✳ SMALL TOOLS. BIG CONNECTIONS.
Will it
connect?
Beautiful setup. Wrong cable.
Let’s skip that part.
Your Mac, your dock, your screens. Find out what works together—before you plug it all in.
No account. Just answers.
Drag the plug right into the port, or press Enter or Space to connect and open the desk. Escape cancels before entry.
Your desk.
All systems go.
Choose your Mac. Add your screens. Watch the connections come to life, with an answer for every display.
Open the monitor checker ↗Example: MacBook Pro M4 Pro · direct connection
Ready for your desk.
Start with the live monitor checker. Pick your Mac, explore its limits, and plan your connections. Or browse display limits by Mac.
Mac and ports
What your Mac can drive, and which cable or dock to buy.
IN THE WORKSHOPMore connections to explore7 planned tools +
These tools are ideas in development. The monitor checker is available now.
Mac and ports
What your Mac can drive, and which cable or dock to buy.
Which dock
The docks that really drive your screens. Thunderbolt or DisplayLink, with the catch spelled out.
Which cable
4K 120 Hz, eARC, USB-C monitor, 10 GbE. The exact spec to buy, no marketing names.
Pencil, keyboard, Watch
Pick the iPad or iPhone. See which Pencil, keyboard, Watch and AirPods features work.
Which charger
The watts it takes, the watts for fast charge, and the cable that carries it.
Travel
Will your stuff work where you are going.
Will it work abroad
Device by model, plus the country. Works, adapter only, converter, or leave it home.
Airline power bank rules
The Wh limit, the approval band, the in-seat charging rule, the bag size. Per airline.
Power plug guide
Two countries. The plug types, voltage and frequency, and the one adapter for the trip.
“Should work”
isn’t an answer.
We start with Apple’s display specs, flag estimated refresh rates, and show what you still need to check on your monitor, cable and dock. The sources are there for you to inspect.
Here’s how we check ↗Checked at the source.Manufacturer specs, linked for you.
Specific to your setup.Your chip, your resolution, your refresh rate.
The limits, out in the open.What runs. What slows. What stays dark.