Apple Cinema Display 30’’ with M1 Apple Silicon Mac

So you are saying/suggestion is to connect one 30”ACD using USB-C to mini display cable and one using OWC hub from mini m1 USB-C and then use one of the thunderbolt ports or one mini display from the hub to second 30”ACD?

That should work. You have one connected already? Some have used HDMI on the mini to connect displays, but not sure if they were Apple Cinema Displays of 30". I think it is the combination of the port to dual dvi adapter and the native mini port connection. I love the displays even after much research on new ones so I am keeping these going till the cows come home lol.

Yes, thanks for the comprehensive answer, Don Friesen.

However.... I have one 30 inch cinema display and one LG 4k display. I can get my Mac mini M1 going with either of them- but not both at the same time. Has anyone got the M1 to work with 2 different screens at such different resolutions?

best wishes G

Try to get a PC to run that long. May girl went to college on a MacBook, been married 9 years a just got a new one last year. Her room mates had 2 or three PC in 4 years. They crashed and burned. I know we are kind of off subject.

I’ve got a pile of old Apple hardware in my office closet. Most of it still works but is too old to be of much use. Actually threw a lot of stuff away cleaning my garage. I had a bunch of old SCSI cables and drives along with a MacFx computer that probably was still bootable.

now software drives hardware do it doesn’t matter how long the hardware lasts as it’s software that ends its life.

I would also like to get two of my 30” displays running on my M1 Mac - either by using both USB 4 ports, or one USB 4 and the HDMI. Appropriate adaptations along the way for the old 30 incher of course!

Gadzooks. That is EXACTLY the hub I have. Do I have it set up wrongly? Or maybe my monitor adapter is not quite up to snuff.

My monitor adapter goes straight from the laptop to my monitor DVI cable. I have the monitor's USB-A plugged into the thunderbolt dock as well. the dock is attached directly to the laptop via the braided cable provided with the CalDigit dock.

What adapter are you using? And thanks for the response.

God it seems impossible to make a bootable copy of Big Sur for the M1 to boot from!!!!!! 2018 Catalina has NO problem with booting from anything (maybe even Mac OS 9.1) :):):)

All I want is a bootable 11.2.1 so I can test if the 30" goes black ot not

All Apple say is "read this, do this bla bla bla" I'm not STUPID, been using Mac for 30 years!

If an adapter works with 11.1 then Apple have done SOMETHING to make it not work in 11.2, 11.2.1..simple as that!

CCC does not work with Big Sur and M1, works fine with Big Sur and Intel but the M1 will not boot from it.

Thanks for these photos.

So what are you using to convert from HDMI to...DVI? For the Cinema Display? Ideally if we want to run 2 x 30” off the mini, we’d need one running from the USB C/4 port as you’ve shown, and one running from HDMI. But I can’t find a HDMI to Dual Link DVI or Mini DisplayPort adapter.

The dual link is used on the ACD 30" only because of amount of pixels in the day 15 years ago (and still today) of 4.1 million the largest of the day 2560 x 1600 dpi, with two you got 8.2 million pixels. So that is why I choose to hang on to my displays for now. One day two of the new 32" Apple display may replace them, but the cost is to high for what I do at the moment with a monitor.

I ordered this, it’s due to arrive tomorrow, I’ll post if it works or not

https://www.amazon.com/CAC-1510-Adapter-Displays-3840x2160-2560x1600/dp/B08B7FSVTL/ref=asc_df_B08B7FSVTL/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=459728334703&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=2390013022828269888&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9052941&hvtargid=pla-946946059435&psc=1

I had a 30" cinema HD monitor, for 10 years to connect with my PC via GeForce video card to support 2560*1600.

I bought two M1 Mac, Air and Mini in past two months, and try to connect with that 30" family member.

I tried HDMI port with a HDMI to DVI-D adapter, and then a USB-C to DVI-D adapter.

Both of them in all two ways, detected the Cinema HD as maxima resolution as 1280*800.

I am a new Mac user and not sure if this is an on-board driver issue or cables wiring matter.

Need help to solve this to make Apple family member live together :)

Thanks,

Jin

Yes it’s all very intriguing. I didn’t mention it on my previous post but I’m sure the 30” monitor is being recognised to a small degree as it will come up in displays on the Mac mini but the screen is blank. However clicking on the Apple cinema HD icon on the Mac mini does nothing. I really like this display so I’m determined to get it working!!!!!