I have a MacBook Pro 2017 13" with High Sierra. Is it possible to somehow successfully connect a 27" Cinema Display with Mini DisplayPort to my MBP with an adapter? I have read from some people that it worked and from some others that it didn't work. Can you guys tell if it is possible? Because I have the opportunity to get a 27" Cinema Display for quite a cheap price (but only tomorrow because the person is there for a visit tomorrow). Would be kinda sad if I would purchase a Monitor for 460 Euros just to find out, that these two devices are not compatible and probably never will be in the near future because there is and will not be a working adapter for this specific case..
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I've seen many of the solutions on the topic, all posted in this site. But I haven't seen any of them mentioning Apple's adapter,   I have that, which was used to connect to my old MacBook Pro 2013.   Now, I'm assuming that all I need is to connect the Mini DisplayPort to an adapter, such as  (as mentioned in one of the posts) and the USB cable to a USB-C adaptor.   Is this correct?
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I currently have a iMac (27-inch, Late 2009, 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo) which I would like to use as display for a new Mac Pro.  How do I do that?
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I have a new , resolution of 2560 x 1080, connected via DisplayPort to my 2012 MacBook Air 13" via a  that reportedly does have pin 20 wired correctly. I had previously tried connecting via HDMI, but as the manual for the display indicates, Macs are apparently unable to use the full native resolution when connected via HDMI.  A negative experience I'm having is that, when the MBA goes to sleep, the display appears to disconnect. This is noticeable only when waking it: the extra screen blanking of the display automatically reconnecting is almost imperceptible, and would otherwise be of negligible consequence, except for the result that all of my windows that were on that display are resized to fit on the MBA's built-in screen's resolution.  So, I find myself having to constantly re-maximize or rearrange windows whenever I walk away long enough for the screensaver to turn on and/or the computer goes to sleep. This is really aggravating, as I do arrange my windows quite particularly.  My options are seemingly thus:   Replace cable - maybe this is a manifestation of the pin 20 problem, but the display does awaken, just dis/re-connects annoyingly. Replace monitor - maybe something is wrong with this unit or this model?   I don't have another DisplayPort monitor easily accessible, but I might be able to borrow one or at least find one I can use in a store just to demonstrate that it's a DisplayPort or OS X problem and not a unit/model problem.  Tweak something in OS X - maybe there's a setting that I can alter that will disable this behavior, without having to disable screensaver or sleep. Suggestions welcome! Replace MBA - I'm already planning to pick up a new Macbook Pro this month, but I don't know if I'll get it in time to be within the display's return period, should I decide to return the display. I have a feeling this is not a reliable solution, because it's unlikely that the new machine wouldn't exhibit this behavior unless the behavior would change between Thunderbolt and Thunderbolt 2. ??? - this is where you ingenious answerers come in.
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Anyone have any idea what one would connect with this cable?  Going from a 15-pin VGA connector to a DB9 is very odd.      The reason I ask is that in an effort to get some hardware that required a serial connection for use up and running at a remote site, the local support person went our and found one of these things.  Obviously plugging the VGA port into a serial port is not going to work but they must have seen too many movies where folks just plugs things in and all is well.  In this case, the hardware was made... non-functional.
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I know the LG UltraFine 5K monitor has the  ability to supply enough power to charge a 15" MacBook Pro () but is there a way to tell if a different monitor supports this function?
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Here’s something that sucks:   Plug in external monitor to laptop (Mac OS X Leopard in my case). Arrange your windows to have the IDE on one screen and browser on another. (Etc etc.  Resize, rearrange, fuss, fuss, fuss.) Unplug monitor to run to a meeting, or whatever. Goto 1.   I’d like to replace step 2 with “computer remembers exactly how I had it and just puts it back that way”.  (I personally only need a solution for Mac but collecting solutions for other systems here might be useful to others.  I’m sure it’s a common problem.)
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I'd like to use two external monitors for some excels, coding, email, not games or video content.   Can someone please explain how I can go about using two external monitors with my MacBook Pro, and realistically, how good will the performance be of the 2nd external monitor?
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I have a 13” MacBook Pro mid 2014 as well as a late 2011 MacBook Pro.  My 2014 MacBook Pro screen is broken and I was wondering if I could replace it with the screen from my 2011 MacBook Pro.  Will there be any issues during installation?
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This is on an Early 2011 Macbook Pro 17" with i7 2.2ghz and the Intel + Radeon HD6750:     If it is a screen error then I don't mind fixing it myself, but if the GPU is the problem, I'm worried I might have to buy a new logic board assuming I can't use the GPU.
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I have a 2017 MacBook Pro. It has 2 USB-C ports on the left side and I use an Aukey hub to provide more ports (4 USB, 1 HDMI, 1 USB-C) and always to connect two monitors.   I connect one monitor through the hub with the HDMI port and another directly to the MBP with a USB-C adapter. Sometimes when I connect the hub to the Mac and the 2nd monitor to the Mac, it works as it should with no problem...but more than half the time I have to connect, disconnect, jiggle, jangle, switch ports, reconnect HDMI, etc. and hopefully they will both work. OFTEN, I can only get one monitor to fire up.  Is there any kind of software fix or reset that might solve this issue? Any other thoughts welcome. Thanks.
