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third monitor through firewire

My mac only has one thunderbolt port and I need a third monitor. Can I connect it to the firewire port?

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)

Posted on Jun 13, 2015 6:49 PM

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Jun 13, 2015 7:19 PM in response to cdacs

FireWire does not support it.

Your best bet is to use USB to DVI or HDMI.

For some examples:

see > http://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/VIDU3DVIA/

and/or > http://www.newegg.com/USB-Display-Adapters/SubCategory/ID-3046

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