Connect Mac Mini 2011 to iMac 2011 via Thunderbolt

Is it possible to connect the new Mac mini 2011 to the new iMac 2011 via Thunderbolt to use the Display Target Mode of the iMac ?

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  • Mac mini - iMac-display via thunderbolt?

    Is there any way to connect my mac mini to an iMac 21,5"-display with just a thunderbolt-cable between them? Both late 2011.

    If both Macs have ThunderBolt ports, then yes.
    Have a read here Thunderbolt 10.6 Help: Using another Mac as an external display
    Stefan

  • Screen flicker Mac Mini i5 2.3GHz 2011 ?

    Hi people,
    Does anybody else also experiences screen flicker on the Mac Mini i5 2.3GHz 2011 model, during startup from sleep-mode or a cold-boot in the morning?
    I posted a video on YouTube, to visualize the problem (otherwise hard to imagine, perhaps):
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sbAhjlfN_M
    Room temperature is about 15 degrees Celsius (Europe, wintertime) and the problem exposes itself when the machine is powered up after a nights sleep, or during a cold boot in the morning, the screen flashes from like the same in the YT movie, but then with the grey background and Apple-logo on it, continuing until the working desktop appears and then flashes some few more times, until "warmed-up".
    When the Mac has woke up during the day, room temperature about 23-25 degrees Celsius, the screen doesn't flicker at all, or at max. 1-2 times.
    The main screen (on the YT movie) is connected through Thunderbolt with an original Apple-brand mini-DisplayPort to DVI convertor and the secondary screen through a (with the Mac Mini facilitated) HDMI -> DVI convertor.
    The second screen always lags a little behind the main screen and the desktop appears when the main screen desktop has fully appeared, so no flickering on the second screen noticed, till so far.
    Setup:
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    -Secondary screen: HDMI -> DVI, Dell 1704FPT 17" TN-panel @1280x1024.
    A SMC-reset and PRAM-reset didn't help, contacted Apple-support which recommended to download the generic Thunderbolt-patch DL1451, which I later recognized in my Software-update list in MacOS, as already download in October 2011, named/tagged: Thunderbolt 1.1
    The Mac is already running the latest firmware, EFI 1.4 (the machine is brand new, so expected no less then the latest to be honest.)
    Next step I'm going to try is: switch the screens on HDMI <-> Thunderbolt (didn't try that yet.)
    Never experienced this with my Mac Mini's 2009 before (had two of them, first the 2.0GHz and later the 2.26GHz- big Mac Mini fan overhere!), running the same setup (but then on Mini-DVI & Mini-DisplayPort.)
    It really feels like the internals of the Mac Mini 2011 have to warm-up, before fully functional...the Apple specs give me an operating temperature of 10-35 degrees, I'm not living in a cave, neither I accidentally forgot to turn off the air-conditioning system after the summer ended, so what the hack?
    Reminds at my childhood, the time we still used B/W television @my parents home with kathode/anode-tubes in it, they also needed some time to "warm-up" before presenting a stabile image ;-)

    Did you find a solution? I have the same hardware and same problem. I dont connect via thunderbolt, just the DVI-cable supplied by Apple to my TFT monitor. But without any hardware changes or updates it started a few days ago.

  • Can mac mini entry level (mid 2011) support 3 monitors? or only 2? please help!

    can mac mini entry level (mid 2011) support 3 monitors? or only 2? please help!

    l_elephant wrote:
    kylepiggy wrote:
    If you use the Apple Thunderbolt display you can connect up to 6 displays by daisy chaining them together
    but up to 6 on the integrated graphics of the mini? A discrete graphics card isnt necessary?
    The new Thunderbolt technology in Mac mini is phenomenally fast. It features two 10-Gbps channels for data transfer. That’s up to 12 times faster than FireWire 800 and up to 20 times faster than USB 2.0. But beyond speed, Thunderbolt technology gives you unprecedented expansion capabilities. You can daisy-chain as many as six Thunderbolt peripherals, including the new Apple Thunderbolt Display. And since Thunderbolt is based on DisplayPort technology, your Mini DisplayPort devices plug right in, too.
    http://www.apple.com/macmini/features.html

  • Connect mac mini to imac

    Hi,
    I was wondering if I can connect an old mac mini to an imac so I can use the mac mini as an aditional hard drive to store all my music and pictures.
    If so, how do I do it?
    Thanks in advance.
    Oscar

    Welcome to Apple Support Communities
    If the Mac mini and iMac have got FireWire or Thunderbolt (probably, FireWire 800), just buy a FireWire cable and start the Mac mini holding the T key while your Mac is starting. Doing this, your Mac mini's hard drive will show up as an external drive in the iMac, so you can store data in it. You may want to format the hard drive first.
    This isn't the best way. If you aren't going to use the Mac mini, you can take the hard disk out of it, buy an enclosure, install the hard drive in it and connect it to your iMac. Then, format the hard drive > http://pondini.org/OSX/DU1.html Finally, open Finder and you will see the hard drive in the Finder sidebar, under "Devices"

  • Connect mac mini to internet via windows phone

    hallo, how can i connect Mac mini to internet via my Windows Phone?

