USB C Docking Station Dual Monitor for Mac Mini M4, M1/M2/M3/M4 MacBook Pro/Air, Dell, Lenovo, HP, Surface, 13 in 1 Triple Display Dock with 65W Power Adapter, Dual HDMI, VGA, 4 USB 3.0, Ethernet

I had an extra display monitor but of course Apple doesn't let you "just" plug in an adapter with two HDMI ports to use two displays with the M1 chip laptops. Our office IT consultant recommended this Tobenone dock as an affordable option to make it work. The company sent an email ahead of the product with some info about downloading the necessary InstantView driver and the computer settings you need to input to make this work with multiple screens. The packaging also provides a QR link to the software and simple directions--the process only takes a couple of minutes.Because the workaround software uses a screen-recording route, you can't watch streaming content like Netflix with this activated, but it's pretty easy to toggle off the screen-sharing software to stream on the primary screen, then toggle it back on to return to multiple-display mode. It's also handy to have a couple of extra USB ports handy for charging iPads or a bluetooth keyboard.If I had any complaints so far, it would be that the arrangement of ports makes for a mess in the front. The "host" cable (leading to my MacBook Pro) plugs in in the front, plus anything you leave plugged in (like external speakers or a webcam) leave a mess of cables draped over the device. A better arrangement would be to have the "host" port to the side, as well as ports for stuff that stays plugged in.

The description was exactly as what was received for this product. It was easy to install the necessary drivers for the multi-monitor functions and it has enough ports for the functions i need for an office laptop dock. Worked right out of the box. No issues.The customer support was great as well. They sent a follow-up email about my warranty registration that was missing some information.

I had an amazing experience with tjhis company that helped me with a tech issue. The Doc I purchased from them for my Mac’s USB port’s stopped working, and I reached out to them for help. They responded super quickly and gave me some troubleshooting steps to try. Turns out, the dock wasn’t working properly. They asked me to go to Amazon account and buy a replacement , and they’d refund me right away. That’s exactly what happened! I was so impressed with how they handled the situation. I don't just talk you over a year with and without hesitation. By the way, it's a great dock. I've had no other problems with it.

