30 MACWORLD JANUARY 2022
MACUSER REVIEW: STARTECH USB 3.0 TO HDMI ADAPTERmacOS 11.6 Big Sur, with two displays
already attached via HDMI and a USB-C-
to-HDMI adapter. I also tested with an M1
MacBook Air with Monterey installed,
with one external display plugged in viaConfiguration
of the provided
display is
effectively nil.
You can opt to
load the driver on
demand instead
of at restart.
supports resolutions of up to 3840 by
2160 pixels and a display refresh rate of
up to 60 hertz.
Installation requires a driver that can
be downloaded from StarTech’s site
(fave.co/3lsLqBP); if you’re running
macOS Monterey, download
the latest driver from
Synaptics’ site (fave.
co/3xJLmCH).
The driver
installs without
requiring a
restart. When
necessary, it
prompts you to grant
permissions via the Security &
Privacy preference pane’s Privacy tab to
Screen Recording, part of how it works with
macOS to pretend to be another display.
I tested the most recent DisplayLink
driver with an M1 Mac mini running
The adapter’s HDMI port
supports resolutions up to
3840 by 2160 pixels.