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Mac Mini M4 Compatibility Issue with Dell WD19 — Anyone Solved This?
Hey everyone 👋 Just got my new Mac Mini M4 (2024) and running into compatibility issues getting my dual monitors working through my existing Dell docking station. Hoping someone here has solved this! **My Setup:** - Mac Mini M4 (2024) - Dell WD19 Docking Station (firmware fully up to date) - Dual external monitors — one connected via HDMI adapter (between dock and monitor), one via DisplayPort **The Problem:** Neither monitor displays anything when connected through the WD19 dock. The WD19 works perfectly with my Dell laptops, so the dock itself is not the issue. **What I've figured out so far:** - One monitor works when connected directly to the Mac Mini's HDMI port (bypassing the dock entirely) - The WD19 firmware is fully up to date — that's not the fix - The Mac Mini M4 only supports one external display via Thunderbolt, meaning the second monitor may always need to connect directly to the Mac Mini's HDMI port - I've been advised to try DisplayLink Manager (free driver) to bridge the compatibility gap between the WD19 and Mac Mini **My main questions:** 1. Has anyone successfully gotten a Dell WD19 working with the Mac Mini M4 using DisplayLink? 2. Is it possible to run both monitors through the WD19, or will one always need to go directly into the Mac Mini's HDMI port? 3. Any other tips for getting dual monitors working cleanly on the Mac Mini M4 with an existing PC docking station? Thanks in advance — any advice is hugely appreciated! 🙏
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@Steve White The big issue here is that the WD19 is a USB-C dock, not Thunderbolt — and macOS doesn't support Multi-Stream Transport (MST), which is how PC docks like the WD19 split one connection into multiple displays. Dell's own Mac compatibility page only covers the Thunderbolt models (WD19TB, WD22TB4, etc.) and doesn't even list the standard WD19: https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000124312/dell-thunderbolt-dock-wd19tb-and-apple-usb-c-hosts Also good news — the Mac Mini M4 actually supports up to 3 external displays natively (two over Thunderbolt + one over HDMI), so you're not limited to one external display via Thunderbolt: https://support.apple.com/en-us/102194 Your best options are probably: 1. DisplayLink might work as a workaround, but it uses CPU for rendering so expect some performance overhead 2. Skip the dock for video entirely — plug one monitor into HDMI and one into a Thunderbolt port with a USB-C to DisplayPort cable, and just use the WD19 for peripherals/ethernet 3. If you want a dock that handles dual displays natively on Mac, look at something like the CalDigit TS4 which uses dual Thunderbolt SST streams instead of MST Also can relate — cables matter more than people realize. I'm still fighting random resyncs with my Samsung ultrawide on my MacBook Pro.
API vs Claude Max?
I've burned an embarassing amount of money on LLM tokens on this thing over the past 6 weeks, learning as I go. Some streamers are talking about just connecting the openclaw gateway to anthropic via standard Oauth rather than api. I thought that only worked for Claude Code and actual anthropic apps. Is it possible to run openclaw (main and sub agents) just on the flat Claude Pro/Max plan to cap token costs?
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@Josh Ogg Hey, the token bill pain is real. Six weeks in and already burned through a chunk of money is honestly a pretty common experience in this community. You are not alone. To answer the OAuth question directly: no, you cannot reliably run OpenClaw on a flat Claude Pro or Max plan, and trying it puts your Anthropic account at real risk. What the streamers are describing is a workaround that circulated earlier this year. Developers figured out how to intercept the OAuth tokens that Claude Code (Anthropic's official CLI tool) generates during login, then forward those tokens to third-party apps like OpenClaw. The idea was to route all your agent traffic through your $20 or $100 subscription instead of paying per token. For a while it worked. Anthropic caught on and explicitly banned it in their Terms of Service. The exact language now says that OAuth tokens from consumer plans are "intended exclusively for Claude Code and Claude.ai" and using them in any other product is a violation. They also sent a legal request to OpenCode, a similar tool, demanding they remove Claude OAuth support. That commit is already on the main branch. The infrastructure for this approach is being actively dismantled, and accounts that get flagged for it are being permanently banned with no appeal. So the streamers are not exactly wrong that it existed. They are just behind on where things stand now. The good news is that the API route is a lot cheaper than most people realize once you fix the default configuration. OpenClaw out of the box sends everything to your most expensive model, including 30-minute heartbeat pings and simple sub-agent tasks that require zero complex reasoning. That is where most of the money goes. A few things you should change today: Route your heartbeats and sub-agents to cheap models. Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite costs $0.075 per million input tokens. Claude Opus costs $15. For a heartbeat, there is no quality difference. Set your heartbeat model to something cheap in your openclaw.json file and keep your expensive model for actual complex tasks.
Co-Work Invites
I received 3 invites for a week of cowork. Looking to give them away in the group. Looking for ideas on how to have them out. Best OpenClaw Skill build out , submit your skill and show us how it works Best Mission Control Setup Best OpenClaw Troubling shooting tip. Best use case writeup that we can build together on a series of Lives Or , randomly select from the posts, available for the first people who send in one of the following Just share your information here 👇
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@Carlos Jimenez yes
Need an OpenClaw wizard - happy to make it worth your while
Looking for someone who really knows OpenClaw to help me get properly set up over a couple of Zoom calls. Happy to trade real value for it. Here's my deal - I'm pretty tech savvy, I've been running a GHL agency for 6 years and I know that world inside out. But terminal commands, Docker, and all that coding shit? Completely over my head and honestly not where I want to spend my time. I've got OpenClaw running on a VPS and connected to Telegram, which is cool - but I'm a visual person and I need a proper UI. Like a mission control dashboard where I can actually see what's going on, manage things, and not feel like I'm flying blind. Right now I've got an engine with no cockpit. I had an issue after setup and openai sent me down a 12 hour rabbit hole of prompts in the terminal and still couldn’t get the UI visible… then I hired a “clawbot” guru that installed claudecode and helped me troubleshoot but quickly rushed off the call saying that you can’t have mission control ui with VPS which I know is bullshit.. just feeling frustrated and feel like there is someone in this group that could help.. Just need someone to jump on a Zoom with me, sort out the setup, and get me to a place where I can actually use this thing the way it's meant to be used. In return I'll hook you up with one or more lifetime GHL sub accounts plus my time if you ever need help on the agency/GHL side of things. Genuine trade, no BS
Need an OpenClaw wizard - happy to make it worth your while
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@Corey Gray I'm happy to help you. Lets coordinate in the chat. I'm also a GHL Agency owner. I totally get the frustration. And that guru was dead wrong. You can absolutely have the Mission Control UI running on a VPS. The problem isn't the VPS itself. It's usually just a port forwarding or reverse proxy issue. OpenClaw binds the UI to loopback by default for security, so you just need to expose the UI port using something like Nginx or a Cloudflare tunnel. Your GHL expertise is super valuable here. Having someone who knows the agency side inside out is exactly what this community needs. I'd be happy to jump on a Zoom call with you to get this sorted out. Let's get that cockpit built so you can actually see what your engine is doing. Shoot me a DM and we'll find a time that works. We'll get you up and running the way it's meant to be used.
Ideal Setup?
Can someone help me cut through the noise and tell me the ideal setup for OC? Your Phone (Telegram) ←→ OpenClaw on Mac ↓ Ollama (free local AI for heavy tasks) + Anthropic API (Claude, tiny amount for smart tasks) ↓ Skills / Automations run autonomously ↓ Dashboard in Chrome browser for monitoring Does this look correct?
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That is one way to set up you OpenClaw. It all depends on your goals and workflow.
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