Hi , I have an old iMac which is running macOS Catalina , would I be able to use it as an external monitor for my MacBook Air m3 ? and if not which iMacs are compatible to be used as external monitors
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MacBook Air 13″, macOS 15.0
Some old iMacs support Target Display Mode, but you won't be able to use any of them as Target Displays for a M3 MacBook Air.
Apple added restrictions to the video source, so that it has to be
Your M3 MacBook Air is too new on both counts.
See the bad news here: Use your iMac as a display with target display mode - Apple Support
Some old iMacs support Target Display Mode, but you won't be able to use any of them as Target Displays for a M3 MacBook Air.
Apple added restrictions to the video source, so that it has to be
Your M3 MacBook Air is too new on both counts.
See the bad news here: Use your iMac as a display with target display mode - Apple Support
sulayman259 wrote:
So what iMac is compatible for the the m3 Macbook air to use as an external monitor?
None of them are.
Your iMac is also probably too old to be used as an AirPlay Receiver for AirPlay to Mac – a lower-quality way of using one Mac to display video output from another.
Only the 2019 iMacs are both old enough to run Catalina and new enough to be AirPlay Receivers for AirPlay to Mac (after a macOS upgrade). You can upgrade those Macs to anything from Big Sur to Sequoia, and I am guessing that if you had one of them, you probably would be running something newer than Catalina by now.
Continuity features and requirements for Apple devices - Apple Support
There are third-party applications that can turn older Macs into "AirPlay Receivers", but again, the quality won't be the same as with a wired connection to a real hardware monitor or to an iMac acting as a Target Display.
You may want to look into getting a real monitor.
So what iMac is compatible for the the m3 Macbook air to use as an external monitor?
Can I use an old iMac running macOS Catalina as an external monitor for my MacBook Air M3?
