Mini-DVI to DVI Adapter Info

I wanted to connect my digital LCD to the mini-DVI port on my Macbook. I thought it would be as easy as buying the Apple provided mini-DVI to DVI adapter and then connecting it all together. NOT!!!!
After searching around for how to solve my dilemma, I decided to post this as a central place for all the information I found on this topic.
My dilemma is explained perfectly here:
http://www.creativemac.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=51631
I hope Apple listens and provides a mini-DVI to DVI-I adapter instead of what they currently sell (and I bought).
The solution is a "DVI-I Female DVI-D Male Adapter". Here are some places I have found that carries either the adapter or cable that should work. fyi, I have not yet tried any of these so proceed at your own risk. BTW, these are "reasonable" prices, there are more if you want to pay $40 or more.
Adapters:
http://www.mcminone.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=MCMProducts&product%5Fid=83%2 D9871
http://www.computercablestore.com/searchresult.aspx?CategoryID=75
And a cable:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16812189044
All are available for less than $20 although shipping may bring it above that.
I feel it is a shame that Apple didn't just make a mini-DVI to DVI-I adapter and none of this would have been necessary.
Macbook Mac OS X (10.4.8) Dell 1901FP w/DVI KVM

I have both an iBook G4 and a MacBook, which use each of the adaptors you have described. I found the information on the Apple site by identifying the Model iBook I had, Dual USB, and looking at he detailed views of each model to identify the type of 'video output port'. I obtained a '2 input' VGA switch from Tiger Direct to be able to switch my monitor from iBook to MacBook.
Hope this helps!

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as you can see below, I have an iBook G4 1.2GHz
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there were two different types in the Apple Store because there are two generations of Mini-DVI outputs, therefore some close inspection and it was easy to get the right part.
Now, three weeks later, all that stuff is off the shelf so it looks like they only have up the more recent size plug. Thus, I cannot find the slightly smaller Mini-DVI to DVI Adapter. (typical Apple, probably just wants me to spend more money on a new machine)
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be very careful out there. They are pimping the heck out of the newer generations. I'm looking for the older one.
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I have both an iBook G4 and a MacBook, which use each of the adaptors you have described. I found the information on the Apple site by identifying the Model iBook I had, Dual USB, and looking at he detailed views of each model to identify the type of 'video output port'. I obtained a '2 input' VGA switch from Tiger Direct to be able to switch my monitor from iBook to MacBook.
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I went through the posts, so I'm sure this is a stupid question, but:
I have a mini-dvi to video adapter for my powerbook, which I want to connect to my TV. What's the extra cable I need to connect the adapter to the TV?

"I'm hoping that simply connecting the two via a firewire cable will create some sort of mini-network?... but that sounds to easy..."
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Why Apple Mini-DVI to DVI Adapter couldn't be connected?

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if you 've solution please advise.

What is the model identifier of your MBP? Also what oSX are you using?
You can find this info by clicking on the Apple in the menu bar About this Mac, in the first window it should should show the OSX Version.
Then click on More info, and the next page (Hardware overview) second line should be Model Identifier: x,x
What are you connecting to and what type of input(s) does it have. If you do not know how to idendify the inputs, post the make, model of the device.

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I just purchased a new Mini DVI to VGA adapter to use with my Mac Book. The day I bought it I plugged it in and worked great! Now after disconnecting it and reconnecting back to my Mac Book things are not so good. When I hook everything up to each other the monitor shows "no signal". Using Systems Preferences/Detect Display does not help at all. Am I missing something obvious here? I'm a new Mac junkie.

Here is an Apple article on the subject of having no video on an external monitor. It's written about the Mac mini, but it applies equally to any other Mac.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301345
And here is another Apple article that is more generalized and with fewer suggestions, though it might be a good place to start from. Good luck.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1573

Please help! Trying to buy a Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter (S-Video)

I am having a hard problem trying to purchase a mini-dvi to video adapter (s-video). I looked on the apple site:
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And then I went to ebay and purchased this one:
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Message was edited by: pblazen

pblazen
If you have not already commited to the ebay cable,I have a mini dvi to s-video cable purchased from apple.Unfortunately I have the 09 white MB and it doesn't support s-video {should have read the discription better} I would be more than willing to send it to you just not sure how to get your contact info? Let me know.
cheers

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i have one of the old macbooks and wish to hook it up to my tv. do i need a mini dvi to hdmi adapter plus a 3 rca phono lead with a jack for the sound. please help as im useless at this stuff. cheers

