Apple Event: May 7th at 7 am PT
Yesterday I bought a Mac mini as a way to speed up life. They said I could use my iMac 2012 display through Target Display mode and the right Thunderbolt 3 to Thunder 2 + mini display adapter. I bought all that and when I hit Command - F2 the iMac screen just goes black??? When I hit it again it comes back just fine on my iMac cpu again? The Mac mini displays fine on a TV I a using just to set it all up.
Thoughts?
Mac mini, macOS 10.14
td_hornfrog wrote:
....They said I could use my iMac 2012 display through Target Display mode and the right Thunderbolt 3 to Thunder 2 + mini display adapter....
You need a Thunderbolt cable to go between the Thunderbolt 3 to 2 adapter
and the iMac. The 2012 iMac is Thunderbolt, not minidisplay port cable/adapter.
td_hornfrog wrote:
....They said I could use my iMac 2012 display through Target Display mode and the right Thunderbolt 3 to Thunder 2 + mini display adapter....
You need a Thunderbolt cable to go between the Thunderbolt 3 to 2 adapter
and the iMac. The 2012 iMac is Thunderbolt, not minidisplay port cable/adapter.
Yes the adapter worked. But I also had to reset SMA first by powering down, unplugging the power completely, counting to 10, then simply powering back up. Then I simply pressed Command -F2 and the screen switched.
Mac mini on Target mode to iMac screen black
