2nd Display for iMac

hey! i know i can use my imac as a 2nd (mirrored) display and that's cool. I would like to see everything on my TV and I know it has the port for it, but the problem is my mac is like 25 ft from my tv. does anyone know if there's a wireless solution to this? not like apple tv or anything, i want to be able to see everything on my TV, not just media. Sorry, but I couldn't really narrow this down during the search. Thanks!

Just spent 45' on a live chat with Apple support, who answered my question: it can't be done. The MBA is not able to be used as a secondary display as I had intended. The other way around, so using the iMac's display as a secondary one for the MBA does work.
Hope this helps somebody to avoid the mistake I made.

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is it possible to use an iMac as a 2nd display for another iMac?
I guess it depends (if at all possible) on the models, right?
Would it be possible with two of the currently available iMac 27" models?
Is it just connecting the two video jacks with a cable? That would mean that the jack is input AND output connector at the same time: the video signal would be output from iMac 1 and serve as input for iMac 2.
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Thanks,
Stefan.

Awesome, David! Thank you! That helped a lot!
Additional question: because running applications on the target-display-mode-iMac keep running: will I be able to connect from the source iMac to the target-mode-iMac via OS X's Share Screen functionality? So that I can still USE the 2nd (target-display-mode) iMac for running applications and accessing them? Or is the iMac in target display mode really just a dumb display? Will ssh'ing to it work?
A little background: programs like Cubase and Logic work really great with two screens. Additionally, some audio plugins really need a lot of CPU power and some of those can actually distribute the number crunching via the LAN to other computers. So my thought is: run Cubase on iMac #1, use iMac #2 as a 2nd screen (will work, thanks to David's reply) AND use iMac #2's CPU, too, to help some Cubase plugins' number crunching. Would that work?
Thanks a lot,
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I'm looking for a second display for my iMac. The Thudersbolt display is too big and prciey. Can anyone recommend an monitor with similar diplay characetrics of an iMac? I'm using a 27 inch late 2012 model.
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When you find a suitable display, note there may be a need to get an extra display adapter and or cable to best attach the display to the computer; this because some adapters or cables may not allow use of a higher resolution, though such may be supported by the computer's graphic card.
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I have a 24 inches 2009 iMac.
I would like to add a second display. Nothing too big - something like 19-20 inches.
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In many shops you can filter on specs.
Exclude screens with TN panels
Include screens with DisplayPort (DVI or HDMI is possible too, but the adapters are more expensive)
Set size to maximum 22" (most displays are 21-22 inch nowadays, 19 inch ones are DODO's).
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There is a MiniDVI output port on this iMac. Simply purchase one of the following adaptors and configure the dual display in Apple menu > System Preferences... > Displays. (The options appear when you connect the display):
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Digital resolutions up to 1920 x 1200.
Analogue resolutions up to 2045 x 1536
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It's a real low-down shame that the HD5750-equipped 27-inch iMac cannot support triple displays.
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by side? I similiar design would be very nice.
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Hello Saimurai,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
If you want to use a 4K display with a Mac, the Mac needs to fit the requirements below. Since your iMac is a late 2012 model, it does not support a 4K external display.
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LED display for Imac

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2nd display for G5..please help!!!

I have a huge project that I'm working on that it very PhotoShop/InDesign intensive & I need all the display room I can get. That being said I am running a Power Mac G5 that has a Radeon 9800 XT.
Here are the specs:
ATI Radeon 9800 XT:
Chipset Model: ATY,R360
Type: Display
Bus: AGP
Slot: SLOT-1
VRAM (Total): 256 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x4e48
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-A14404-118
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Help!!! Prethunderbolt imac as a 2nd monitor for mid 2012 mac pro

Hi. I have a 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 imac (pre-thunderbolt) running 10.6.8 and I'd like to use it as a 2nd display for my new mid 2012 2.4 GHz 12 core Mac Pro running 10.8.2.
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Can I do this? (How can I do this?) I'd like to connect a second display to my iMac and use the iMac to generate content (like live feeds or video content from CNN.com) to play on the second display while I "work" on the iMac and its screen. Thus, each display have its own content--but the content is generated by the one iMac. Could I use a HD tv as the second display?
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Depends on the iMac, but some of them do support this.
Look yours up at http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/index-imac.html and look for the section about displays and 2nd display support under your model.
With the second display connected to the appropriate port, you use your Displays System Preferences to configure them. If you choose "mirror" both displays show the same thing. If you choose to not mirror, you can have an "extended desktop where you can place different windows on different monitors and do exactly what you want to do. AN HD TV might be usable but you have to look up what your iMac can handle in terms of pixels and resolution and compare that to your HD TV specs. You can certainly buy inexpensive monitors to use if your HD TV is compatible.

