Hi everyone,
I just bought a new late 2015 iMac 27" and wanted to use my mid-2012 15" Retina MacBook Pro as a second monitor to the iMac. Is this possible? Both have Thunderbolt, I have a cable, but can't seem to figure it out. Can the MacBook be used with Target Display Mode? Or would I have to use some third party software?
Does anyone know of any third party software that would help me?
Thank you!
MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), iOS 9.3.2
Hi,
brygal1 wrote:
It seems that the new iMac doesn't support Target Display Mode anymore, and I want it to go the other way around with the MacBook Pro as the second monitor (which also doesn't seem to support Target Display Mode).
You are correct.
So I may need to find some third party solution from what I'm seeing. The issue is the 3rd party software will share the screen over WIFI which will have some lag. That might be the only option. We'll see.
That is indeed the only option. IIRC, Screen Recycler is one of the apps that does this. Unfortunately, from several posts I've seen here, it has such bad lag that it is basically unusable, unless you want to wait for every action/movement to show up on the iMac.
Hi,
brygal1 wrote:
It seems that the new iMac doesn't support Target Display Mode anymore, and I want it to go the other way around with the MacBook Pro as the second monitor (which also doesn't seem to support Target Display Mode).
You are correct.
So I may need to find some third party solution from what I'm seeing. The issue is the 3rd party software will share the screen over WIFI which will have some lag. That might be the only option. We'll see.
That is indeed the only option. IIRC, Screen Recycler is one of the apps that does this. Unfortunately, from several posts I've seen here, it has such bad lag that it is basically unusable, unless you want to wait for every action/movement to show up on the iMac.
Obviously you can have the iMac as a display for the MBP:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204592
This link might give you some ideas of what you might want to try:
Ciao.
Thanks for the quick response OGELTHORPE!
It seems that the new iMac doesn't support Target Display Mode anymore, and I want it to go the other way around with the MacBook Pro as the second monitor (which also doesn't seem to support Target Display Mode).
So I may need to find some third party solution from what I'm seeing. The issue is the 3rd party software will share the screen over WIFI which will have some lag. That might be the only option. We'll see.
brygal1, has the same issue, did you find any solutions for your issue? Thanks.
One more solution, it's Air Display app, but unfortunately it's having lag too.
Can I use my MacBook pro as a monitor?
