Is it possible to use the USB ports of an external screen with a MacBook?
Is it possible to use the USB ports of an external screen with a MacBook?
Hi all, I'm trying to connect a mouse with a standard USB-A plug, which is of course missing from the M1 laptop. I'd like to avoid using extra converters if possible, so I thought the screen's USB socket will just work fine, except that they don't. Do you know, is it possible somehow to use these as intended?
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Yes, that's what I did. The screen is connected using a HDMI/USB-C cable, the mouse's USB-A is plugged into the screen's socket, and nothing.
Wait, are you saying you have a single cable, with HDMI on the display side and USB-C on the Mac side?
That won't work. The cable is only carrying display data for the screen. You would need to connect the screen's USB (probably B) to another rod your Mac's ports to use the hub built into the screen
What type of external screen is it? Many generic monitors (i.e. not Apple) require a separate USB cord from the monitor to the computer to use the monitor's USB ports.
It seems like that's the case (it's an AOC CU34P2A), the USB-hub is already powered, but it seems data stream doesn't go through HDMI output only. Sad.