Does the Mac Mini support UltraWide Display 2560 x 1080? My Mac Mini is Late 2012!

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chi leong Author

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Does the Mac Mini support UltraWide Display 2560 x 1080? My Mac Mini is Late 2012!

Mac mini, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Apr 15, 2015 8:54 AM

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lllaass

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Apr 21, 2015 5:58 PM in response to chi leong

Yes by using a displayport/mini displayport connection on the monitor or if the monitor has dual-link DVI you need a dual link mini displayport to DVI adopter (about $99)

Video Card:

HD Graphics 4000

VRAM Type:

Integrated

Details:

This model has an Intel HD Graphics 4000 graphics processor that shares memory with the system.

Also see: What type of video system is provided by the Aluminum Mac mini models? Which are integrated and which are dedicated? Can the video be upgraded?

Standard VRAM:

512 MB*

Maximum VRAM:

768 MB*

Display Support:

Dual Displays

Resolution Support:

1920x1200*

2nd Display Support:

Dual/Mirroring*

2nd Max. Resolution:

2560x1600*

Details:

*This model simultaneously supports 1920x1200 on an HDMI or a DVI display (using the included HDMI-to-DVI adapter) and2560x1600 on a Thunderbolt or Mini DisplayPort display or even a VGA display (with an optional Mini DisplayPort-to-VGA adapter, which is compatible with the Thunderbolt port).

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jvonrock

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Apr 21, 2015 9:21 PM in response to chi leong

Apple may ban your HD videos, suddenly today I'm told they won't play on my display. with no notice or fix.

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Answer 3

Aug 20, 2015 7:28 PM in response to chi leong

Hi, im having the same problem with my LG ultra wide screen, so you used the display port to thunderbolt?

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zBritva

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Oct 18, 2015 7:39 AM in response to chi leong

Hello!

I bought LG 29UM57 (21:9) monitor and connected to my mac mini md387 with MDP > HDMI cable. And I set custom resolution in settings (by editing configuration file). I got native resolution for my monitor. It is was not possible with HDMI > HDMI cable.

But I have other problem with my screen scaling:

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lllaass

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Oct 18, 2015 9:27 AM in response to zBritva

What MDP>HDMI adopter did you use?

In Display Properties is there a Scaling slider?

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zBritva

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Oct 18, 2015 9:58 AM in response to lllaass

I use this cable: "[4K Ultra HD] aLLreLi 1.8M Mini Displayport auf HDMI Kabel"

I bought here:

http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B00Z9QE7OU?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detai lpage_o02_s00

In settings of monitor I set "Ratio" to "Original" and I got this result:

Previous picture was with "Wide" mode of "Ratio"

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MPPilot

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May 5, 2016 9:17 AM in response to zBritva

Hi zBritva,

I have a similar setup using a Mac Book Pro, however I cannot get the LG to be detected properly by the Mac. You mentioned you got it to work by editing a configuration file. What file was it and what settings did you give it? I am using the same Monitor with a 4k MDP to HDMI adapter. Any information on "how to" would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Jack

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