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My question:   Can anyone confirm or disprove the support of NVMe drives (like the Samsung 960) by the Sintech M.2 PCIe SSD MacBook adapters for macOS Sierra and High Sierra, or would you have any information that could help me confirm or disprove this support?  Below are the results of my research so far.    SSDs comparison  "Official" MacBook SSDs  Officially supported MacBook SSDs are really expensive. For example, with the Macbook Air/Pro 2013, 2014 and 2015 models:   : $299 for , $399 for , $649 for  : $524 for 256GB, $649 for 512GB, $949 for 1TB.   Equivalent PC SSDs  Globally, an officially supported MacBook SSD (PCIe M.2 AHCI with a proprietary 12+16pin connector) cost from about $1 to $2 per GB, while equivalent PC SSD (PCIe M.2 AHCI and NVMe with a key M connector) cost from about $0.4 to $1 per GB.  NVMe:   : $196 for 512GB (low quality) : $219 for 500GB : $316 for 480GB   AHCI:   : $300 for 480GB : $450 for 512GB   So standard PCIe M.2 devices seems to be up to 3x cheaper than the MacBook PCIe M.2 SSD. Plus, NVMe SSD are globally way faster.    NVMe SSD compatibility?  Connector adapter  At first for the connector, I often seen the   recommended to use the AHCI SSD above in a MacBook Air/Pro. The product page clearly stipules only compatible with a limited set of AHCI SSDs, but I do not see any reason for these "incompatibilities", as there is no other software/hardware standards for the PCIe M.2 AHCI models. It seems they simply give as compatible the list of the AHCI SSDs they've tested, and as incompatible the most known NVMe SSD models.  Interface compatibility  Then for the interface, what I understand from AHCI/NVMe is that it is only a controller interface, depending on the system drivers on the MacBook and not on the hardware itself.  Which seems to be consistant with:     I emailed the store which sell that adapter and problem is that macOS doesn't support 3rd party NVMe SSDs, but Windows 10 and Linux do.      -- From a  on a upgrade video with a AHCI SSD and the Sintech adapter.   So Sintech may have given these NVMe SSD as incompatible not because of the adapter incompatibility, but because of the destination OS incompatibility.  System support  Finally for the system, macOS now support NVMe SSDs, from unofficially OSX El Capitan (with a  to boot) and natively macOS High Sierra (even as boot, see an article about the  and a confirmation from the ).  I sent an email to Sintech to get more informations on their adapter. I got a reply with some references (added to this post), but no answer since.  Edit (23/06):     Unfortunately, we are busy in other projects, and still can't get new system to test it.     Similar researches  After I created this post, I seen there is some people with the same question in other communities, waiting at the same step. I share the links there in case of some of them got a return from a test with the Sintech adapter or an other one.  On    Por Chumjan (02/27/2016):     I think about to upgrade. Samsung 950 pro is interesting. But i'm not sure it can use for this model.  trumanhw (12/21/2016):     You can buy an adapter from M.2 to MBPr or Air for about $20... (...) The REAL question is if the NVMe protocol will be a hiccup (as in, I don't personally know that answer) ... and if it'll get the full speed of the 950. In principle, I don't see why it wouldn't. And I WILL be testing this out.  Fabio (06/10/2017):     [ About the patch ]. It is meant to be used on hackintosh but I think it might work on a macbook pro from 2015 with the adapter and a nvme ssd like the samsung 960/950 evo/pro. If someone tries or has tried it please let me know.
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About ten years ago everyone at work started using dual monitors. It was great. But I switched to laptop for most tasks and do not have a second monitor. It occurred to me that I have a second screen right next to me (my phone) that I'm not using.   Is it possible to use it as a second monitor? I can imagine using it to show a training video while I follow along on the main screen.   I have a Mac and my phone is Android Galaxy 6S. I have an older iPhone 4S as well. Funnibly enough, my Android phone has higher resolution than my Macbook.
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I have a MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) and would like to set up two 24" Acer monitors so I can have an easier working life. The monitors support CDMI, DVI and VGA, I am new to MacBooks, so I'm not sure where to go or what to do, anything you can advise will be wonderful.  Thanks in advance :)
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The 15" retina can do three (and itself) via daisychaining two Thunderbolts (or just using the two ports) and with the HDMI port. Is the 13" retina able to do this as well?
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When I have my external monitor hooked up, I access it by mousing off the left hand side of my Macbook display. Can I switch this so that I can access the external by mousing off to the right of My Macbook display?   The reason I ask, is my monitor is on the right side of my macbook, and it's unintuitive to mouse left to get to a screen on the right.
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I wanted to ask, what to do if MacBook Pro 2017 uses more wattage than the charger can give? Why I am asking this or thinking this might be a problem? I tried to play some games on BootCamp (playing games on MacBook is another discussion, no hate please) on settings where I got 60FPS without lag but the problem is that my battery is discharging at the time I am playing. I can not recognize the problem on macOS though.  If I bought the mac couple days ago, first they gave me fake charger which f*d up my mac and wouldn't charge at all. Still can not believe that I buy new Mac and get fake charger with it. Then I went back to the store and asked for new Original charger which I then got. I can not see any more problems than the above I described.  Can anybody tell me what to check, what to do, who to contact with? Any help is much appreciated.
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I'm trying to hook up dual monitors (Samsung CF390) to my MacBook Pro, but when I do, I only have the desktop image projecting on both screens. When I go into Settings > Display, the "Arrangement" option isn't available.  I have both monitors' HDMI cables running through 1 USB-C to HDMI adapter. (The adapter has two ports.)  Is the solution to this problem having two adapters? My thinking is even though the adapter has 2 ports, the MacBook hardware or software can't Fully make use of both displays.   What can I change to get three total displays working on macOS High Sierra (10.13.x)?