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Hi, I have a late 2012 27" iMac (Catalina Os)which I would like to use as a monitor for my 2020 MacBook Air M1.Does any one have advice please.Im not tech savvy at 75, so would appreciate some way forward

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 13.4

Posted on Jul 24, 2023 9:40 AM

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Posted on Jul 24, 2023 10:11 AM

You can’t the 2020 macs are too new to support target display Use your iMac as a display with target display mode - Apple Support



you can look into lunar display https://astropad.com/product/lunadisplay/


though a normal monitor use a fraction of the power that an iMac acting as display

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