iMac 5K, or any 2016 iMac or later (including the Pro), a 2018 Mac mini, or the 2011 or 2019 Mac Pros.

Now that thats out of the way, make sure your iPad is turned on and near your Mac.

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