M1 Mac Mini and Thunderbolt Display

My Mac Mini M1 arrived today. I have two 27" Apple Thunderbolt Displays mounted on my desk. I purchased two Apple Thunderbolt 2 to 3 adapters, however, only 1 display will work. I understand the 2nd monitor has to be hooked to HDMI. Is there any way to convert the Thunderbolt 2 to HDMI so that I can use both of these displays with the new Mac? I can hook them both up to my 2014 MacBook Pro just fine.

Yes, one 27 inch Thunderbolt Display works with the Thunderbolt 2 to Thunderbolt 3 apple adapter ($44 at Best Buy).

After spending $120 on adapters, I still cannot get a 2nd Thunderbolt Display to work on the HDMI port.

The adapter is supposed to take you from Thunderbolt 2 to Thunderbolt 3 (the C). It didn't work well for me.

I downgraded from the M1 to a 2018 Mac Mini. It supports Thunderbolt 2....the adapter did the trick here.

From a position of ignorance, it appears that the M1 is not compatible with the Thunderbolt, adapter or not. Really wanted the zippy M1 to drive (2) Thunderbolt monitors but, alas, it is not to be.

I tried I have two adapters that I tried to connect to my new mi mini in the t3 ports. dual monitors only seem to work if the 2nd monitor is one which has a HDMI connection like any PC monitor. Apple is crazynuts not to have this work with their monitors!!!

Are you sure your display is Thunderbolt (Lightning bolt icon on plug, no USB cable) and not the similar 27" LED display (no Lightning bolt icon, USB cable).

The description of the Amazon adapter says:

"【Important Note】：Please kindly noted this c to mini dp adapter can Not be compatible with monitors or devices that has thunderbolt 2 port. And only compatible with mini dp to mini dp or mini dp to dp cable."

I have a Mac mini 16gb ram 256GB ssd and I am running it with the Thunderbolt Display. I am using a TB2-TB3 adapter and it works. I have read that the display needs the latest firmware, which my monitor did have as I used it often with my MacBook Pro and air as a large display dock since 2014. It is now my main display for my Mac mini and works flawlessly. I have connected ethernet, and usb through the display, the sound and brightness keyboard shortcuts work. It is great and looks awesome together!

Found this thread while researching options for my M1 Mini...

Here's a possible workaround....

Use one Apple Thunderbolt Display on the Thunderbolt with the TB3>TB2 adaptor

and

Use one nearly identical Apple LED Cinema Display 27 on the HDMI with an HDMI>Mini DisplayPort adaptor.

The displays have essentially the same external appearance and screen panel. While a Thunderbolt display cannot be easily connected to HDMI, there are adaptors that can convert HDMI to DisplayPort. These adaptors require external power but that's no big deal. The LED Cinema Display lacks some of the ports of the TB Display but this shouldn't be a huge issue....

I have one TB display for the Mini and one LED Apple Cinema 27 on my eventually retiring 2010 Mac Pro but only use one monitor anyway.

Its just not possible so I bought a Dell monitor which uses HDMI (inferior to the thunderbolt unfortunitally)

I did buy the Mac mini and it does work with the Thunderbolt Display and the apple thunderbolt 2 to 3 adapter

Same here: (2) 27: TB Displays. One Thunderbolt 2 to Thunderbolt 3 adapter. Using it now. But....Second Thunderbolt. Scoured for HDMI to Thunderbolt 2 adapter. No can find.

Previous 2012 Mac with (2) Thunderbolts was OK with daisy chaining. Now....no go. Have you found a fix?

i ave a setup with a M1 Mac-mini and Apple 27" thunderbolt display, working with adaptor purchased from aAmazon,

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0836HGBD7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I just got the m1 mini, and the Apple Thunderbolt to USB-C (thunderbolt 3) adapter and while it works, there is a flickering artifact on the display in the top row of pixels. I hope to get a hold of another Thunderbolt display to test with to see if it's specific to this particular unit.

Better sale the thunderbolt display, which is still fairly expensive and buy a Gigabyte M27Q with KVM (you use a single keyboard and mouse with 2 different laptops/Macs/PCs). It works directly via usb-c cable and the resolution is same like thunderbolt display (2k) and it also has high refreshrate and low response time which is good for games.

I agree but got it solved by hooking up my M1 Mini, one apple monitor and I added a Gigabyte M27Q 27" 170Hz 1440P KVM Gaming Monitor, which has the same quality image to the HDMI port, working great. also since the new M1 Imac are 24" this also makes it a good solution. It cost $300.

And if plugged ALONE into the USB-C port with JUST the T3-to-T2 adapter, YES, I can get my Thunderbolt Display to work. But I CANNOT get it to work along with the LG Fine 4K. I have yet to find a scenario by which I can have two monitors working simultaneously on my M1 MacMini.