Second Display with 30" Display

Is it possible to use a second display with a 30" cinema display? The card has obviously dual DVI outputs.

If you have an older Mac Pro with the Nvidia GeForce 7300 GT graphics board, only one port is the dual-link DVI needed by the 30" display. All other Mac Pro graphics boards have two dual-link DVI ports, so can run two 30" displays at full resolution.

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I am trying to connect a 24" cinema display with mini display port cable to a 24" imac with a displayport - is there a cable for this as these two connections are two different sizes

Hi Gilly,
I have no proof, but I think it will not work with an adapter, only Mini Display Port or Thunderbolt.

Connecting Cinema Display with mini display port to macbook pro with thunderbolt port

I am trying to connect a 27" cinema display (2010) that has a mini display port cable out of the back, into my macbook pro (2013) with thunderbolt ports. The mini display port cord fits into the thunderbolt port on the Macbook Pro, however the macbook pro does not detect the cinema display and the cinema display does not have any picture on the screen. The USB plugs in fine and sound comes out, and I have the adapter for the magsafe to magsafe 2 and that works fine, it just the actual display. Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks!

Hello mmholt,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities.
It sounds like there’s no video on an Apple Cinema Display that’s connected to your MacBook Pro, and you’re wondering if the configuration is supported. It is supported, take a look at the article linked below for more information.
Thunderbolt ports and displays: Frequently asked questions (FAQ) - Apple Support
1. Can I connect a Mini DisplayPort monitor or monitor using a Mini DisplayPort adapter to a Thunderbolt port on my Thunderbolt-equipped Mac?
Yes. A Mini DisplayPort display or a display connecting with a Mini DisplayPort to VGA, DVI, or HDMI adapter will work just like it was connecting to a Mini DisplayPort connector when plugging in directly to the Thunderbolt connector on your Apple computer. Click here for more information on Mini DisplayPort connections and adapters.
Also, this article provides a lot of great information and troubleshooting tips that will resolve most issues related to video external displays.
Apple computers: Troubleshooting issues with video on internal or external displays - Apple Support
So long,
-Jason

Opening Display with the "Display Release Button"

Hallo
I have some real problems with my display of the MBP 17. First the not homogen backlight of the LCD, already discussed in different threads in this forum.
Another frustrating problem is opening the display. When you push the Button, it opens for about 1-2 mm. and then it is different to open it normal. My old PowerBook G4 17 and also an MBP 15" at my dealers place open normal for about 1-1.5cm.
Are their more users of the MBP 17" with the same problem. I found antoher machine around here in switzerland with the same problem (but not many MBP17 are arrived here)
I think this first release serie has really some serious bugs in the hardware design and need to be replaced in a secound or third revision!

Probably a setting. Look at the manual.
iPhone User Guide (For iOS 4.2 and 4.3 Software)

30'' Cinema Display with mini-display-port to dual link DVI adapter usb hub

Hi all, I don't know if any one of you experience this issue and can help me.
I am using an unibody macbook pro (late2008 model) to connect to a 30'' cinema display via the famous $100 mini diaplay port to dual link DVI adapter. I have connected the usb cable from the ACD to the adapter and the usb cable of the adapter to my macbook pro. This setting works fine under OSX 10.5.7.
When I am using Windows Vista under bootcamp the USB hub on the back of the ACD doesn't work. The device manager of Vista shows an excalmatory mark besides the device "Generic usb hub"; and it reports a problem of "the device cannot be started".
I doubted this problem is due to Windows cannot recognise the $100 adapter as a "generic usb hub"; and apple has not release a driver for this $100 adapter for windows.
Since my MBP only has 2 usb ports and the $100 adapter already occupied one, it would be very much helpful if the usb hub of the ACD can work just like in OSX. Can anyone think of any suggestion?
Much appreciated for reading this post and thank you.

i don't have an answer for you, but i feel your pain. very frustrating when this happens with Apple products and Vista/Bootcamp. wish they were more compatible, for it would make things so much easier for the consumer.

