20" Cinema display as 2nd monitor??

Will the 20" Apple Cinema display make a good 2nd monitor for my 20" (non-AL) iMac?

It should work perfectly. All you need is the miniDVI-to-DVI adapter and a DVI-D cable.
Looby

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2560 x 1600 is gone from my display settings (2nd monitor)

I've been running my 15" retina macbook pro for more than a year now with 27" DELL monitor and it has alway been using 2560x1600 resolution display.
In the past year i've had no issues with mirroring my screen to big screen TV using Apple TV, however today something weird happened.
As usual i mirrored my screen using Apple TV to watch some videos and i had to change some of the display settings to get the best view on my TV.
Afterwards i switched off the mirroring feature and now my 2nd monitor (DELL 27") is displaying 1920x1080 only. I looked at all my options on my display settings (using ATL+click ) and 2560x1600 is gone missing from the list. Im frustrated and couldn't find an answer to this problem, please advice.
Couple things i tried;
- restart & shutdown
- reset NVRAM & PRAM settings
- changed mini display cable with another
- reset monitor settings
Weird find:
I tried to mirrored my macbook pro to apple TV again to see the display settings. Guess what, the option for 2560x1600 is now back on the list and working (visually) just fine. as soon as i turned off the airplay display my 2nd monitor turns back to 1920x1080.
Note: the display on my retina macbook pro is working just fine, no problem at all. this is only showing on my 27" DELL U2713HM.

Hello! Just want to ask about mirroring: when you MIRROR the Retina MBP 15" to your Dell Monitor (2560x1600) : do both the MBP and Dell Monitor look sharp and crisp?
I'm asking because I'm also considering a monitor that's at 2560x1600.
Thanks so much!

IMac 24 and 27 Cinema Display as second monitor

Got older 24 iMac with mini DVI output for external monitor (ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro 256 MB graphics)
Bought 27 Cinema display to use as 2nd monitor.
Bought Atlona DP400 to convert signal.
Connected everything and only resolution I get on 27 Cinema display is 1280 x 720, which is frustrating.
Is there any way to set higher resolution for external monitor? Scaled shows only 800 x 600 and 1280 x 720 (as best for display)
Thank you for help!

If you mean those older Cinema Displays with the Apple Display Connector (ADC), then you need a mini-DisplayPort to DVI adapter and the DVI to ADC convertor sold by Apple or others (expensive). I bought Apple's DVI to ADC box last year and use it to add the 23" Cinema Display HD to a Powerbook G4. Works great.
I haven't bought a mini-DisplayPort to DVI adapter/cable to use the ADC display off my iMac, because I don't have the desk space for two large monitors and two large printers.

How can I run a 27" Apple Cinema Display and another monitor from my MacBook Pro?

Hi everyone,
I recently purchased a brand new 15" MacBook Pro to replace my old one. I was told when ordering it that I would be able to hook up two external monitors to it using the Matrox DualHead2Go hardware. So, I also bought a 27" Cinema Display (non-Thunderbolt since it wouldn't work with the DH2Go). However, when I contacted Matrox they said their products don't support screens as large as the 27" ACD.
Bummer!
So, my question is: does anyone know how I can hookup a 27" Apple Cinema Display at 2560x1440 and a Acer 22" monitor at 1685x1050 (or, anything less really) to my new MacBook Pro?
I've looked around and haven't been able to find a good answer.
Thanks for your help!

Will something like this work? A USB to VGA adapter? Can I use this at the same time that I have a Cinema Display plugged into the Mini-DVI port and will they both work at the same time? Anyone know?
http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-Monitor-External-Adapter-USB2VGAE2/dp/B002FJQXXC/ ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1329870330&sr=1-2

Original Cinema Display as Second Monitor

Hi All,
Is it possible to use my Cinema Display - not the new one, nor the Studio Display - as a second/external monitor for my iMac 21.5in? If so, what cable would I need?
Thanks,
Jon

If you mean those older Cinema Displays with the Apple Display Connector (ADC), then you need a mini-DisplayPort to DVI adapter and the DVI to ADC convertor sold by Apple or others (expensive). I bought Apple's DVI to ADC box last year and use it to add the 23" Cinema Display HD to a Powerbook G4. Works great.
I haven't bought a mini-DisplayPort to DVI adapter/cable to use the ADC display off my iMac, because I don't have the desk space for two large monitors and two large printers.

