--- title: "We just got mac mini's at work. It has two thunderbolt ports. Can I hook up two monitors?" description: "We just got mac mini's at work. It has two thunderbolt ports. Can I hook up two monitors?" author: "Gray  park" published: 2018-09-18 canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49931/we-just-got-mac-mini-s-at-work-it-has-two-thunderbolt-ports-can-i-hook-up-two-monitors category: "troubleshooting" tags: ["mac troubleshooting"] reading_time: 1 minute --- # We just got mac mini's at work. It has two thunderbolt ports. Can I hook up two monitors? We just got mac mini's at work. It has two [thunderbolt](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/102468/explain-the-significance-of-a-laptop-s-thunderbolt-connectivity) ports. Can I [hook up](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/109420/why-may-not-my-printer-hook-up-with-a-new-wi-fi-network-after-converting-the-router) two monitors? \ \ \ ## Answers ### Answer by Hitesh Vohra We just got mac mini\ - You can connect up to two displays to [**Mac**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/50895/how-to-fix-apple-iphone-7-plus-that-won-t-backup-to-itunes-on-a-windows-pc-or-mac-computer) laptops with Mini DisplayPort, Thunderbolt, or Thunderbolt 2 ports. You can connect one display to another and then connect one of the displays to a Thunderbolt port on your Mac if the displays themselves have Thunderbolt ports. - You can connect each monitor to a different Thunderbolt port on your Mac if your Mac has two Thunderbolt ports. A DisplayPort device must be the final device in a Thunderbolt device chain. - Choose **Apple menu > System Preferences,** then Displays, then Display Settings on your Mac. - Select Extend Display from the pop-up menu after clicking the name of your display. ## \ **Read More: [How would you access the Recovery Console in Windows?](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96907/how-would-you-access-the-recovery-console-in-windows)** --- Original Source: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49931/we-just-got-mac-mini-s-at-work-it-has-two-thunderbolt-ports-can-i-hook-up-two-monitors Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. Ltd. This Markdown version is provided for developers, AI systems, and offline reading.