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I have late 2014 iMac 27" and although it is slowing down the monitor is working perfectly, although I can't upgrade to Monterey or any future upgrades. I would like to know if I buy another iMac if I can still use the monitor display as a second monitor (or primary monitor if I buy a smaller screen iMac)
Thanks for any help or advice
Gezzer
If you are considering a new Mac then no yyje 2014 iMac cannot be used as an external display. Target Display Mode is quite dead however please read Target Display Mode and pay close attention to what might work.
"To use any of these iMac models as an external display:
or Thunderbolt 2 cable."Your best bet though is to buy an external display and begin using that. TDM is expensive to setup (expensive cabling), not highly reliable and Apple never intentionally added it as a feature. That it worked at all for users was really a fluke. An external display should be dead reliable and easy to setup which TDM does not satisfy.
If you are considering a new Mac then no yyje 2014 iMac cannot be used as an external display. Target Display Mode is quite dead however please read Target Display Mode and pay close attention to what might work.
"To use any of these iMac models as an external display:
or Thunderbolt 2 cable."Your best bet though is to buy an external display and begin using that. TDM is expensive to setup (expensive cabling), not highly reliable and Apple never intentionally added it as a feature. That it worked at all for users was really a fluke. An external display should be dead reliable and easy to setup which TDM does not satisfy.
No sorry, the new Mac's do not support using your 2014 iMac as a display in Target Display Mode.
carefully read > Use your iMac as a display with target display mode - Apple Support
If you review the article on TDM the other two linked, you will see that a Late 2014 iMac never supported Target Display Mode. The last iMacs with that ability were the MID 2014 iMacs.
Late 2014 iMac 27" Using as an additional monitor
