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Ponponhead Author

Level 1

17 points

Mini display port to HDMI problem

I have my aluminum Macbook perfectly wired up to my 32 inch RCA HDTV. Nothing will come up on the screen, I've tried detect display, I've tried restarting the computer, unplugging and plugging back in then detect display, turned the tv of and on, but nothing is working. I am currently running Snow Leopard, but when I was on Leopard this process of attaching the TV to the computer just took about 10 minutes of doing desultory processes that I've already described. Any suggestions on how to make it work the first time?

Early 2009 Aluminum Macbook, Mac OS X (10.6.1)

Posted on Sep 28, 2009 1:36 PM

1,012 replies

karlips

Level 1

0 points

Jun 22, 2011 5:49 AM in response to Srulers

Hi Srulers

I have tried this, however there is no mirror windows option, as the Arrangement option with the displays is no longer present 😟

thanks

Karl

afiser

Level 1

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Jun 23, 2011 3:10 PM in response to Ponponhead

has anyone tried after updating to 10.6.8? or with the developer previews of lion?

EB2600

Level 1

0 points

Jun 23, 2011 3:55 PM in response to afiser

I just installed 10.6.8 and it fixed my problem. Looks like they got my many messages on how to fix it. Well, my problem anyways.

karlips

Level 1

0 points

Jun 23, 2011 4:49 PM in response to EB2600

ive just done the update.

sadly its made no difference to my problem at all 😟

Jul 1, 2011 3:47 PM in response to JasonFear

Thank you very much - it worked out for me too.

AussieDJ

Level 4

1,445 points

Jul 1, 2011 8:13 PM in response to Ponponhead

So why exactly has this thread been tampered with to display a 'Solution', if clearly one has not been presented?

Jul 2, 2011 11:22 AM in response to Ponponhead

tobiasf17 - your advice worked for me!! thanks.

Jul 4, 2011 11:40 AM in response to gerrycgc24

Thanks for the help. Solved my problem

Jul 8, 2011 10:17 PM in response to GabLeroux

Forgot to say I tried hitting the detect display button in configs, but it's not working either.

Jul 24, 2011 4:38 PM in response to Joey5443

****, seems that everyone is having this issue, my mini to hdmi cable was working fine until I decided to upgrade the OSX to 10.6.8 in order to install OS lion, then it just stopped working.