[OSX-Users] macbook usb-c and apple cinema display

[Andrew Paul Landells]

It also looks like direct adapters exist, is there a reason not to use one of those?

Something like this:

http://www.dx.com/p/usb-3-1-type-c-to-mini-displayport-video-converter-cable-silvery-white-white-16-5cm-416571?tc=GBP&gclid=CNyTp-yTlcsCFSkYwwodDqkHTw#.VtAgFhgWmwY

Regards,

On 26 Feb 2016, at 09:39, Jules Field <Jules at ecs.soton.ac.uk<mailto:Jules at ecs.soton.ac.uk>> wrote:

Vladimiro,

I *think* it can be done.

You can get from USB-C to HDMI very easily (Apple will sell you a big expensive adapter to do this, there are cheaper non-Apple ones).
That gives you female HDMI.
>From there, you connect a HDMI-HDMI (male to male, standard) cable.

You then need to plug the far end of that into a HDMI female to mini-DisplayPort male adapter, which does exist:
http://www.mycablemart.com/store/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=5416
(Hopefully Shaun can track down one in the UK for you). It's *vital* that adapter takes the HDMI as the source, not the mini-DisplayPort.

You then connect that to a mini-DisplayPort female to female coupler, which also does exist:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mini-Display-Port-Female-Coupler/dp/B003KQ6BMC

to which you plug in the cable from your Apple Cinema Display.

Being an engineer, I'm *not* going to guarantee that will work, as it's an Apple display which might decide it's not going to put up with anything other than a Mac's mini-DisplayPort/Thunderbolt socket on the end of its cable (Remember many Apple cables have embedded DRM).

But it's definitely worth a shot!

Cheers,
Jules.

On 26/02/2016 09:13, Vladimiro Sassone wrote:

Hi everbody,

        Any advice on connecting one of the new MacBooks with only the USB-C port to a cinema display (with a mini display port, not thunderbolt).

thanks,
\vs



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