However, if you want the ports and to connect an 24-inch or 27-inch LED Cinema Display, consider a dock like the If you are looking to rescue an LED Cinema Display and don’t need the array of other ports in a dock, consider purchasing a far less expensive DisplayPort or HDMI display and use a USB-C adapter for either of those formats to connect to your Mac. With docks, there are options abound, but the cost is far higher.

Monoprice option: Monoprice offers a simple adapter, its Monoprice Select Series USB-C to Mini DisplayPort Adapter ($14.99).

Video only : If you have extra ports, are working with a desktop computer, or are using a MacBook Air and don’t mind occupying one port with power and one with the display adapter, your best option is the USBCele USB Type C to Mini Display Port 4K Cable Adapter, which is much more affordable ($14.99 on.

That’s useful with a laptop with one or two ports, like the 12-inch MacBook and all Thunderbolt 3 MacBook Air and MacBook Pro models.

Pass-through USB-C power: A great adapter with USB-C power passthrough is the UPTab USB-C to Mini DisplayPort Adapter ($34.95).

You have three solid choices for adapters:

Only a single Mac model ever included a USB-C connector that didn’t include Thunderbolt 3: the 12-inch MacBook that Apple introduced in 2015, updated in subsequent years, and discontinued in 2019. (While we’ve written about this before across several articles, we decided to consolidate everything we knew, alongside newer and better-reviewed adapters, into a single place.) Docks extend compatibility further, with Mini DisplayPort, VGA, DVI, and other formats. Apple’s version also allows for backwards compatibility with Thunderbolt 2 and, by using adapters, can directly connect to HDMI, DisplayPort, and USB 2 and 3, among other standards. All of Apple’s current Macs include Thunderbolt 4, a high-speed data-transfer standard that also relies on the USB-C connector. In this article, I discuss compatibility with Thunderbolt 3, which relies on the USB-C connector. How to connect two or more external displays to Apple Silicon M1 or M2 MacsĬonnecting an older display to Thunderbolt/USB-C.

Instructions on connecting more modem displays (and even an old iMac) as a second display.)įor more information about connecting a display to a Mac, see:

If you don’t meet the parameters or want other options, check out the more broadly compatibleĭuet Display, which works with Apple and other mobile and desktop platforms. Use the Sidecar feature to extend your Mac with an iPad. (Also, don’t forget that if you have an iPad that can run iOS 13 and a Mac model released since about 2015 running macOS Catalina, you can

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