I haven’t been able to use my iMac 27” 2013 running on Catalina as second monitor pf my MacBook 2020 M1 chip running BigSur, I have the right adapter and cable, follow all the steps but nothing happens

Can I use my iMac 27” 2013 running Catalina as second monitor for my MacBook Air 2020 M1 chip running BigSur?


Posted on Jan 16, 2022 6:31 PM

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Posted on Jan 16, 2022 6:56 PM

No it will not work, because the 2020 M1 MacBook does not support using the 2013 iMac as a display in Target Display Mode. Please carefully re-read > https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204592

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I haven’t been able to use my iMac 27” 2013 running on Catalina as second monitor pf my MacBook 2020 M1 chip running BigSur, I have the right adapter and cable, follow all the steps but nothing happens

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