Re: [sussex_mug] USB C monitor, iPad...

[Tony Crooks]

Hi, I’d go for a usb-c digital av multiport adaptor plus HDMI cable as the ‘safe’ way to go. Should work for all 3 devices.  Regards, Tony Sent from my iPhone Email: tcro...@duck.com Tel: +44 7428 706227 On 13 Dec 2023, at 22:31, 'Jason Davies' via Sussex Mac User Group <smug@googlegroups.com> wrote:  Hi folks, Currently a victim of USB-C connectors and cables all looking the same, would appreciate anyone who’s grasped it all better chipping in. I have three USB C Apple devices: ipad Air 2020 iPhone 15 Macbook Pro 2022 At work we’ve shifted offices to ‘agile working’ ie you find somewhere and plug in a laptop. This connects via USB C to a hub with two monitors than run through DisplayLink. That obviously only works on the Mac. But the monitors are Dell 2421DC which will run HDMI, USB-C and Displayport. So there are days I have hardly any time at the desk and I was hoping I could run one of the monitors from my iPad Air (or even phone) and have a BT keyboard, for days I don’t fancy lugging the MBP in. So I tried connecting via USB C directly using the cable that came with the iPad Air (or perhaps the iPhone, not sure ) which I believe is data and power. If I connect my phone to the mac, it seems to register a data connector and prompts for ‘Trust this computer’. But none of them would connect to the display. I found the setting to switch to the USBC input to no avail. I believe this should work so the likely candidate is the cable (I don’t have others to try). Or I could buy an HDMI to USB C cable but I’d rather not as that will eventually join the drawer full of adaptors that are no longer relevant. A USB-C cable will get longer use (and also charge the device). But which one? And have I missed anything here, maybe it’s not the cable… Would be really helpful to be able to do this some days; I’m not sure I trust the large open area as a place to leave the laptop (my own, everyone else uses university-issued Dells and hates them) and some days I come and go a lot. The iPad would be a much better device to be using on those days, easy to slip into a large pocket. Cheers for any help, J -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/B995C275-7082-4C83-8BE8-1CF82FF67D23%40me.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/EB0D25A0-298C-488C-AACB-FAF2F29C9013%40gmail.com.