First we need to know which one of the 9 different models of MacBook you have. To see which model you have go to the Apple in the upper left corner and select About This Mac, then click on More Info (and then System Report if you’re running 10.7 Lion). When System Profiler comes up check the Model Identifier and post it back here.
The Late 2008 model 5,1 Aluminum Unibody and the Late 2009 model 6,1 and Mid 2010 model 7,1 White Unibody have a Mini DisplayPort. The Early 2006 model 1,1 through Early 2008 model 4,1s plus the Early and Mid 2009 model 5,2s have Mini-DVI ports. Each would take a different adapter to connect with the TV.

Apple DVI to Video adapter + Mini DVI to DVI adapter pins not same

I just purchased an Apple DVI to Video adaptor so I could plug in a Mac mini to an older tv, however the pin arrangement on the Apple DVI to Video adapter is not the same as the pin arrangement on the Mini DVI to DVI adapter that came with the Mac mini.
Anyone have any idea what adapter I can use to make this connection?

Joseph Kriz wrote:
James,
I'm confused here.
Which Mini do you have?
I know you posted this in the 2009 Mac Mini section so your Mini should have 2 video out ports.
1. Mini DVI
2. Mini DisplayPort
If that is true, then there is no way you could have connected the DVI to Video adapter in your first post as the new Mini does not have a DVI port.
The new Mini's come with 1 adapter.
Mini DVI to DVI adapter.
I don't know of any Apple adapters that will output to S Video, component or composite connections on the new Mini's.
The one that osxdude shows above will not work on a new Mini. It say nothing about a Mini in their description:
*The Mini-DVI to Video adapter is designed for the iMac (Intel Core Duo), MacBook*, and 12-inch PowerBook G4, allowing you to connect to most S-video or Composite enabled devices.*
Good Luck and let us know what you find.
Yes, I have a late 2009 Mac mini. It came with the mini DVI to DVI adapter as you stated. I need to hook up to an older tv with yellow component video port. Not knowing any better, and looking online, it looked like the male DVI end of the “Apple DVI to video” adapter would connect to the female DVI end of the “Mini DVI to DVI” adapter that came with the Mac mini. I figured that since they were both DVI plugs, male and female, they would connect, but the “Apple DVI to video” adapter has 4 extra pins, so they won’t.
Then, following osxdude’s lead, I went to a local independent Apple store, and they told me that the same adapter that osxdude suggested would work, so I bought that (at an inflated price), but as you stated, it does not work. Also, as you stated, the Apple site does not list the Mac mini as being used with this adapter, which is why I did not originally purchase it online. It was only at the insistence of the independent Apple store that it would work that I purchased it. Unfortunately, once the package is opened
the store were I purchased it will not take it back. Boy... this is getting expensive, and confusing! Why so many adapters?
After much searching I found this info: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=706736&highlight=monoprice so I’m going to try that.
Once it’s all said and done, I guess I’ll be listing a few adapters on ebay!

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I have a 2011 macbook pro, i have been using the mini dvi to dvi adapter to connect to a dvi to hdmi cable into my tv. It has worked for the past 6 months since i have owned my mac but just recently nothing happens when i plug the adapter into my mac. My friend has the same setup and nothing happened either when i plugged his into my mac so im thinking it is something to do with the computer thunderbolt port? any suggestions? thanks.

Here is an Apple article on the subject of having no video on an external monitor. It's written about the Mac mini, but it applies equally to any other Mac.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301345
And here is another Apple article that is more generalized and with fewer suggestions, though it might be a good place to start from. Good luck.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1573

Mini DisplayPort to DVI-D Dual Cable/Adapter for mid-2010 iMac?

Hi . . .
Sorry to pester with a question that's been covered from various angles before, but I'm new to the Mac world. Am a musician in BC, Canada doing a project remotely with people in Ontario. Decided to ditch my PC-based recording rig and went with a 2010 iMac and Logic Pro X (hallelujah!) because the other people are using Logic Pro X. So . . . I'm just learning the ropes.
Anyway . . . I have a spare monitor I want to run in dual setup extended desktop, and I'm not 100% certain of the cable and/or adapter I'll need. I'm also not sure why the adapters are bigger and seem to contain more internal components, whereas the cables just look like a simple "Plug 1" connected to "Plug 2" cable in a variety of lengths (in the same way you'd have a XLR to 1/4" phono cable).
Here's the info on my system, and any help would be greatly appreciated (will a cable suffice or do I need an separate adapter, DVI type, etc).
My iMac (mid-2010 21" Core i3 with Firewire running Moutain Lion 10.8.5):
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/specs/imac-core-i3-3.06-21-inch-alumi num-mid-2010-specs.html
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http://reviews.cnet.com/lcd-monitors/acer-x223w-lcd-monitor/4507-3174_7-32627876 .html
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Thanks again . . . the assistance is appreciated.
Suds . . .

