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SusiefromUK Author

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Mini Mac with 2011 27” Imac

I a 27" 2011 Imac which is not working at quick or efficent as it was and I was wondering if I bought a mac mini whether it would override my currant system and work with my mac as a monitor

Posted on Jun 16, 2023 3:02 AM

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Allan Jones

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Posted on Jun 16, 2023 10:50 AM

Please see the very restrictive hardware and OS requirement for Apple's now-dead Target Display Mode (TDM):

Use your iMac as a display with target display mode - Apple Support

Although the 2011 iMac was among the few iMacs that could do TDM, the last Minis that could use it as a display are now almost four years old.

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