Selecting external Retina-resolution displays for use with Apple silicon Macs is extremely complicated. Even when you read Apple’s tech specs it’s often not clear exactly which combinations will work together. Thanks to the work of Parish Khan, this is now far simpler on his RetinaDesk site.

From the humble M1 MacBook Air with its single supported external display, to the eight you can drive from a Studio M2 Ultra or later, RetinaDesk details external display support for each model, provides tools to check essentials like cable bandwidth, and offers the definitive guide to 5K and 6K displays for Apple silicon Macs.

I’m sure you’ll find it useful. It’s free from advertising, sponsored content and AI, the only return to Parish comes from being an Amazon Associate, so making a tiny percentage on any monitor purchase you might make through the site’s Amazon link.