How do I connect dual Dell P2414h monitors to a mid-2011 Mac mini?

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How do I connect dual Dell P2414h monitors to a mid-2011 Mac mini?

My mid-2011 Mac mini has 1 HDMI port, 1 Thunderbolt port, and 4 USB 2.0 ports.

My Dell p2414h monitors have 1 DisplayPort, 4 USB 2.0 ports (1 upstream, 3 downstream), 1 VGA port, and 1 DVI-D port.

I have successfully connected 1 Dell p2414h monitor to the mid-2011 Mac mini via the 1 USB 2.0 upstream connection to USB 2.0 on the Mac mini.

How should I connect the second Dell p2414h to the mid-2011 Mac mini (or, how can I successfully Daisy-Chain the two monitors)?

Mac mini, OS X Yosemite (10.10.4)

Posted on Aug 10, 2015 8:10 PM

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lllaass

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Aug 11, 2015 1:54 AM in response to bradleybclark

Get on displayport>mini displayport cable and plug the displayport end into one monitor and the mini displayport end into the Thunderbolt port on the Mac

Get a HDMI>DVI adopter and plug the HDMI endi into the Mac HDMI port and connect the DVI ednit i a DVI cable connect to the second monitor.

Plug the USB upstream port of each monitor into a USB port on the Mini if y want to use the USB ports on the onitors

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