External display with native display

My macbook and my philips hdtv used to work perfectly together... the tv runs on the macbooks native resolution 1280x800... so there were never any problems... now my macbook won't allow me to run the native resolution on my telly... any suggestions... nothing has changed since it used to work except a updated leopard to 10.5.7... if apple have broken this then when are they going to fix it... its not like i'm trying to run something wierd and wonderful... just the same resolution as my macbook screen

Well, dunno what else.
So many posters have the same or similar problems since installing the OS 10.5.7 upgrade that the upgrade must be suspect.
Some have downgraded to the previous version and some problems have cleared up. Some have not.
We have almost identical monitors and MBs and you have a problem and I don't. And that's where it stands.
Hopefully, others may join in and help.
BTW, I had to spend some time with my Philips display, going through the setup with my remote, to get a good picture on it in PC mode. I guess you have tried that.

Dual display with one display turned off

I'm having a problem that I cannot figure out...
I run my 21" computer monitor as my primary display. I have my 42" TV as a second display when I play WoW. I'm not running in mirrored mode. The problem I'm trying to resolve is if I decide NOT to play WoW on my TV (leaving the TV off), but rather run it on my 21" primary monitor, the WoW application (when started) is being display on the TV as a extended monitor. How can I bring (drag or otherwise) that application over to my 21" primary monitor without turning on the TV to drag it over?
Thanks for any help...

Just to let you know...When you have two displays hooked up to your computer. The video ram is split between the two monitors, even if you have the second monitor off. When not using the second monitor you might want to disconnect it from the computer so the main monitor uses the full video ram.

Replacing standard non-Retina display with Retina display

Hi, does anyone know if it's theoretically possible to take a standard 13/15inch MacBook Pro's display and replace it with a 13/15 inch Retina display assembly?

It may possible to physically "replace" it (stick the new one in and try to reattach the wires) but the real question is whether it would actually work afterward. Especially on older MacBooks, the GPU muscle might not be there to drive all the additional pixels, and drive them fast enough.

Extending display with second monitor

I am trying to add a second monitor to expand my desktop area. I routinely do this with my G5 laptop by simply plugging in a second monitor, clicking on DISPLAY in SYSTEM PREFS, clicking ARRANGEMENT, and clicking off MIRROR DISPLAYS.
With the iMAC G5 ARRANGEMENT does not appear as an option and default seems to be mirror. Any way to make this work?

This is an update to my previous post. I searched on Google about this problem and found an answer -- an old Macworld article:
http://www.macworld.com/article/39969/2004/10/imacscreenspanning.html
It describes a freeware program called Screen Spanning Doctor. I printed out the page and followed the instructions. It worked! I now have a Samsung SyncMaster 930B set at 1280 x 1024 and my iMac G5 set at 1440 x 900 (maximums for both) and They are not mirrored; the Samsung monitor extends the desktop of my iMac G5. I couldn't be happier.
Just in case Screen Spanning Doctor does not work for you, be sure to print out this Apple support document, Resetting your Mac's PRAM and NVRAM:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379?viewlocale=en_US
You can never be too careful. I believe what this will do is undo whatever changes Screen Spanning Doctor does. Per the Readme:
"This program is intended to unlock some features of the graphics hardware in some Macs (iBook, iMac, eMac but not for all models - you can find a complete list at my website http://macparts.de/ibook). On supported Macs it will allow the use of an extended desktop where usually only mirrored mode is available. This enables you to use an external display to extend your workspace. It will also unlock additional resolutions for the external display making it possible to driver high-resolution screens. This is especially nice if you want to use an LCD panel that has a higher native resolution than the 1024*768 of the internal display. After you apply the patch you should see an additional tab in the displays prYou will only see this tab if you have at least the monitor adapter plugged in."
Good luck! (I'm going to make a donation to macparts.de, which created this program. I figure it's worth $19 -- what I paid for the VGA display adapter at the Apple Store.

IMac display with second computer?

Is anyone driving the 27" iMac display with a second computer? If so, can you switch between the iMac and the second computer to see what is happening on each machine?

