- #Mac mini target display mode drivers
- #Mac mini target display mode portable
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#Mac mini target display mode pro
The Mini DisplayPort HDMI adapters and the 27 inches Apple Cinema Display screen can not receive sound on this type of machine.įor the sound, you need a MacBook Mid 2010 (GeForce 320M), a MacBook Air 2010 11-inch or 13-inch (Core 2 Duo), a MacBook Pro 2010 13-inch (GeForce 320M), a MacBook Pro 2010 15-inch or 17-inch (GeForce 330M), a Mac mini 2010 (Core 2 Duo), an iMac 2009/2010 21-inch, an iMac 2009/2010 27-inch, or a Mac Pro 2010 (please note that changing the graphic card does not bring the sound). This is a limitation due to the motherboard. On the first generations of Mac equiped with Mini DisplayPort (MacBook Pro 2008/2009, etc), the sound is not transmitted on Mini DisplayPort. Specifically, a Mini DisplayPort adapter runs on a Thunderbolt plug.
Technically, the plug is the same and the only difference is that the Thunderbolt connector can carry – in addition to the classic Mini DisplayPort – a Thunderbolt signal, which is a signal PCI-Express (4 lines). Thunderbolt is fully compatible with Mini DisplayPort peripherals.
#Mac mini target display mode drivers
I suspect the Radeon Mobility drivers need a lot more work.As this issue os often misunderstood, I will expose the difference ( and also similarities ) between Thunderbolt and Mini DisplayPort. I understand the problems are known to Apple and being worked on, but right now I’d have to say, test before you buy if at all possible when it comes to the 15 and 17 inch laptops.
#Mac mini target display mode portable
It’s crazy to make the computer run the Radeon chip all the time on an external display, and even crazier to make it run all the time on the Radeon even in portable mode when in Boot Camp, when the integrated solution is perfectly capable of handling it. I’d also like if Apple would enable integrated graphics support on the Radeon MBPs with external display, and also with Boot Camp on built-in or external display. I couldn’t get clamshell mode to work at all in 10.6.7 with the graphics update, and while it works, sort of, in 10.6.6 and 10.6.8, there are lots of glitches with switching in and out of sleep or between single and dual display mode, and the occasional big crash associated with sleep. What have your experiences with connecting display via Thunderbolt been? Let us know in the comments below.Īpple has some serious problems with external display support on the 2011 Macbook Pro, at least the ones with the Radeon graphics. Once reset, we were able to disconnect the MacBook Pro and reconnect it to the iMac. Then we let the video go through its connection there. The only solution that we’ve found for the moment is to hook the MacBook Pro up to a DisplayPort-equipped monitor (not an iMac).
On our 15” 2011 MacBook Pro when using a 2010 iMac as a display, we found that the video connection became unstable, as in this video. One final “glitch” that’s popped up seems to be relegated to a particular set of circumstances. Only get a Thunderbolt cable if you’re going to connect two ThunderBolt-equipped computers together, it won’t work for anything else.DisplayPort iMacs require a DisplayPort cable, though they can work with either DisplayPort or Thunderbolt Macs.