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DisplayLink macOS Software From this page you can download a driver for your DisplayLink® enabled USB graphics device that is incorporated in your dock, adapter or monitor. This software provides support for the DisplayLink enabled video outputs. The audio and Ethernet support is provided by native macOS drivers from OS version 10.11. DisplayLink macOS Software. DisplayLink Manager is a new way to enable your DisplayLink dock, adapter or monitor on macOS platforms. It's an application that combines our latest driver with features that streamline the setup of mutliple displays up to 4K. Windows Driver Downloads. Here you can download drivers for DisplayLink® USB graphics chipsets incorporated in your dock, adapter or monitor. We recommend to update to the latest driver to address any potential security issue, fix bugs, improve performance and add new features.
Open Macintosh HD-Applications- DisplayLink. Run the DisplayLink uninstall utility. Go to the MacOS Recovery Mode. macOS Recovery is part of the built-in recovery system of your Mac. You can start up from macOS Recovery and use its utilities to recover from certain software issues or take other actions on your Mac.
You can attach up to 4 additional displays on any Intel Mac OS X system with DisplayLink-based USB virtual graphics adapters. Whenever images are redrawn, the CPU is heavily involved, so it may not be as snappy as your main monitor — but it’s the easiest way to build an amazing, plug and play multiple monitor setup on the Mac.
If you’ve never installed DisplayLink’s Mac drivers, here’s a walk-through of the steps (using OS X 10.6.7 and DisplayLink’s v1.6 Mac driver):
1. Fire up Safari, go to this page to download the Mac driver :
http://www.displaylink.com/support/mac_downloads.php
http://www.displaylink.com/support/mac_downloads.php
You’ll want to download the latest driver, because DisplayLink’s Mac drivers are still improving, and because new Apple OS updates often require updated drivers from 3rd parties.
2. Once there, make sure you tick the ‘I agree to the terms of the DisplayLink End User License Agreement (EULA)’ and then click on ‘Download Driver’.
3. Safari will instantly start downloading the driver and automatically mount it on your desktop. Once the download is done you should see a ‘DisplayLink installer’ icon on your desktop. Double click on the ‘DisplayLink Installer’ on your Desktop.
4. The ‘DisplayLink Installer’ will pop up. Double click on ‘DisplayLink Software Installer.pkg’
5. You may get a warning: “This package will run a program to determine if the software can be installed”. Click ‘Continue’.
6. On the ‘Install DisplayLink Software’ window click ‘Continue’ to proceed.
7. The ‘Software License Agreement’ will be presented. Proceed by clicking ‘Continue’ again.
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8. Click ‘Agree’ to agree with the software license agreement.
9. You’ll get the ‘Select a Destination’ screen. Click on the disk where you want to install the DisplayLink Software, and click ‘Continue’ to proceed.
10. Install to the standard location – just click ‘Install’.
11. You should get a pop up for your password to alow the installer to make changes. Type in your password and click ‘OK’.
12. You’ll get a warning that the computer will need to restart. This is normal, click ‘Continue Installation’.
13. The installation will finish. You should get a message that ‘The installation was successful’. Click ‘Restart’ to finish installing.
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14. When the computer finishes restarting, log in and plug in the USB-VGA-165. As soon as you plug it in, the secondary monitor should be autodetected and ready for use.
15. To further configure your monitors, do the following: Click on ‘System Preferences’->
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Under ‘Hardware’ click on ‘Displays’
Click on ‘Arrangement’ to re-arrange your displays.
Finally to change your primary monitor, all you have to do is go to ‘Arrangement’. Click on the white bar and drag it to the other screen. As soon as you release the mouse the primary monitor will change.
Notes:
- DisplayLink’s virtual USB graphics don’t support OpenGL or Quartz Extreme, so apps that do high-end 3D or video should stay on your main monitor.
- DisplayLink adapters can support VGA, DVI, and HDMI as outputs (below is a high end one that supports all three, and a less expensive one that’s VGA only). They don’t support DisplayPort or any of the earlier Apple proprietary connectors, so watch out with Apple Cinema displays.
Hope this helps! If you have any trouble at all, feel free to contact us at http://support.plugable.com/ or email [email protected]
Regards,
Lampros (Plugable Support)