2nd display connected to iMac stays black (Thunderbolt - HDMI)

Hi everyone,
with my new iMac (purchased 2 weeks ago) I have the problem that my 2nd display will stay black after I connected it to the Thunderbolt port. The display shows the blue background for a split second, then i goes black (and stays that way). I find the following lines in the log file:
Feb 15 18:18:34 Edoras Dock[157]: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSCopyDisplayUUID: Invalid display 0x003f003d
Feb 15 18:18:34 Edoras Dock[157]: uuid_callback_master: failed to retrieve UUID for display 0x003f003d (1001) (invariant failure)
Feb 15 18:18:37 Edoras Terminal[513]: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSGetDisplayBounds: Invalid display 0x78c8d3f5
Feb 15 18:18:37 Edoras Terminal[513]: kCGErrorFailure: Set a breakpoint @ CGErrorBreakpoint() to catch errors as they are logged.
Feb 15 18:18:37 Edoras Terminal[513]: _NXGetScreenRect: error getting display bounds (1001)
Feb 15 18:18:37 Edoras Terminal[513]: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSGetDisplayBounds: Invalid display 0x78c8d3f5
Feb 15 18:18:37 Edoras Terminal[513]: _NXGetScreenRect: error getting display bounds (1001)
Feb 15 18:18:37 Edoras Terminal[513]: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSGetDisplayBounds: Invalid display 0x78c8d3f5
Feb 15 18:18:37 Edoras Terminal[513]: _NXGetScreenRect: error getting display bounds (1001)
Feb 15 18:18:37 Edoras Terminal[513]: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSGetDisplayBounds: Invalid display 0x78c8d3f5
Feb 15 18:18:37 Edoras Terminal[513]: _NXGetScreenRect: error getting display bounds (1001)
Feb 15 18:18:37 Edoras Terminal[513]: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSGetDisplayBounds: Invalid display 0x78c8d3f5
Feb 15 18:18:37 Edoras Terminal[513]: _NXGetScreenRect: error getting display bounds (1001)
Feb 15 18:18:37 Edoras Terminal[513]: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSGetCurrentDisplayMode: Invalid display 0x78c8d3f5
Feb 15 18:18:37 Edoras Terminal[513]: kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSGetDisplayBounds: Invalid display 0x78c8d3f5
The display is an AOC e2343F2, with two HDMI and one VGA port. I am using a Mini-Displayport to HDMI cable to connect the display. This worked with my Mac Pro (from 2006, AMD Radeon HD5770) without a problem.
Is this a problem with the in 10.7.x included drivers?
With the new Thunderbolt port?
I tried it with 10.7.2 and 10.7.3 on the iMac and the Mac Pro. It works like a charm on the Mac Pro, but not on the iMac. Do I need to buy the overpriced Apple adapter and can't use my adapter cable anymore?

Just a theory. Looking at the log errors you showed the system cannot get the display bounds. My theory is that the display is not able to pass the EDID (extended display identification data) through a TB port. While your 5770 could handle it the TB can't. Again, it's just my theory.
Another thing to check is your Displays system preferences. See if the Display is showing in the Arrangement tab. If so click Detect Displays and also Gather Windows to bring the second monitor's Displays preferences on to your main monitor. If you get this far then set the appropriate resolution and refresh rate (if refresh rate is shown).
If there is no Displays Arrangement tab then the system doesn't even know the second monitor is connected. I don't have a solution for this problem since I don't have TB. Although the resolution is not as good you may have to try a VGA adapter for that monitor. No guarantees that will work either of course.

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