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Using a 27” iMac as a screen?

  • 18-06-2018 7:47pm
    #1
    OU812
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,060 ✭✭✭


    Anyone ever done this?

    I have a 27” iMac which has a great screen, unfortunately it randomly shuts down, sometimes after 20 mins, sometimes after a week, totally random and unpredictable.

    It’s mostly used for browsing and downloading but it so unreliable it spends most of its time off right now.

    I was considering buying a new Mac mini and was wondering if I could use the existing screen as the screen for that?

    Can it be done? Can it be done with not having to fiddle with keyboard commands all the time?


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  • #2
    dubred
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 107 ✭✭dubred


    I have done this with 2 21.5 iMacs. The older mid 2011 one was unusable due to graphics glitches, but it works perfectly well as a second monitor for a 2013 iMac using a Thunderbolt cable.

    Looks like more recent iMacs don't support Target Display Mode https://support.apple.com/en-ie/ht204592.


  • #3
    Deep Thought
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,471 ✭✭✭Deep Thought


    I tried recently with a 2017 Imac and a 2015 Macbook Pro

    I had a USB C to VGA and HDMI converter

    Plugged it in, but couldn't get it to work

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