Latest update (October 26, 2022):I got a prompt response from TOBENONE (support@tobenone.com).They asked me to follow this procedure (they didn't say, but I made sure to uninstall and remove the previous version of the driver I had installed):1>remove all devices 2>reboot your laptop 3>connect the dock and the laptop 4>connect the power supply to the PD port of the laptop 5>connect other devices to the dock.After step 5, I installed the latest version of the driver, downloaded from TOBENONE's site (version 3.12 at this writing).I ran the InstantView application after I installed it, and the dock and monitor are now recognized again, and it all works as expected.While I continue to think that the instructions could be clearer, and that the connection between dock, monitor and Mac should not break so easily, I am still happy with the way in which the dock enables be to connect to the second monitor at full high resolution.Interestingly enough, after upgrading to Ventura I discovered that I could use the second monitor through SmartCast/AirDrop, same as connecting an iPad with Sidecar. It worked well enough, but only 1920 x 1080 maximum resolution is supported that way. With the dock I can use 3840 x 2160 resolution, which gives a a lot more real estate, and the definition is just gorgeous.If connectivity, instructions, and a better structured support system are improved, there's no reason why this shouldn't be a full 5-star product.-----I upgraded my Mac to Ventura, and the driver stopped working altogether.I downloaded and installed the latest version of the driver available, and nothing. The monitor is no longer recognized.I'm heartbroken!Support, as previously noted, is a widespread mess of not very useful information.-----Definitely the issue with not recognizing the external HDMI monitor has to do with turning the Dock off.I had to disconnect power from the dock because I bought a longer USB C cable for the power connection. The cable that comes in the box is just 3ft long, and that was limiting where I could place the dock. The 6ft cable I bought lets me place it out of the way in the top part of my desk.Anyway, when I powered dock and computer back on, I was back to InstantView driver software insisting that no monitor was connected.I had to remove the software, restart the computer, reinstall the driver, and now it works again.Not that hard, and not even that time consuming, but kind of annoying all the same. It's kind of inexplicable that a machine this sophisticated isn't able to remember its settings if turned off, to the extent that the driver software has to be reinstaled.-----It's been a few days since my initial review, and I'm happy to report that the "Monitor not detected" message has not come up again.In the interim the laptop has been to sleep many times, has been turned off, and at one point I even disconnected the hub altogether, and every time the two external monitors came up fine on restart.It seems that my initial problem might have been a one-time glitch, but even it it is an occasional one, I can now say that it would be spaced far enough in between that I could live with it. As it stands, however, it all has been working well.A last couple of things to note:On full restart, it takes a few seconds to the driver app to boot, so the HDMI monitor is not instantly up. BUt it does come up after about 20 seconds or so of most of the rest of the software having loaded.I have also noticed that there seems to be a certain slowness or odd rendering issue related to the image refresh. Most of the time this is not noticeable, but I have had some web pages where parts of the image seem to go blank for a few seconds when they should have refreshed.I assume this has to do with the fact that the dock is working to do something that the MacBook itself is not doing, and it has not really been a significant annoyance of impediment for me. But I have a feeling that this could be an issue for people who need intensive, fast display activity.In my case, because I just need the large external displays for work that involves mostly web pages, spreadsheets and text documents, I am quite happy with the way the dock is working, and just with the fact that I can use my two large monitor with my MacBook Air M2.My comments in my original post about the only support stand, though. It is not easy to find, and when found, it is confusing and difficult to navigate.-----------The initial experience was very good. I got this thing, rather against my will, after realizing that my brand-new MacBook Air M2 was not going to support the two external monitors that my old MacBook Pro managed directly. (By the way, the machine is running Monterey v12.6 as I write. )For this purpose, the dock’s setup was easy enough and exactly as advertised: I connected all the cables, connected the dock, and right away a virtual drive appeared on the computer’s desktop, with the installer file needed to drive the second monitor through the HDMI port. Granted the required access permissions, and the two monitors were up and running as with my MacBook Pro: two extended large external monitors, plus the laptop’s screen - perfect. Furthermore, my largest monitor is in fact an HD 4k TV, which the MacBook Pro could only drive at 1920 x 1080. With the dock, it now runs at 3840 x 2160, which is just awesome to display and edit my photos.So, so far so good, and as of yesterday I would have given a 5-star review.Since I installed the dock and the driver, I have put the MacBook to sleep a few times, and even restarted one, and it all continued to work. Then all of a sudden today, after a wake up, the large monitor plugged to the HDMI port would not come up. The application just said that no monitor was detected, even though I had changed nothing.Things soured a bit for me when I attempted to find support for this thing, and had to dig around for a while until I found something- essentially a number of links with FAQs that didn’t really solve anything for me. In the process I was also baffles to find that there are apparently two different drivers that are supposed to work with the dock, but no clear indication about the relationship between them, and what would determine that you choose one over the other. In any event, installing the other driver didn’t make any difference. Changing the HDMI cable didn’t make any difference.In the end, I removed all the driver software (both versions), and reinstalled the original one by following the same initial installed steps, and sure enough, the monitor was recognized again and is working right now.So, again, the dock works as advertised for my purpose, and the installation was not difficult.It does annoy me that support is not easy to find, it is not straightforward, and seems to document a different driver than the one that comes with the dock. The waste of time is not welcome, and if this keeps happening every couple of days, it could become a major problem - so the dock is on probation, and I’ll try to update in a week or two after I have a better idea of how well it holds up.Beyond my basic need to drive two external monitors, the dock incorporates a whole bunch of other ports for which I don’t really have any need: ethernet port, VGA port, SD and mini SD card ports, earphone plug and four standard USB 3 ports, plus the one USB C port used to connect to the computer.I would have been far happier, and considered the dock a far better value for money if two or three of those other ports had been USB C instead. As it stands, it has at leas three or four ports that I am highly unlikely to use ever. But I could have used two additional USB C ports right away for my backup drives.This seems to be a good, well-designed product. It’s just one that I never expected or wanted to use - I was perfectly happy with the little highly-portable hub I had for my MacBook Pro.This side of my unhappiness is obviously on Apple, not Tobenone, and I am glad that somebody had a solution for my problem. But it could have come with better support, and it would have been nice to have the option of a cheaper hub/dock with fewer ports, or at least a different selection of ports more suitable for my needs.

It works as expectedAllowing me to comet my macbook air to 2 monitors with no issues. It does introduce a little lag to the mirrored screen but it's workable. This is a nice cost effective method.You can also connect usb to if and your SD cards .I'd recommend

Easy to install, works first try. I now have 4 seamless screens for my 2022 MacBook Air. The only caveat is, you have to run their software, but it’s solid. If you’re wanting to run multiple screens with your Mac. This is it. Pricey, yes. Worth it, 100000% yes! The only change I would make is the VGA port. Either make it a monitor port, or an additional HDMI.

I went through three separate docking stations before finding this one. They all said they would work with the M4 MacBook Pros, but I ended up returning all of them because they relied on MST which means you can only mirror your displays not extend.Got this in the mail this morning and the setup took less than 10 minutes, it works perfectly. This was able to take the place of a far more cumbersome KVM switch that I was using up till now. I can have the lid on my MBP closed and still be running 3 external monitors in extended mode.