    You are going to have to buy an external modem.  They make ones that plug into the USB.  Apple does not make one so you will have to buy a 3rd party modem.  I would read the reviews before making the purchase to make sure you buy one that someone has tested with a mac.

  • Connecting Mac Mini to iMac?

    I've got a dual core Mac Mini and 20" iMac (w/isight) - no display for the mini. Can I use the iMac's display with the Mac Mini? I know I can move files back and forth, but I'd like to change the Mini's settings (preferences, etc.) using my iMac G5 screen. Thank you.

    If you do want to remote connect use Chicken of the VNC:
    http://www.geekspiff.com/software/cotvnc/
    It allows you to remote access and control another computer and the bonus is that it is Open-Source and free. If you like it and eventually need more features upgrade to Apple's Remote Desktop.

  • Real Life Mac Mini Performance vs iMac

    Hi Guys, 
    I'm about to purchase my first Mac Mini, and I have question about Mac Mini's performance.  How is base Mac Mini compare against iMac 21.5 (i5 2400s) Base? I understand that iMac uses i5 2400s, desktop CPU, and benchmark number is obivously whole miles ahead of Mac Mini base.
    My primary use for Mac would be day to day computing with some Adobe web creative tools like Photoshop, In Design, Dreamweaver for checking web/graphic desinger's work.  I plan to study iPhone app development for fun, so some Xcode .
    I already have good 24 inch monitor,bluetooth keyboard and magic mouse from my last macbook pro setup.  Price difference between iMac and Mac Mini is about $500.
    In real life usage, with Memory upgraded 8gig, how much of difference would I notice?  Will iMac Base have significantly better performance ($500 difference)?
    Another quesiton is if I add SDD, will it void the warranty?  I understand that swapping HDD is okay, but I read somewhere saying that adding another HDD would actually void warranty....
    Thank you!

    I am an electrical engineer and do a lot of embedded firmware design
    and supporting software, mostly in Win8.1 virtual machine with Parallels.
    I also do a lot with Photoshop CS6 and some video work.
    When confronted with an upgrade decision, I ended up going with the 27" iMac
    and was glad I did.  Expanded it to the full 32GB and am using an SSD via Thunderbolt,
    I already had a Thunderbolt display, so I ended up with a very good workstation setup.
    With that 32GB of RAM, I am able to have OS X, a Win8.1 coding/debug virtual machine,
    and a Win7 software test platform all running at the same time and no noticable
    performance hit.
    Also, if developing large firmware/software, SSDs will speed the work up dramatically
    as these types of projects are quite file intensive.  The last project I was working on,
    I could build, download and start debugging an embedded app using Win8.1 on a VM
    before my coworkers were half way through building the app on their native Win laptops/desktops
    which had standard had drives.
    With that said, I still have 2 Minis in service.  My 2011 Mini Server (my former workstation) was
    repurposed to be my HTPC and my 2010 Mini has been re-assigned as my home iTunes/file server.

  • Has anyone set up a mac mini using an iMac

    I am trying to set up a mac mini with my iMac.  My end goal is to share files between the two and use my iMac 27" screen for the iMac and the mac mini.

    AirDrop will let you share files with very little configuration on your part.  As long as the two machines are on the same network, you're just about ready.
    As for sharing a display, the 27" model used to support Display input via DisplayPort, which used to be a matter of buying a cable and connecting one to the other. I'm not sure if that feature has come over now that they've switched from DisplayPort to Thunderbolt.
    You could also use Screen Sharing to view the mini's desktop from the iMac...again, as long as the two computers are on the same network (and you've configured Screen Sharing on the mini) it should work.  Good luck!

  • Using a Mac Mini with an iMac (11,1)

    Hi,
    I am considering buying a Mac Mini to replace an old netbook I use as a development server.  The old netbook runs Ubuntu and was a cheap but excellent machine that I utilized to develop customized software.  Unfortunately that machine is starting to fall apart and I am considering replacing it with a Mac Mini instead of another cheap netbook.  However, the price difference is considerable (about 2x) so I am looking to keep the cost down by only buying the Mac Mini and using my iMac to initially set up the machine on the network.  What I want to do is use the iMac’s screen, keyboard and mouse to first connect to the Mini, set up it up to connect to my network and activate the ability to remotely access the Mini.  Once I do that, I can use screen sharing to operate the Mini whenever necessary, correct?  However, I am unsure if my iMac (model 11,1) can be utilized as a target display for the Mac Mini.  If I connect the Mac Mini to my iMac’s DisplayPort, will I be able to do what I want?  And what about my keyboard and mouse?  Do I have to unpair them from the iMac and pair them with the Mac Mini to be able to control the Mac Mini (only the first time I do this...).  Anyone have any experience or thoughts they could share?

