Dechaphol

Q: Thunderbolts with 2 non-Apple monitors

Hello all, I am planning to buy the mac mini to be used with two of my DELL monitors. I see there are two thunderbolt ports at the back of the mac mini, would I be able to use both the thunderbolt ports with 2 thunderbolt-HDMI cables to connect to my two monitors at the same time? Thank you!

Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.5)

Posted on Feb 27, 2016 3:26 AM

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  • by lllaass,Apple recommended

    lllaass lllaass Feb 27, 2016 3:34 AM in response to Dechaphol
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    Feb 27, 2016 3:34 AM in response to Dechaphol

    - Yes. The 2014 Mac Mini support two monitors. You can have two, one connected to each Thunderbolt port via mini displayport>HDMI adopter

    - You can also connect one via the HDMI prot and the other via mini displayport>HDMI adopter

    - If the resolution of the monitor is greater than 1920x1200 yo need a high resolution monitor The run of the mill mini displayport>HDMI adopter onlu support max of 1920x1200

     

    Video Support

     

    Support for up to two displays at 2560 by 1600 pixels, both at millions of colors

    Thunderbolt digital video output
    • Native Mini DisplayPort output
    • DVI output using Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter (sold separately)
    • VGA output using Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter (sold separately)
    • Dual-link DVI output using Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter (sold separately)
    HDMI video output
    • Support for 1080p resolution at up to 60Hz
    • Support for 3840-by-2160 resolution at 30Hz
    • Support for 4096-by-2160 resolution at 24Hz
  • by 2 Screens Jeff,

    2 Screens Jeff 2 Screens Jeff Feb 27, 2016 4:48 PM in response to lllaass
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    Feb 27, 2016 4:48 PM in response to lllaass

    This sounds like my setup with 1 hdmi cable and 1 mini display to hdmi cable. The same mini display cable worked on my mid 2010 mac book pro to use on an ext monitor.

     

    Ive switch cables and get an image on the other monitor, but not both.

     

    Is there a difference between thunderbolt 1/2 or mini display cable? Im assuming that cable is at fault, got one coming in the mail that is a tb2 to hdmi.

     

    Thanks.