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Title: Want to connect an old DVI monitor to newer Mac with USB-C? Here’s one way to do it
Post by: HCK on October 01, 2018, 04:05:15 pm
Want to connect an old DVI monitor to newer Mac with USB-C? Here’s one way to do it

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<p>One problem that Mac 911 can always count on: The complexities of using old Apple monitors to work with new USB-C-equipped Macs.</p><p>The 2015 and later MacBook uses USB-C for USB 3 and DisplayPort. The newer MacBook Pro and iMac models pass Thunderbolt 3 over USB-C, along with DisplayPort and other standards.</p><p>I recently updated our best advice and knowledge (https://www.macworld.com/article/3300780/displays/the-problems-with-older-apple-displays-and-thunderbolt-3-macbook-pros.html) for Apple’s Mini DisplayPort and Thunderbolt 2 displays. For older Apple monitors that relied on DVI—sometimes requiring a dual-link DVI setup for its largest displays—I had yet to find a solution in a single product, with adapters, or from readers who had solved it.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3306767/displays/want-to-connect-dvi-monitor-to-newer-mac-with-usb-c.html#jump">To read this article in full, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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