iMac as monitor?

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jhille Author

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iMac as monitor?

I have iMac 21,5inch late 2009 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, ATI Radeon HD 4670 256 MB

Can I use this as a monitor for a new Mac mini with the M1 chip?

Or should I just get a new iMac?

iMac, macOS 10.13

Posted on Aug 18, 2022 9:54 AM

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Allan Jones

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Aug 18, 2022 10:38 AM in response to jhille

jhille wrote:

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Will probably just go with a new iMac.

⚠️ Whoa! I believe you are about to make a very expensive mistake.

No new iMac can Do Target Display Mode , and no M1 Mac supports TDM either. Start your research by reading the very limited groups of Mac that participate in TDM and macOS limitations in this Apple article:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204592

Ignore 99% of the junk written about TDM on the internet. "Publishing" on the web requires neither an editor, research skills, nor ethics of accuracy!

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rkaufmann87

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Aug 18, 2022 10:06 AM in response to jhille

No you cannot. You could purchase Luna Display and that may support it, however if I were in your shoes I just buy an external display for the new Mac. This is much less expensive, easier to setup and much much more reliable.

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jhille Author

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Aug 18, 2022 10:18 AM in response to rkaufmann87

Thank you

I was afraid of that, kind of a shot in the dark.

Will probably just go with a new iMac.

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jhille Author

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Sep 12, 2022 5:13 PM in response to Allan Jones

Thanks! Perhaps you assumed that I already owned a Mac Mini. I was just thinking about options to upgrade my 2009 iMac. I would replace it with a new iMac. That seems like the reasonable way to go.

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