MacMini (2011) problem with Thunderbolt display if 2nd monitor is connected via HDMI/DVI adapter

Hi,
iam running a MacMini (2011) 2.3GHz i5 with Mac OS X 10.7.4 16 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 256 GB Samsung SSD.
If i connect a Thunderbolt display only - all is fine.
But if i connect a 2nd monitor ( Samsung S23A700) via HDMI / DVI adapter (original Apple) the major screen (Thunderbolt Display) sometimes
is going black and immidiately back to normal. It looks like that it happens very often if i scroll down with the Apple Magic Mouse.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance
Thomas

I have exactly the same problem. MacMini Server i7 (mid 2011) Macmini5.3.16Gb ram.
Mini and Thunderbolt no blink-outs.
Mini and Thunderbolt and Dell 23" connected to HDMI-DVI connector, the Thunderbolt display blinks out when system is under stress as in the Develop module of Lightroom 4.
I thought it was a problem with my Thunderbolt display, and since its on a VESA mount, I didn't really want to haul in in to the Apple Store. I decided to be sure it was the dosplay...
I borrowed a MacbookPro i7 and ran it from a clone of my Mini. No problems aster hours of use. (But with only ONE monitor.) That suggested that there was no problem with the Thunderbolt Display.
I decided to run the Mini with only one display. Again no problems. I plugged in the Second monitor to the HDMI port and within 2 minutes I had my first "Blink-Out".
I ran the rest of the day without the second monitor with no problems.
I conclude the mini will not work reliably with two monitors if one is a Thunderbolt.
I was using two Dell Monitors before I got the Thunderbolt Diskplay (for 3 months) without incident.

30" Cinema Display as External Monitor for 15" iMac?

Is there any way to hook up a 30" Cinema Display to a flat-panel "lampshade" iMac? There is no DVI input on the iMac.

No. There is a VGA output, and (expensive) VGA to DVI converters, but they won't work with a 30" display.

No display on 2nd monitor with a mini displayport to dvi

Hi there,
I have now owned my Macbook Pro for 2 weeks and received my mini displayport in the post today. Once everything was plugged into my LG monitor, there is a signal present as it shows up in the system preferences and i can move windows to the other screen, but the monitor screen is black and telling me there is no signal.
This is very frustrating as I hate being restricted to a small screen.
Hopefully someone will have be able to help.
thanks,

You are right: Thunderbolt supports both Mini DisplayPort cables and adapters without any problem, but Mini DisplayPort does not support Thunderbolt cables.
If you have got an Apple display with Mini DisplayPort, you can use it with the new Mac Pro. Just use the Mini DisplayPort cable or adapter you need. See > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5219?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US#22

When using 2 monitors, Finder always displays on primary monitor even after dragging to 2nd monitor.

How can I set Finder to display to 2nd monitor. I drag it to the second monitor, but it still display on primary monitor when next opened.

Thank you for your reply. No other program behaves this way, even PhotoShop CS4. It is related to how the program handles OS events.
It is probably a problem with the Windows WM_GETMINMAXINFO and WM_SIZE handlers. My guess is that program stores the maximized size (and it always fills the screen at start-up) and it query to see if it is dragged to a larger screen.
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Preview Playback on 2nd Monitor

I am brand new to the Final Cut AND Mac World - just got my first Mac with Final Cut Studio two days ago.
I am having some problems getting preview playback on my 2nd monitor in RAW or full screen, neither work. What I get is the current frame of the timeline, no moving video and I get audio playback.
I have View -> All Frames checked (as opposed to single frame) but I get the same results as if single frame were checked.
My primary monitor with the standard final cut layout is an Apple 20" cinema, and the 2nd monitor is an older 17" Samsung.
I get the exact same result if I switch the full screen preview playback over to my Apple display. Just the current frame with audio playback.
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32" Cinema Display compatible?

I'm planning on upgrading from my MBP (original) to a new one. I use the 32" cinema display as my monitor. Will I still be able to connect this display to the newer lines of Apple laptops? Thanks in advance.

Okay, then post in the white MacBook forums, here:
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=248
The forum you're currently in is for the aluminum unibody MacBooks, which are no longer in production.

PC Gamer Looking To Get 23" Cinema Display

I'm a hardcore PC gamer, that built a Nvidia SLI box for just gaming and nothing else.
Finding a awesome high-end 24" sized LCD for 1900X1200 gaming is not a easy task.
So this road as led me to Apple, a lot of people in the PC world are saying the 23" Cinema Display are nice monitors for high end gaming.
Can someone back this up, that also lives in the PC world, and might know someone that uses this for SLI as well?
THANKS

