Apple Thunderbolt Display For Mac Mini

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The adapters and cables in this article work with these Mac computers and iPad Pro devices:

  • Mac models that have Thunderbolt 3 ports. These ports support both Thunderbolt 3 and USB-C connections.
  • Mac models that have a USB-C port. This port supports USB-C connections.
  • iPad Pro models that have a USB-C port. This port supports USB-C connections.

To find the right cable or adapter for your Mac or iPad Pro, use the information below to identify the connector on the end of the cable coming from your display, hard drive, camera, hub, or other device. Check the end meant to plug into your Mac or iPad Pro.

Thunderbolt 3

If you're using an Apple Thunderbolt 3 cable or other Thunderbolt 3 cable with your display or other device, it will connect to your Mac without an adapter.

The Apple Pro Display XDR and LG UltraFine 5K Display use Thunderbolt 3.

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USB-C

If you're using a mophie USB-C Cable with USB-C Connector or other USB-C cable with your device, it will connect to your Mac or iPad Pro without an adapter.

The LG UltraFine 4K Display uses USB-C.

USB-A

If you're using a USB-A cable with your device, use the Apple USB-C to USB Adapter, the Apple USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter, the Apple USB-C VGA Multiport Adapter, or another USB-C to USB-A adapter to connect your device to your Mac or iPad Pro.

To charge an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a Thunderbolt 3 or USB-C port without one of these adapters, you can use the Apple USB-C to Lightning Cable instead.

Ethernet

If you're using an Ethernet cable with your device, use a third-party USB-C to Ethernet adapter, such as the Belkin USB-C to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter.

Thunderbolt or Thunderbolt 2

If you're using a Thunderbolt or Thunderbolt 2 cable with a Thunderbolt display or other device, use the Apple Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter.

This is the correct adapter for the Apple Thunderbolt Display.

Thunderbolt and Thunderbolt 2 are not the same as Mini DisplayPort . They have the same shape, but use different symbols on the cable and port.

Mini DisplayPort

If you're using a Mini DisplayPort cable with a Mini DisplayPort display, use a third-party USB-C to Mini DisplayPort adapter. Check with its manufacturer for compatibility with your Mac and display model.

This is the correct solution for the Apple LED Cinema Display.

Mini DisplayPort is not the same as Thunderbolt or Thunderbolt 2 . They have the same shape, but use different symbols on the cable and port.

DisplayPort

If you're using a DisplayPort cable with your display, use a third-party USB-C to DisplayPort adapter or cable, such as the Moshi USB-C to DisplayPort Cable.

HDMI

If you're using an HDMI cable with your display, use the Apple USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter or a third-party USB-C to HDMI adapter or cable.

VGA

If you're using a VGA cable with your display, use the Apple USB-C VGA Multiport Adapter. Or use a third-party USB-C to VGA adapter, such as the Belkin USB-C to VGA Adapter.

DVI

If you're using a DVI cable with your display, use a third-party USB-C to DVI adapter or cable. Check with its manufacturer for compatibility with your Mac and display model.

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  • You can use your USB-C Power Adapter and charge cable with any Thunderbolt 3 or USB-C port on your Mac or iPad Pro.
  • If you have an Apple TV connected to your TV, projector, or other display, you can use AirPlay to wirelessly stream video to that display, or extend the desktop of your primary display.
  • Learn about using external monitors with your Mac.
  • Learn more about using the USB-C port on your iPad Pro.

Apple has now begun shipping the 27' Thunderbolt Display that the company unveiled in July, and you can plug the 2560x1440 pixel display—which includes a complement of USB, FireWire, Ethernet, and Thunderbolt ports of its own—into any MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, Mac mini, or iMac released this year. Most Mac models support at least two external monitors with a few caveats—the most important being that you cannot daisy chain a Mini DisplayPort monitor to the Thunderbolt Display's Thunderbolt port.

The inclusion of the Thunderbolt port on Apple's Thunderbolt display is an important one, since all Thunderbolt-equipped Macs, save the 27' iMac, have just a single Thunderbolt port. That's not necessarily a bad thing, as a single port can daisy chain six devices. So if you plug a Thunderbolt Display into a Mac mini, for instance, you can plug a 12TB RAID into the back of the display and still have speedy access to its data.

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It also makes it possible to use multiple external displays with an Apple notebook for the first time—at least without resorting to workarounds like USB video adapters. As we noted, the latest MacBook Airs use a smaller Eagle Ridge controller that only has one DisplayPort channel, so these machines are limited to just one Thunderbolt or miniDP display, period. The iMac, Mac mini, and MacBook Pro, on the other hand, use the Light Ridge controller with two DisplayPort channels. You can easily daisy chain two Thunderbolt Displays to a single Thunderbolt port on these machines.

There are a couple exceptions. The 13' MacBook Pro can only drive two displays total with its integrated Intel HD3000 graphics, so if you plug in two displays, the built-in screen will go black. On 15' and 17' MacBook Pros and iMacs, the main screen will continue to function. Despite having two Thunderbolt ports, the 27' iMac can still only use two external displays, regardless of whether they are daisy chained or plugged in to separate ports. (Though it has two ports, both are wired to a single Light Ridge controller, so there are only two DisplayPort channels total.) On the top-end Mac mini, which includes a discrete AMD Radeon GPU, you can plug in two Thunderbolt Displays and attach a third HDMI-compatible display to the HDMI port.

What is really going to rub folks the wrong way, we suspect, is that the Thunderbolt Display is not configured to work with a miniDP display plugged in to its Thunderbolt port. It wouldn't be surprising if more than one user with an existing 27' Cinema Display or other miniDP display got a Thunderbolt-equipped Mac and ordered a Thunderbolt display expecting to be able to add the miniDP display at the end of the chain.

Adding a miniDP display at the end of the chain works with other Thunderbolt peripherals that have downstream ports, so it's not a technical limitation of the spec. Why Apple added this limitation we cannot say, but it could be construed as a move designed to sell more $999 Thunderbolt displays. A more unfortunate side effect, we believe, is that not working according to the spec will add consumer confusion and hamper what is beginning to be a wider rollout of the technology in the PC industry.

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UPDATE: The truth may even be stranger still. Apple's KB article unequivocally states that 'Mini DisplayPort displays will not light up if connected to the Thunderbolt port on an Apple Thunderbolt Display.' However, Macworld Labs honcho James Galbraith was able to get a 27' Cinema Display to work by connecting it to a downstream port on a Promise Pegasus R6 RAID. In other words, when the chain was configured as MacBook Air > Thunderbolt Display > Pegasus RAID > 27' Cinema Display, all four worked as expected.

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Though this at least demonstrates that it is possible to drive a miniDP display connected to a Thunderbolt Display, it still looks like a needlessly confusing limitation to require another Thunderbolt device in the chain. Furthermore, why it doesn't work when directly connected is yet another mystery.