You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!

When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.

Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.

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

Guyzee

Level 1

0 points

Aug 9, 2013 1:09 PM in response to johnbello05

Good job johnbello05!! Great, my girlfriend and I can now watch our movie! Thanks a mill

msb_wa

Level 1

0 points

Aug 18, 2013 6:28 PM in response to Ponponhead

Good grief! I couldn't get this to work at all and tried the order method you described... IT WORKED! I'm not sure why this had to be so difficult, but in any case, thanks for the tip!

Aug 19, 2013 8:58 AM in response to defmuse

I don't want to disappoint you, but I bought two non-Apple converters and if the first died after 4 months, the second did not even work at all.

Aug 30, 2013 7:57 AM in response to Guyzee

Any time. I was there and after finding out the solution all I wanted to do is share it since I searched for an answer to the problem, but couldn't really found one.

Vic-zx

Level 1

5 points

Sep 8, 2013 3:49 AM in response to eNtelligence101

Chill out man. I dont think your post was deleted I can see it there. Have you tried a min display port to hdmi cable?

Sep 8, 2013 9:37 PM in response to Vic-zx

Ohh man, they deleted two messages I swear....

Sep 8, 2013 9:38 PM in response to Vic-zx

thats not very democratic. free speech and all is out in the grave along with poor steve jobs, they bareed both **** it

Sep 9, 2013 5:44 AM in response to aarjee

ok thank you that makes sense. any good brands from amazon you suggest?

Sep 9, 2013 5:55 AM in response to aarjee

by the way, what is wrong with moshi adapter? Can it be fixed? Can I get my money back?

Vic-zx

Level 1

5 points

Sep 9, 2013 6:17 AM in response to eNtelligence101

the adapter isnt burnt, its a driver/software problem.

Sep 15, 2013 2:13 PM in response to Steve Gallagher

Thanks!!!! this link worked just fine

Sep 20, 2013 3:52 PM in response to defmuse

Is there a male to male mini-dvi(not thunderbolt) to hdmi cable on a 2007 imac? has anyone had any luck finding this cable and can confirm that it works?