Be more productive in MACOS: essential desktop tips!

Sometimes, one display just isn’t enough. Craig Grannell shows how several can benefit you, connectors you’ll encounter, and a host of clever apps

There was a time when you would be thrilled at getting your hands on a “gigantic” 17-inch CRT monitor that weighed about as much as a sedan. Today, though, genuinely huge flatscreen displays are cheap, and so you might be tempted to grab one (or even two), attach it to your Mac, and revel in acres of desktop space.

Should you? That depends. We spent hours looking at actual science about the productivity benefits of multiple displays. Unsurprisingly, quite a lot of it was written by companies that make displays. Still, the gist of the more impartial research is this: having access to more pixels can boost your efficiency – to a point. It depends on the tasks you’re doing and how you best focus on them. This article, then, explores the ins and outs of using multiple displays. It’s designed as a primer for the features within macOS, an overview of enhancements provided by third-party apps, and also to give you ideas of how to best use several screens.

So, whether you’re feeling hemmed in by your tiny MacBook Air, or want to offload tasks to a second screen to free up some room to breathe, our tips and insight will help you get more value from those extra pixels.