    That's correct.  It's sooooo much simpler to just borrow a keyboard/mouse from a PC or have another set for pairing.  It's tricky getting the existing set off the iMac and on to the Mini, first you have to have it on the iMac to enter Target Mode Display, (CMD F2).  Now how do you disconnect or unpair it from the iMac?  If you turn it off and on, it reconnects to the iMac,  If you disconnect it before switching, you can't enter TMD...  then the problem of getting it back...
    Too many headaches, I just borrowed a usb mouse/keyboard off a PC to config and then returned it. 

  • I have a new (mid-2011 27" Imac with 2 Thunderbolt ports each driving one 27" Thunderbolt display. The 3 displays work perfectly in OSX Lion but in Bootcamp 4.0 with Windows 7 (64 bit) only 2 screens come up. everything is up to date. Anyonce who can help

    I have a new (mid-2011 27" Imac with 2 Thunderbolt Ports each driving one 27" Thunderbolt display.
    Graphic card is AMD Radeon HD 6970M  with 2Gb of VRAM.   All works 100% in Lion but
    in Bootcamp 4.0 running windows 7 Professional (64 bit) Only 2 of the 3 screens work not all three.
    Tried updates, calling Apple etc. But no luck.  Windows doesn't recognize the 3rd screen while
    checking on the driver in windows is tells me it's the latest and best available. ?  In VMware
    Windows 7 also works fine over three screens so windows can do it. But I need it natively to
    work. (i.o.w. in Bootcamp). Does Anybody know how to solve this, or if Apple is working on a
    solution for this ?  It really hurts to have one of these expensive screens staring at you being dead.

    I have a new (mid-2011 27" Imac with 2 Thunderbolt Ports each driving one 27" Thunderbolt display.
    Graphic card is AMD Radeon HD 6970M  with 2Gb of VRAM.   All works 100% in Lion but
    in Bootcamp 4.0 running windows 7 Professional (64 bit) Only 2 of the 3 screens work not all three.
    Tried updates, calling Apple etc. But no luck.  Windows doesn't recognize the 3rd screen while
    checking on the driver in windows is tells me it's the latest and best available. ?  In VMware
    Windows 7 also works fine over three screens so windows can do it. But I need it natively to
    work. (i.o.w. in Bootcamp). Does Anybody know how to solve this, or if Apple is working on a
    solution for this ?  It really hurts to have one of these expensive screens staring at you being dead.

  • Can I connect Mac mini to Windows laptop?

    I would like to connect Mac Mini to HP windows 7 Laptop as to use
    the laptop as keyboard and monitor instead of connecting to TV and using
    separate keyboard.
    Is this straight forward to do? does it need some workaround? or is it impossible?

    Hi, you'd have to setup Screen Sharing on the Mini first it's like Remote Desktop on PCs.

  • Hooking a new Mac mini onto my iMac

    Hi there kind people!
    i'm pretty sure there are several discussions out there considering the possibility to hook a new Mac mini on to iMacs. However mine is pretty specific, so I'd though to give it a go and just spit out!
    I'm considering buying a new Mac mini. However I don't like the idea of buying a new monitor, because I've got an 24" iMac standing on my desk. Is it possible to use the iMac as a monitor for the Mac mini and what would it require?
    I've got a 24-inch iMac, from the beginning of 2009. It is, of course, running on OS X Lion.
    I hope you people can help me out!
    Thanks a bunch and have a splendid day!
    Greetings,
    HarmenSimon

    Try Air Display it will allow you to do what you want.

  • Connecting mac mini to USB monitor didn't work!!

    I connected new Mac mini(2007 model) with the latest HP USB monitor. Nothing got displayed on the monitor. Then I need to connect mac-mini to another VGA connector monitor. But still want to know to connect USB monitor with mac-mini as this is my target setup.

    Thank you.
    I used Tiger OS specific drivers from the following link.
    www.displaylink.com/support/mac_downloads.php
    Now it's working but not 100%. Upon starting of the mac-mini monitor works fine. But later when I switch off and switch on the monitor, then it doesn't work. Looks like monitor off -on trigger is not handled in the driver.
    I will check with the driver like you have suggest and then acknowledge.

  • Connect Mac Mini 2011 to iMac 2010 via MiniDisplay Port?

    Thought I read somewhere that a Mac mini could be connected to a 27" iMac for display purposes. I have the 27" iMac from 2010 and it has the minidisplay port. I'm considering getting the new Mac Mini. Can the two be connected so that the iMac display also functions as a display for the Mac mini?
    Thanks

    See Target Display Mode And Thunderbolt.

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