【DisplayLink Driver Required】Baseus Spacemate DisplayLink Docking Station USB-C 11-in-1, supports 3 monitors (4K HDMI), 10Gbps USB-C/A, 100W PD, Gigabit Ethernet, audio, compatible with macOS laptops

read the UPDATE at the bottom for the happy ending... ************* INITAL REVIEW: BaseUS for Mac, running on a 2024 M4 Pro Max. Initially, it worked beautifully ... for a week. I have an M4 mac and after installing the driver, it displayed to the laptop display and 2 separate monitors via HDMI. Also plugged in where a webcam to the USB-A, an ethernet cable, and power to the incoming USB-C port. I used the macbook's power supply to power the hub. I was happy. For a week. I then left on a trip and returned a week later. Pluged my macbook back in and ... nothing on either external monitor. I tried: restarting the macbook restarting the monitors restarting the BaseUS (well, unplugging it, unplugging everything from it, waiting a minute, and plugging it back in) using only one monitor (each external in turn) I can validate the cables are working by plugging them directly into the macbook. I can also validate the monitors are working by plugging them directly into the macbook via hdmi. When both monitors are connected to the hub, the front panel lights show the external monitors are connected. The indicator lights also show when the webcam is connected, as well as power. and ethernet. The webcam is recognized and usable by the macbook. Only the displays are buggered. I tried doing the "press option while in the display control panel" trick to force the macbook to recognize the monitors. It did not work. As a final step, I tried with the 3rd HDMI port. (previously I'd only used 1 and 2) Connecting the HDMI to the third port, video appeared on an external monitor. (this, of course, does not work for me since I need two external monitors) I honestly don't remember if I'd only ever used ports 1 and 2, but it seems perhaps both of those ports are bad. Poor soldering and the physical ports are buggered? The only pressure on them is from HDMI cables coming out the back and draping down to where they enter cable management ... so really, no pressure at all. While I've seen multiple reviews regarding the company being very responsive, this is for work and I need a replacement soonest. I'll be ordering another and returning this one to Amazon. Hopefully it was a one-off and the next will work. I'll update this review once the next one arrives and I can determine if it works past a week. I'm leaving two stars instead of one because hey...at least the other features still work. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ *********************************** UPDATE: (spoiler: it was not a hardware problem. And they have *AMAZING* customer service!!) I received my second unit only to find ... it was doing exactly the same thing as the one I already had! So something was up. I'd gotten rid of the previous one's packaging because, hey, it was working great and if something did go wrong, I was sure the manual was available in a pdf somewhere. (sneak peek .. it was/is. I just somehow missed it) When it stopped working I searched high and low to find a manual. The BASEUS site had a page for the model, but somehow I completely missed the manual. <facepalm> Find it here: https://support.baseus.com/product/452/Spacemate-Series-11-in-1-(MAC)-Docking-Station?n=mxobwklbv9 I opened up the manual (printed with probably 6 point type ferchrissakes .. my eyes are OLD, people!) with the new unit I received and - there it was - the note that the unit needed a driver and the magic link to find it. (here it is for some poor soul coming after me: https://www.synaptics.com/products/displaylink-graphics/downloads ). I downloaded the installer and re-ran it only to be kindly informed "You've already got the newest version." Oh. Right. Ok, I knew that. So what's the problem?! I can't believe I got *another* unit that happened to be borked in exactly the same way that my current one is. (when the current one initially worked great) Now here's the rub. These aren't exactly "drivers" ... it's a driver set/program pack. When you install the driver it launches the controller program and everything works splendidly. However, if you subsequently reboot, the multi monitor feature of the hub stops working UNTIL you relaunch the program - DisplayLink Manager. DisplayLink Manager DOES have an option to relaunch at system restart. But was that enabled by default on install? (you can guess). So from where I sat, the unit just ... stopped working. And nowhere - I mean *NOWHERE* online did I find someone saying "oh, yeah. You not only need those third party drivers - the controller needs to be running or things won't work". I was expecting a driver to be, well, a driver. Something that, once installed, I didn't have to think about again. But even THAT could be forgiven if there had been documentation somewhere that detailed what needed to be done. Even the manual simply had a reference to the driver and nothing more. An additional line saying "make sure you set DisplayLink Manager to launch automatically after login" would have saved no end of trouble. Or even better - a big 'ol notification at the end of the install. In the end, the hardware is fine. I was going to update the review, but only bump it to four stars. But I'm putting it at 5. Why? Because, for everything else that went wrong and frustrating and caused me to burn time ... the company saw this review, contacted me, and offered to refund the purchase price. No hassle, no argument, no nothing. Just "we're sorry it caused you inconvenience". I can forgive an *awful* lot for proactive, respectful customer service like that. So five stars it is.

