Hello i have a iMac Is there any chance to do that?? Hi there. Firstly many thanks for providing such a valuable resource for those of us who need it. Any ideas?. Hi Pierre….
The iMac has Thunderbolt. If I interpret correctly do I need to get a thunderbolt 3 to thunderbolt 2 converter ,then a thunderbolt 2 cable plugged into thunderbolt on my iMac.? Will this supply sound as well?. Do amazon purchased products work properly or best to play safe with Apple purchased cables. Does it connect via the target mode command? You must use a Thunderbolt 3 to 2 from Apple and a Thunderbolt classic cable.
You can buy it on Amazon, for Thunderbolt, the cable are generally good. Thank you for such a fast reply! And for saving me hours of wasted time on the Internet, as I was wondering if I could use FireWire, but now I know not to look into it. If this is not possible via the Mini DisplayPort would you happen to know of another way of making this possible? Many thanks for taking the time to answer so many questions for so many years, the world needs more people like you.
Hi Pierre I have a Mid imac with mini-display port and a Mac book Air with a thunderbolt 2 port — is there anyway to connect the imac to be an external monitor for the mba? Hello, thank you for your very informative post! I have an iMac 27 inches mid and a MacAir 11 inches mid I was ready to buy the … thankfully cheaper… Mini Displayport cables I had found, but it seems that iMacs will only respond to Thunderbolt cables, am I right?
And in that case it should be either Thunderbolt 1 or 2, right? Thank you a lot in advance! Thanks a lot! I have an old iMac 21inch Please advise how on earth I do this!? Thank you in advance. Has this laptop the 1. With the 13 inches, 1. I have a MacBookpro mid that has Mini DisplayPort and Apollo twin mk2 audio interface that has thunderbolt2 port.
If I got a min display to thunderbolt 2 cord would it work? Thanks for all your hard work, I just stumbled across your blog whilst searching for a solution read through it all and I can see you have helped many people, so I just saying thanks even if you are unable to help me with a solution. My predicament is that I have to thunderbolt Apple Cinema Display and even with the usb-c to thunderbolt 2 from Apple only one screen will display at a time.
I want to use a iMac as an external monitor for the MacBook Pro. What do I need? I want to add this to my last message. My girlfriend has also tried it on her MacBook Pro. What is the problem?
What else could be causing it not to sync up? I have fixed it! The Thunderbolt cable needed to be switched around! Can I connect the Mac mini late to the same screen using the Apple thunderbolt. I appreciate that you cannot have two active computers attached to the same screen so would switch one off before booting the other.
This system would be better than unplugging each computer as eventually the cable or plug would get broken. Please advise. With the 5K from LG, it will work with a Mac mini , but not at the right definition, even with an adapter.
Site web ou blog. Specifically, a Mini DisplayPort adapter runs on a Thunderbolt plug. However, there are some differences. Of course, all Thunderbolt machines carry the sound on Mini DisplayPort. Concerning the screens : The inch Thunderbolt screen only works on a Thunderbolt Mac. Last but not least, the Target Display mode.
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Earthman says:. April M says:. Apple's new Thunderbolt technology uses the same DisplayPort connection that has been available in older Macs, which may be a source of confusion down the line for some users. In the last few years Apple has been releasing systems with an advanced Mini DisplayPort connection for monitors that allows for some advanced options such as using an iMac as an external display. This port has been adopted throughout Apple's line of Mac systems because it offers high-resolution video handling as well as other options like audio support for connecting to television systems.
In a recent knowledgebase article on the DisplayPort connection , Apple describes how to identify whether or not your system has a DisplayPort connection, noting the port's geometry as well as the symbols used to identify it, along with various Apple-supplied adapters that work with DisplayPort.
The new port is backward compatible so it can still be used to connect to DisplayPort devices; however, only the new port can be used to connect to Thunderbolt devices. This means that while you can physically connect a Thunderbolt device to a Mac with DisplayPort, the device will not work, but if you connect a DisplayPort device to a Mac with Thunderbolt, then the device will work.
All the new Macs include a Thunderbolt port for video and high-speed data. Apple chose not to have the new and fast USB 3. Thunderbolt uses the same connector as the Mini DisplayPort, but the logo is different — Thunderbolt, as the name suggests, sports a lightning bolt logo and the Mini DisplayPort is tagged with a widescreen rectangle between two vertical bars.
Apple and other vendors sell converter cables that allow you to connect Thunderbolt and Mini DisplayPort ports to most digital and analog video displays, including large-screen televisions.
A Thunderbolt port allows you to connect external displays or drives to your MacBook. It uses the same connector as the Mini DisplayPort. One Thunderbolt device can be linked to another, so that multiple devices can run off a single Thunderbolt port. One Thunderbolt host computer connection supports a hub or a daisy chain of up to six devices, with up to a maximum of two being high-resolution displays. The Mini DisplayPort is the new video connection standard on the new Macs.
A single Thunderbolt connection can provide access to any other networking, storage, peripheral, video, or audio connection. Thunderbolt, on the other hand, enables you to connect other Thunderbolt enabled devices such as hard drive enclosures, docking stations, and RAID enclosures. The Apple Thunderbolt display, apart from high-definition digital displays, provides a built-in camera, a microphone, audio speakers, USB hub, a FireWire port, a Gigabit Ethernet port, and an additional Thunderbolt port for another display.
In fact, Thunderbolt is the fastest external peripheral bus to date, providing two bi-directional 10 Gbps channels. Mini DisplayPort, as the name suggests, is a digital display interface capable of sending high-definition video and audio from a source to a display.
Thunderbolt provides for unmatched peripheral flexibility due to its mix of PCI Express and DisplayPort connectivity, whereas the Mini DisplayPort is a digital display interface capable of sending high-definition video and audio from a source to a display.
Thunderbolt uses the same connector as the Mini DisplayPort, but you can tell the difference by the logo. Difference Between Similar Terms and Objects.
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