Dell WD19TB Revisited Dual Monitor for Macbook Pro (Touchbar)

Revisit of the Dell WD19TB thunderbolt docking station with the Macbook Pro (Touchbar) to get it working with Dual external monitors with extended mode desktop through the Dell WD19TB dock.

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[BsianTech]

Please note the new 2020 Macbook Air and Macbook Pro with M1 chip currently won't do Dual extended monitors via WD19TB, don't think any thunderbolt works atm 20th Jan 2021. Will update as I find fix.

[amitschechter]

Thank you! I ended up using the WD19TB and connected one of the monitors directly with hdmi to the dock and the other monitor is connected to the dock with a simple DisplayPort to ucb-c adapter (instead of the DA300) and it works perfectly

[Spiceman]

Just purchased this for my 2016 Touch bar macbook pro and Dell 5420 from work. Gives me confidence that this will work perfectly for what I need while avoiding the slow down using display link. Thank you!

[MaZEEZaM]

WoW, really nice to hear Dell got in contact with you, you should make sure you take advantage of this in getting review samples 🐨

[Coreysi]

Buddy made my day! Im using the WD19 for work and was trying my macbook on it then seen this video im using a USB C to HDMI adapter in the thunderbolt port and then a DisplayPort cable but im using a Single DisplayLink adapter and I have three physical screens now :) thank you sir!

[martinr]

My MBP 14" M1 Pro worked with my WD19TB out of the box (startup setup already via two external monitors). One connected via DP, the other one via TB3.

[jackxujh]

Would it be great to have some quick diagrams in the video, to help illustrate your connections?

[brookeweaver]

I just hooked up my second monitor using the thunderbolt on the back of my dell docking station and it didn’t work. I have a MacBook Pro 2020. What am I doing wrong?

[Shakkkes]

Hey I appreciate your testing of the dock including this follow-up. I wanted to know myself, so I bought one of those docks for my 2019 16" MBP. And I totally regret that. If you want to use your MBP productively, use an Elgato dock instead. Every morning when I connect my MBP to the dock, the dock won't wake up by itself. After I woke it up in most cases I have to disconnect and reconnect the TB-Cable up to 7 or 8 times until all Screens work, USB works and I can just use it as intended. But the "fun" doesn't stope there: When I send my MBP to sleep during i.e. break I often have the samle problem again after waking it up. Sometimes Screen A works and the USB from Screen B works too, but not Screen B itself. Sometimes both screens work, but USB from Screen B won't work. This normally requires me to reconnect the TB-Cable again and again until it works just fine.
Well - now I know for sure and I can't recommend this dock in its (and Mac OS's) current state of compatibility.

[seanc]

I continue to struggle to find a plug-and-play solution for Dual monitors for both my Dell Laptop and my Macbook Pro (touchbar). Maybe this is it. I only need dual external monitors so using one on HDMI and one on TB is ok for me so long as I have one cable to plug into my laptops. I don't believe my Latitude 5500 is a TB connection rather a regular USB-C connection so wondering if this will end up working for me given you had to use the TB connection from the dock. Thoughts?

[occasional-rebel]

You don't have to buy another expensive dock just to connect a display. I have 2x27" 4k displays running on a 2018 MacBook Pro 13" at full resolution without any problems. One is connected to the WD19TB's DisplayPort output. Another one connects to WD19TB's Thunderbolt jack on the back, using an active Thunderbolt 3 to DisplayPort adapter. Just plug the cables and you're good to go.

[VarunPilankar]

It's there a easy way to get triple monitor using Wd19tb? Maybe in clamshell mode?

[modetechno]

I have this docking station, a 5k monitor and a 2k monitor. I'm trying to plug both monitors into my dock, which then plugs into my macbook pro m1. What happens is the 5k resolution is dropped to 2k to match the 2k monitor, and the two external monitors are duplicating the image. When both monitors are connected, the 5k monitor doesn't even appear in displays. How can I get this to work?

[michaelvolikas]

Hi
BsianDad, I've come across your video as I'm looking for a docking solution to enable the connection of 2 Dell U2722D monitors to both my wife's 2016 Macbook Pro (through a thunderbolt port) and my Dell Latitude 7400. I am just about settled on using the WD19TB as the docking station but need some clarity on the use of both laptops - not at the same time! Will this connection solution for the Macbook Pro (one monitor via DisplayPort and the other through the Thunderbolt port via the DisplayPort to USB-c adapter) which enables extended display also work equally as well when I have my Dell laptop docked?

[mariodasilva]

I’m still stubbornly trying your suggestion of using the TB port on my TB16 with a usbC to miniDP converter and a miniDP to HDMI cable by Apple but no joy… there is no way I can do this using the TB out from my iPad Pro! I tried using a borrowed Dell laptop to upgrade the firmware of the Tb16 but it always stops halfway, no joy there either. I guess I’ll try the 325 buck Caldigit dock!

[MandySaies]

Hi, I have a Macbook Pro M1 2020 and the Dell WD19TB. Is it possible to do dual extended monitors? Or am I better off purchasing the Dell D6000? At the moment, I can only get the screens to mirror. Would appreciate any help? Thanks

[paolo]

is it possible to connect WD22TB4 docking station with MacBook Air M1 2020 and 2 screens Dell U2722D?

[vaibhavchokhawala]

Hi Bsian, thanks for the video. I have a question though: Will the same setup work with Dell WD19S?
BTW- I have two HP VH240a monitors and they have HDMI and VGA out. So I am using one HDMI to DP cable and for other I am using HDMI cable and HDMI-USB-C adaptor. So one monitor goes in DP and the other goes to thunderbolt on the dock.

[ryanlee]

Hi, thank you for the video. I am kinda lost here. I was after WD19TB to connect the dual monitor on my MacBook Pro 2018 by using thunderbolt 3 connections. I have 27" (2k) and 32" Full HD monitor that I want to connect. Do I have to buy D6000 or DA300 as well to use WD19TB? Would you give me advice with your tech knowledge? Thank you.

[Dominik-znzv]

I don't have a DA300 but I tried it with another USB-C-HDMI adapter and it worked too. BUT: my external screens are QHD and the one which is connected via the extra adapter is capped at 30Hz and it's notably laggy. If I reduce the resolution to Full-HD i can set it to 60Hz.
If I connect it with the same adapter directly to the macbook I can get 60Hz.

This is a warning to others with similar setups like this! For me it's not a usable solution