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Hey so have a 2018 MacBook Pro with the Touch Bar and I'm trying to connect it to my 2010 cinema display 27" i need help. what is the right adapter I should get? I was thinking about getting a Mac mini
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 15.0
If this is a 27" LED Cinema Display whose "hydra" cable has THREE heads (Mini DisplayPort, USB, MagSafe), you need
If this is actually a 27" Thunderbolt Display whose "hydra" cable has TWO heads (Thunderbolt, MagSafe), you will need an Apple Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adapter.
It is important to identify the display correctly, because while the physical connectors are the same, each of these displays has its own signal requirement (DisplayPort or Thunderbolt), and each of these adapters is only designed to translate one type of signal (DisplayPort or Thunderbolt). If you choose an adapter that offers the wrong signal type for the display, you won't get a picture.
connecting MacBook Pro to cinema display
