Hi, Does anyone know if this can be used as a 2nd monitor with an iMac 27"? I understand I may need to convert thunderbolt out to another format
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Have know idea about that but it didnt have the dp port so if you even uses home or do you'd stuck at 1080 instead
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Push Command & F2(pending on year of iMac),pending year,you may also need to hit your Function (fn) button as well. Also try going into "system Preferences" go to "Display" & use the "Target Display" options. Most (if not a large percent) of Mini Display will work with the thunderbolt.They're also "Thunderbolt to HDMI adapters you can use.I use one when need be to hook up my iMac or MacBook Pro to a TV. They are inexpensive $7.00-$10.00.The Mini display or regular Display cables will get you better graphics FYI, than an HDMI or VGA.
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Yes, and it worked out fine for displaying images and else. But not the brightness adjustment and auto-rotate though. That's Mac's compativity issue, not the monitor's.
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It should work. Simply launch your older iMac in target display mode while it is connected with this cable. I did this with my Laptop and the same year iMac before purchasing a thunderbolt display.
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I have had this monitor since the beginning of August. I have it connected to a Mac-book Pro. Thunderbolt to Display-port. I would rate this a 5 star monitor. I use it for editing video (I am an amateur). I have no issue with the aspect ratio. I usually have my laptop screen closed.
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Monitors does not work very well with this. The power is not good enough for monitors. We bought another mac monitor apple thunderbolt because of this problem.
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i currently use monitor with 2011 mac mini - i just had to get adapter on line. I don't remember which one off hand but can check and get back to you.
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The dock only ultimately provides one thunderbolt connection. So with my early 2011 macpro I still had only ability to have one additional monitor but I don't have an HDMI connector. Not sure what the Air has. Ultimately I bought a new MacBook Pro with two thunderbolt displays and now have two external monitors and the laptop display. Love it and it gave me an opportunity to upgrade.
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It wouldn't be possible unless your monitors have Thunderbolt I/O and support daisy-chaining.The Thunderbolt dock has two thunderbolt ports, yet, you use one of them to connect your Macbook to the dock and the other port as your Thunderbolt I/O for connecting to other devices.
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I have a 2011 27" iMac and it has 2 thunderbolt 10 gb connectors on the back of it. Purchase a thunderbolt cable and you will have a far better experience than using one of the usb 2 ports.
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Just read this and wanted to mention that the apple monitor on the imac is much higher resolution than any 300 dollar 27 monitor you could pick up for the mini. so if you want as high def as the imac you will have to either get an apple monitor or a better quality monitor for around 8-900 dollars. if you will be running at slightly lower resolution as some people do, than you can go with a cheaper monitor and its not a bad deal. but ya, the mini is not as powerful as the imac either.
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Should work so long as Display Port used. Understood originally that was similar to Mac Thunderbolt monitor without some features and perhaps notch below in quality.
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What projector do you have? Does your Imac have a place for the SVGA Cable to hook up? I don't think the Imac has a place open for the SVGA cable to hook up..? Dan
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Thunderbolt came out only in 2011. Those iMacs don't carry that port. In a few words... That cable will never work in those mac's unless you buy a firewire-thunderbolt converter adapter. Good Luck!!
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No, I built this as a editing machine for solid works, and at my last job had two thunderbolt displays connected daisy chaining two more externals. In total I have 4 monitors running on this computer without issue. The ports are at a standard distance way from each other that two thunderbolt cables connect perfectly.
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Yes, I use this display at full resolution with my MacBooks. I'm using this cable: "Cable Matters Gold Plated Mini DisplayPort (Thunderbolt™ Port Compatible) to DisplayPort Cable" for my Macs, and this cable "Cables To Go 26911 DVI-D Male/Male Dual Link Digital Video Cable" for my Windows workstation.
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You probably need a HDMI to mini-display port, I bought this one for my MacBook when I purchased this monitor as it doesn't come w/ one: Cable Matters Gold Plated Mini DisplayPort (Thunderbolt Port Compatible) to DisplayPort Cable in White 6 Feet - 4K Resolution Ready
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We use this to extend the display of a MacBook Air over it's Thunderbolt port, using a minidisplay cable. Works great, and looks gorgeous. Monitor does jiggle ever so slightly when the table it is on is bumped, but otherwise looks great to me. However, the user is not a graphic artist, and it is not used for the purposes of color matching WYSIWYG, so I cannot speak to that. If by second monitor, you mean you already have another attached, I cannot say, as we only have the one monitor, connected to the one laptop.