#Secondary screens for mac Pc#
#Secondary screens for mac mac#

So the adaptor may indeed only work with Mini DisplayPort displays, not with Thunderbolt displays, and as far as I can tell, your iMac will act like a Thunderbolt display. I've noticed that the LED Cinema Display is listed as a Mini DisplayPort display (from ):

#Secondary screens for mac mac#

Thunderbolt port into an older display, DVI or whatever but you cannotĬonvert MAC DVI into Thunderbolt.I think I am sure that Kanex don't do anything that will help you no matterĪs far as I am aware, and I have done a lot of reading about this, youĬan connect an older display to the new Thunderbolt port of a new MACīut you CANNOT connect the Thunderbolt display to anything other thanĪ MAC with a Thunderbolt port. However, opinions diverge on whether it will work with a Thunderbolt display at all:

#Secondary screens for mac Pc#

MacBook Pro, Mac Mini, or PC with this (.) Kanex solution. The poster is probably refering to a product mentioned earlier in the thread: the Kanex C247D Single-Link DVI to Mini DisplayPort Converter, advertised like this:Ĭonnect a (.) LED Cinema Display to your DVI-equipped There is some hope, though, as the post goes on to say:Įxpensive ones that will convert DVI computer ports to Mini Mini DisplayPort computer port to a DVI display. I can confirm that Mini DisplayPort to DVI converter works ONLY from a To connect a computer with a DVI/VGA port to a Thunderbolt display (from this thread): You can't use Mini DisplayPort to DVI or VGA adaptors: The steps to configure and enable Target Display mode are very similar.).

(As a side note: Older iMacs with Mini DisplayPort also support Target Display Mode.

Press ⌘ F2 on the keyboard of the iMac.

Make sure the iMac and the primary computer are turned on and awake.

Connect the Thunderbolt cable to the Thunderbolt ports on each computer.

If you happen to own a laptop with a Thunderbolt port follow these simple steps to extend your display (Thunderbolt to Thunderbolt cable required) (from KB PH4469): NOTE: This won't work for iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014) and later iMac models as they don't support Target Display Mode. Target Display Mode lets you use your iMac as the external display forĪnother, “primary” computer. Thunderbolt-equipped iMacs prior to iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014) (see this document), like your iMac (Mid 2011), support Target Display mode: