hi I've bought a thunder cable to connect my Mac Book pro Retina to My IMac 2011 27 inch to use as monitor and was told in the shop to restart and hold down T, its not worked, please help

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hi I've bought a thunder cable to connect my Mac Book pro Retina to My IMac 2011 27 inch to use as monitor and was told in the shop to restart and hold down T, its not worked, please help

hi I've bought a thunder cable to connect my Mac Book pro Retina mid 2012 to My IMac 2011 27 inch to use as monitor and was told in the shop to restart and hold down T, its not worked, please help

MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012)

Posted on Sep 9, 2015 10:14 AM

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Niel

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Sep 9, 2015 10:21 AM in response to jasonclay

That shortcut is for Target Disk mode, not Target Display mode. Start the computers up normally and then press the Command and F2 keys on the iMac.

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OGELTHORPE

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Sep 9, 2015 3:52 PM in response to jasonclay

Here are the Apple instructions:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204592

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