Having Purchased all "singing and dancing" Mac Studio with Apple Studio Display I was hoping to be able to connect my 27inch Thunderbolt Display Model A1407 which has Thunderbolt 1 (one) Cable to Mac Studio's Thunderbolt 4 (four) port. While adaptors Thunderbolt 2 to 4 do exist I struggle to find an adaptor which might do this task. Can anyone suggest solution ?
Thank you
I am pleased to be able to report that having purchased the Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter - Apple my Thunderbolt Display works perfectly with my Mac Studio.
Thank you all for all your kind suggestions and let us hope this information is helpful to others .
Milan (from Scotland)
I am pleased to be able to report that having purchased the Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter - Apple my Thunderbolt Display works perfectly with my Mac Studio.
Thank you all for all your kind suggestions and let us hope this information is helpful to others .
Milan (from Scotland)
Apple's description of the Thunderbolt 3-to-2 adapter says that it will work with Thunderbolt and Thunderbolt 2, and explicitly mentions the Apple Thunderbolt Display.
Assuming that you already have a Thunderbolt 1 or 2 cable that works with your Thunderbolt Display now, you'd just plug (one of) the male end(s) of that cable into the Thunderbolt 2 socket on the adapter.
Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter - Apple
Apple Thunderbolt Display A1407 features a lead-in cable that has Thunderbolt-2 and MagSafe connections, ONLY.
(its twin, the Apple Cinema Display, has a lead in cord with Mini Display port (which looks identical to Thunderbolt-2) and includes a USB-2 connector as well as MagSafe)
To use a genuine Thunderbolt-2 Display, connect an Apple ThunderBolt-3 <-> Thunderbolt-2 adapter, US$50:
Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter - Apple
This adapter does not directly support ANY OTHER types of displays, even with additional adapters.
RE: "This adapter does not directly support ANY OTHER types of displays, even with additional adapters."
I can make an educated guess as to why. Thunderbolt 1 & 2 ports on Macs featured backwards compatibility with Mini DisplayPort. Plug in a Mini DisplayPort device, and it would "just work". If you plugged Thunderbolt 1 or 2 devices into a Mac, whichever Thunderbolt device was at the end of the Thunderbolt part of the chain had the responsibility to extract the DisplayPort signal that was being carried inside of the Thunderbolt signal – so the Mini DisplayPort device was none the wiser.
Doing this in the Thunderbolt 3-to-2 adapter would have added complexity (and possibly cost) to the adapter. Since that adapter sells for $50, and you can get third-party USB-C to Mini DisplayPort cables for $20 or less, there wouldn't be a whole lot of demand among knowledgable customers for using that adapter solely for the purpose of connecting a Mini DisplayPort display (or Mini DisplayPort to whatever adapter).
So I think there was a conscious decision to leave baclwards compatibility with Mini DisplayPort devices out. Thunderbolt displays still work because they're expecting to receive their DisplayPort signals encapsulated inside of a Thunderbolt signal.
Thank you all - I have decided to take a chance and I placed an order for Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter - Apple ,
I will collect it from the store on Thursday and will report if this adapter does the job.
Astonishingly fast reply : Having spoken to Apple Care person this afternoon I was told that my old A1407 display has Thunderbolt 1 cable ( not Thunderbolt 2) therefore Apple Addaptor 2-3 will not work - actualy MacStudio is Thunderbolt 4 . If that helps Serial number of the display is : C02G63BZDJGR . Uncertainty is, is the display Cable Thunedrbolt 1 or 2 ??
The 'cute trick' is that ThunderBolt-2 can 'turn around' the inbound lanes to use all alone for outbound, when required.
ThunderBolt-1 and ThunderBolt-2 cables are the same.
Difference between ThunderBolt-3 and ThunderBolt-4 are in advanced features of their embedded USB-C protocols. For most uses, there is essentially no difference.
Connecting Thunderbolt Display (Thunerbolt 1 connector) to Mac Studio (Thunderbolt 4 port)
