Mac Mini M1 to Apple Cinema 30" LED Dual-Link DVI

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Mac Mini M1 to Apple Cinema 30" LED Dual-Link DVI

Has anyone confirmed or disconfirmed definitively whether there is an unsurmountable technical barrier (i.e, does not matter what adaptors or ports you try) to connect a Mac Mini M1 to a circa 2008 Apple Cinema 30" LED Dual-Link DVI monitor?

I have not see a solution for Mac Mini. Has anyone done this successfully with OWC's Thunderbolt 3 Dock on a Mac Mini?

I had two chats tonight with Apple support. The first one offered this discussion forum as a solution, but this discussion forum is either using Mac Book Pros or later 27" mini-DVI monitors. When I pointed this out she said "The devices are not compatible" without explanation, and when I asked where this is documented the chat was abruptly disconnected. I was then connected to another rep who said "let me review your case" and then left without any interaction. Is there a reason Apple is avoiding this issue?

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Mac mini 2018 or later

Posted on Oct 1, 2021 4:14 AM

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Dan Suthers Author

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Oct 2, 2021 3:43 AM in response to Dan Suthers

The moderator removed a link to a video, and also a very important comment: it shows how someone has connected an M1 Mac Book Pro to the Apple Cinema 30" LED Dual-Link DVI monitor at full resolution via the Apple Mini DisplayPort To Dual-Link DVI Adapter and OWCs Thunderbolt 3 Dock. So this shows that the M1 chip and USB-C only interface is not the problem. The question then is whether there is something different about the Mac Mini M1 (compared to the Mac Book Pro M1) that would make it not possible.

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