Can iMac be used as an external monitor?
by Poster
May 26, 2021
8
I read reviews that the iPad can be connected to the iMac and used as an external monitor. I already have a Windows computer. Can it be connected to the iMac and used as a monitor through Type-C? Or can it be done through the adapter?
Replies
-
Anonymous5026 May 26, 2021No, the new imac doesn't have the old target mode
-
Anonymous3243 May 26, 2021Can't
-
Anonymous5027 May 26, 2021The previous iMac was ok, but since the 5K screen was installed, the bandwidth of the 5K screen is too large
-
Anonymous5028 May 26, 2021Very old ones are okay, but you need to buy 2 Thunderbolt cables. They are expensive. If you connect them, there will be some minor problems. They will not work for several generations later
-
Anonymous5029 May 26, 2021No, the new iMac doesn't have the old Target mode anymore. "Sidebar" uses the iPad as the second display of the Mac, It's really stupid to cut off the existing functions when I arrive at the iMac.
-
Anonymous5030 May 26, 2021It seems that if you have this demand, you still have to buy a Mac mini
-
Anonymous4791 May 26, 2021Whose review is it? Isn't this nonsense? Pull it out and let everyone block it
-
Anonymous5031 May 27, 2021In fact, Apple can do it, but it just doesn't want to do it. The type-c/Thunderbolt 3 interface has been laid out so well, is it so difficult to add a function?