I don't care for the Dell LCDs even though they are the big rave right now, because for the average consumer they are a tough price to size to beat.
Average I'm not, I'm looking for the best, why I said SLI, is for playing with it the way it's meant, that's bigger screens and higher resolutions, yes I know SLI doesn't effect the monitor, by what I think you are saying.
Actually hardware on both sides, when you have something like my box, is to compliment each other, bring out the best, so in that statement SLI has a effect and vice versa, but anyways....
With my rig specs I didn't skimp and a LCD is the last thing I plan on skimping on too, so a great one is all I want and I'll pay for it too, but 24" is big enough, anything beyond that is going to be poor performance and a waste.
These are my box specs needing something worthy to support it:
AMD X2 3800
Abit KN8 SLI
X-FI XtremeMusic
Antec Neo HE 550W
WD Raptor 150 (ADFD)
Thermaltake Silent 939 K8 HSF
(2x) eVGA 7900 GT CO Superclock
2GB OCZ EL DDR3200 Dual Platinum (2-3-2-5)
Coolermaster Praetorian 730
Logitech MX-518 Mouse
Saitek Eclipse Keyboard
ALOHA

20 Inch Cinema Display Went Black

i just rebooted my mac mini that is connected to a 20 inch Cinema Display and the monitor never came back to life. The screen is totally black and the firewire, USB and video cables are plugged into the computer fine. When I look at the computer on Remote Desktop from my laptop i can see that the mac mini is fine. i can also see that when i hit the on/off button on the display that it prompts the shutdown/restart popup on the mac mini so it is communicating with the mac mini. i have also plugged the display into my PB and again I get the shutdown popup when i hit the display's on/off button. is there anything to do to bring it back to life or is it dead? its not even a year old.

Hey,
Same problem happening here, You described it exactly. Even the magenta box. Mine also happens most in the open windows, not when the desktop. I am trying to figure out when exactly it is happening. The third item I have issues with is that blocks of data are 'stuck' in a genie expansion like motion so it is blurred and dot displaying in that 3x3 inch square section. Could have something to do with refreshing? Sometimes I notice the window will fix if I manually resize the window.
Hope this helps any one who is trying to help us out.
J

Windows 10 shows the 2nd monitor has 1920x1080 but actually it is 50% less around 1080x840

The resolution of the 2nd monitor, a Vizio VF551XVT 55-inch 1920x1080 HDTV connected through HDMI cable, shows 1920x1080 (Recommended) on the Windows 10’s Display Screen Resolution setting utility but the true resolution of the 2nd monitor is less than 50%; around 1080x840. All applications on the 2nd monitor displayed their header & boarder frames twice wider on screen, which waste/occupy lots of the 2nd monitor’s display area. Please advise how to correct this critical lower than the set/expected resolution problem of th 2nd monitor. Thanks. The 1st/primary monitor in this case is a mobile PC Display (1920x1080), Lenovo Z710 Intel i7 4710MQ notebook with NVIDIA 840M GPU. Previously running under the Windows 8.1 OS with the same configuration, the 2nd monitor resolution was also displayed incorrectly but just initially right after the Windows 8.1 reboot, i.e. 2nd monitor shows 1920x1080 resolution but actually the 2nd monitor is about the same as Windows 10, the actual resolution is much/50% fewer than 1920x1080. However, the resolution of the 2nd monitor (HDTV) under Windows 8.1 can be corrected (worked around) by switching the main display from 1st to 2nd monitor, then switching main display back from 2nd to 1st, but such Win 8.1 work around doesn't work for Windows 10 OS . Also, please advise whether Lenovo, MS Windows or NVIDIA is responsible for the displays re-position issue. The re-position issue is, when a TV, PC, shared 2nd monitor is disconnected to watching TV, etc., Windows OS currently moves all the display positions, both active and minimized displays, from 2nd monitor to 1st/main monitor, but ideally would be just moving/re-position the active displays to the main/1st monitor and maintain/leave those minimized display positions intact, so when 2nd monitor reconnects back (done watching TV), user doesn’t need to re-align all the displays back to 2nd monitor again. Thanks for helps.

If you won't lose anything and if it is not a big hassle, I would re-install.
Mainly because Win 10 TP is, after all, a beta OS. Too many possibilities of bugs and glitches. It is better off to reinstall.
The latest build 9879 has a ISO download link. Use the ISO and burn it to a bootable DVd. Then use the DVD to do a clean reinstall.
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/preview-iso-update?os=win10

Calibrating MacBook Battery w/ 23" Cinema Display

I am trying to calibrate the battery as described in the manual:
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/MacBook13inchUsersGuide.pdf
This is essentially the same procedure as for the PowerBooks:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86284
I'm using a 23" Cinema display as my monitor and run the MacBook with the screen closed so the external display is my only display.
Here's my problem....
when I disconnect the POWER from my MacBook, the external monitor goes blank/dark. I have tried opening its screen, and the external monitor flashes on, but does NOT project the screen image.
So, my question is...
Is there some limitation on using an external monitor with a MacBook running on battery?
Thanks for your help.
- nello
MacBook 2.0GHz (White) Mac OS X (10.4.6) 2.0 GB RAM, 120GB HD

Yes, you MUST be on A/C power when using an external display. There's no way around that.

20" Cinema display as 2nd monitor??

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