The build quality feels solid and premium right out of the box, and the compact vertical design looks sleek on my desk without taking up too much space. it has plenty of ports and able to handle my two 4K monitors smoothly. Beside of that it has switch button, so I can switch the monitors and usb devices from my laptop and my desktop easily. If you’re looking for something that can power multiple displays, keep your desk tidy, and still look great while doing it, this one is an easy recommendation.

This Baseus Docking Station makes quickly changing multiple screens between my work and personal laptops very quick and easy. This dock contains 3 HDMI, 2 USB 3.2 (one in front and one in back), 2 regular USB, 1 RJ45 (ethernet cable), 1 headphone jack and 2 USB-C (one for power in back and one for data in front) ports. There is also a lock desktop button on the top of the dock and I really like that in the front you can see exactly what is connected by a showing of lights. The clever thing about this dock is that it is powered using a USB-C cable. This is great because that is 1 less power cable/adapter I have to remember if I travel. Even though it leaves 1 less available USB-C port, between the dock and my laptop itself there are still plenty.

I really like the approach, it's very functional and cute! Great value for money, great size and weight, just wonderful! It looks so pretty. The quality of the product is excellent. Easy to assemble and very sturdy.

So, this technically works, but there are a few caveats. I have an M1 MacBook Pro, which officially supports one additional monitor. I already had the display link driver along with a USB C to HDMI dongle from Pluggable, and I had another dongle that had power delivery and another HDMI. This was working and very smoothly. This Baseus Spacemate seems to put two of the HDMI ports through display link and one through ALT DisplayPort. My MacBook only has two USB C ports. I have an LG 4K monitor and a Dell 2k. At first, my LG would only show in 2K. The mac's displays menu showed all of the resolutions up to 4k, but it just wouldn't go 4k. I then moved it to the alt DP port and it worked in 4k. But, whenever I restart the computer, it restarts in 2K, and then once it's completely running, it will switch back to 4K. But, my entire computer became sluggish and my processor was working. My fans NEVER turn on but they were spinning about 1200 and the computer temps went up to 141F. The stock power delivery plug from apple is only 61W. This would not allow the power delivery port on the baseus to power my Mac. I use it in clamshell mode and it must have power to allow the external monitors to be on. So, I had to either plug my original apple power into the laptop directly, or buy a 100W power brick in addition to this. (verified with a friend's power brick). But, it was still sluggish. So, I plugged the 100 w brick into the baseus so it would deliver power and then unplugged the HDMI for my LG and plugged it back into a dongle and then into the now empty USB C port. Sluggishness is gone. But, I'm kind of back where I was. I just have replaced the pluggable dongle with the Baseus as a dongle. So, it's kind of useless to me. It is a beautiful product and iwll work for some people.

Working from home is a struggle and especially like me that I need 3 monitors. This unit is superb and very compact. The speed, charging, Display, everything is very smooth. Easy to setup, lengthy usb-c cable to laptop and I truly love the top button to awake the pc or to lock it when I leave.

Tried two of these. Plugged two HDMI monitors into a MacBook Pro M1 an d a MacBook Air M4. Only 1 monitor would work. I have a cheap unit that only provides two HDMI ports, and that has worked fine for years. Not sure what the issue with this is, as the reviews claim lots of success. It has not worked for me - with two attempts.