Using MacBook Air as display for graphics tablet

[doopydug]

Guys - I have never dealt with Apple hardware before but my daughter is going to study art at uni and is wondering if her drawing tablet can be connected to output on to the Macbook Air screen.

Currently, the tablet has a proprietary cable which is USB-C at one end and HDMI at the other - this allows her to display her tablet workscreen on to her Windows PC screen.

The only input I can see on the MacBook air is USB-C however, we have tried connecting the Apple hardware and tablet together with a USB cable and no display is visible.

Would there be a setting that needs changed firstly or is it just not possible to display over USB-C cable?

 

[doopydug]

Its an XP Pen 13.3 Artist Pro.

The connection seems to go from USB C in the tablet to the HDMI port on the PC and from there, to the monitor - it has a three cable adapter - Artist 13.3 Pro affordable drawing tablet with screen | XP-Pen UK official store (storexppen.co.uk)

what tablet is it ? Does the PC output normally connect to the hdmi in of the tablet ?

 

[doopydug]

Yes, my daughter uses the HDMI as a secondary display currently on her windows PC so she can get a bigger screen AND see what it looks like on screen.

However, she wants to use it on a macbook air now which doesn't have HDMI - the only input I can see is a USB C port

It is, indeed, a neat device, though

Looks like quite a neat device.


It might work with a USBC to HDMI adapter widely available on amazon.

I assume the HDMI is purely to act as a secondary/mirroed display, and all the smarts goes down the USB wire. Do these tablets talk standard protocols so will phoshop on the mac work with this ? I last used a UD1212 tablet from about 20+years ago on my computer. Wacom.

and may need to plug into secondary power or, get a USB C -> A adapter


EDIT: this guy https://youtu.be/gOFrikC1Ucg?t=314 has it running a a mac so i assume its totally doable