You are overthinking this.
"DVI dual link support" is concerned about the resolution of the display, not the number of displays.   A dual-link adapter or cable basically has double the number of wires to carry extra data to support higher resolutions than a single-link cable. Of course, both the computer and the external display must also support the higher resolutions in order to take advantage of the capabilities of dual-link.
You want to use two displays ... your iMac's buit-in display + your Acer display as a second monitor (what you called "dual monitors"). You can do this, as I explained earlier.
Your Acer monitor's maxiumum resolution of 1680 x 1050 is not high enough to require a dual-link connection.
"In single-link mode, the maximum pixel clock frequency is 165 MHz that supports a maximum resolution of 2.75 megapixels (including blanking interval) at 60 Hz refresh. For practical purposes, this allows a maximum 16:9 screen resolution of 1920 × 1080 at 60 Hz (1915 × 1436 at a 4:3 ratio).
To support higher-resolution display devices, the DVI specification contains a provision for dual link. Dual-link DVI doubles the number of TMDS pairs, effectively doubling the video bandwidth. As a result, higher resolutions up to 2560 × 1600 are supported at 60 Hz [via dual-link DVI]."   (See Digital Visual Interface, Wikipedia)
You can connect almost any VGA, DVI or HDMI display to your iMac, using the appropriate cable and/or adapter. Of course, you always have to make sure that your cable has the correct gender plug on each end.   The Apple adapter I recommended has a female connector, so you will need a cable with a male DVI-D plug on one end. As for the other end of the cable, check the input on your Acer display to see what it has and select a cable that has an appropriate gender connector on the end that will plug into your Acer monitor.
In extended desktop mode, you can set separate (independent) resolutions for your iMac display and your external Acer display, taking advantage of the maximum resolution of each.   (For example, that's why the MacBookPro example you cited works, it's because that model MacBook Pro can support higher resolutions on an external display than it's built-in LCD panel can.)

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Hi, IPhoto on my Macbook is crashing. I can open it, then as soon as I scroll down it locks up and I have to force quit.
This started happening right after I used a Mini-DVI to Video Adapter cable to hook my macbook up to my TV. The adapter/s-video connection worked and I was able to see the video on the tv. But iphoto immediately locked up the computer when I went to slide show and now it locks every time I open it.
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Dorothy

It means that the issue resides in your existing Library.
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
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Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords, faces and places back.
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Apple Mini DVI to Video Adapter
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Hi,
My roommate and I both have Macbooks - I got mine in June '06, it's one of the older black 80 gb models and hers is a white 120 gb that she got in August '07. We bought a mini-DVI to video adapter so we could watch DVDs and video files on our TV, but have been having some trouble with it lately. At first, it worked perfectly with her computer, but in the past few weeks has been malfunctioning - when she plugs it in, the default background shows up on the TV screen but nothing else, any windows she has open only show up on the TV if she drags them to the right on her screen until she can't see them on her computer anymore, so we're unable to watch anything fullscreen. Any tips on how to fix this?
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Thanks so much for the help!

Hi cbeth,
welcome to macbook forum.
For your friend macbook, try to press F7 back and forth to switch between mirror and expanded mode.
Try to update your macbook hardware firmware and software using software updater and repair permission after that...application/utilities/disk utility/repair permission.
Also reset your PRAM and PMU.
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Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter for eMac ?

Hi,
I use an Apple Mini DVI to VGA on my eMac to expand my monitor space, connect to an old Pinceton 15" lcd, both are on 1024 x 768 res in millions colors, and work fine.
My question is I have plan to buy an Apple Mini-DVI to Video Adapter since some of my project require a transfer process to an old vcr or Sony TRV-27 mini dv cam.
Would the adapter compatible for my eMac mini DVI port ? because eMac is not mentioned as apple compatible for this adapter at apple store, yet there is a review said it work great on ones eMac.
Anybody else using this adapter that would share with me ?
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