Yes you are. The two machines I use are mini displayport. Thunderbolt must hook to Thunderbolt. I wasn't thinking of the new iMac 27". Old timers moment.
Captfred

Can't remove second display with 8800 GT. please help! this is frustrating!

I have dealt with this problem for a long time now, but having just bought a wacom tablet, I need to finally resolve it and I hope someone here can help because I am at my end with it. I just can't think of anything else.
I have a 8800 GT video card in a Mac Pro. All software is updated.
I have a 30inch apple cinema display, and was using it solo for a long time, then for a project, I hooked an old LCD monitor vida the VGA to DVI adapter to the second monitor slot on the card, and had both monitors running in the extended desktop mode. Everything worked fine.
The problem is, now that I want to get rid of the other monitor, my cinema display does not want to run solo anymore. I have tried rebooting with only the cinema display plugged in, I have tried switching ports on the card (both with and without rebooting), and I have tried unplugging the unwanted monitor. When I do ANY of these, the cinema display goes blue, then black, and the light on the front blinks three times over and over.
It is as tho the video card does not want to autodetect the displays, nor does it want to reset any settings and run without both monitors in extended mode. And since OSX does not give specific software for the video card, I am limited in displays to make any real changes. There is no option for turning off extended desktop, only mirroring the displays (which, yes, when I choose it then unplug the other display results in the same problem of no picture).
My wacom tablet uses the tablet as being the screen from corner to corner, so obviously with the extended display, the center of the tablet is not the center of the monitor and it makes it impossible to use easily.
Please, if anyone has any ideas for me, I am begging for help. This is frustrating to no end!!
Thanks in advance.

Buzz,
thanks for the help. I especially want to thank you for being the first person to reply a post of mine on this subject ever (on multiple help boards as well).
Unfortunately what you told me to do still didn't work.
When I re-mirror and then un-mirror the displays it puts it back into extended mode. and when I unplug the second monitor, the HD display shuts down and goes black. it will not turn back on (even with a reboot) until I have something plugged into the other port, at which time it goes back to extended mode.
This is really frustrating, and the first time I have felt helpless with my mac. I try support and they of course tell me they can not help me since the monitor's extended warranty ran out...even tho the computer's warranty is still up and this is of course a video card problem, not monitor.
I'm about to give up and either reinstall EVERYTHING on this **** computer (which will result in me losing a lot of editing add-ons and other programs I bought but stupidly can't remember where I got them from) or just throw the whole thing in the trash. (heh yes, I am that frustrated). :/

Hi - How do I connect an HDTV as a second monitor to Thunderbolt display with macbook pro in clamshell mode?

I have a Late 2011 Macbook Pro in clamshell mode connected to a Thunderbolt Display with the built in Thunderbolt cable. I want to then connect an HDTV via the Thunderbolt port at the back of the Thunderbolt display. I already had a cable that I thought would work which turns out to be a MiniDisplay port to HDMI cable and therefore not compatible with Thunderbolt to Thunderbolt (Mini DisplayPort not being the same technology although it uses the same port - although I'm not an expert !!) So far a web search has provided me with the only solution being using a Thunderbolt dock or storage that has multiple Thunderbolt ports and then using that to daisychain inbetween the Thunderbolt Diplay and the HDTV. The cheapest solution I can find for this would be about £250. Surely not ??!!!!
Many thanks for any comments - Nik

You could also use aThunderbolt dock with HDMI, such as:
<http://www.belkin.com/uk/F4U055-Belkin/p/P-F4U055/>
<http://www.caldigit.com/thunderboltstation/>
<http://www.elgato.com/en/thunderbolt/thunderbolt-dock>

Using a second monitor as the primary display with MiniDisplayPort

I've got a new iMac, but the screen seems to be straining my eyes. I'm trying things like scaling the display, lowering brightness, changing desktop layout, etc, but if all else fails...I'd like to go back to my old external monitor.
So, my question is...if I connected this monitor to the MiniDisplayPort on the iMac, could I use it as a single primary display, or would I have to use it as mirrored or secondary?

Hi Brian,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. You can mirror the displays or make whichever display you want the primary in Extended Desktop mode. See this article for details:
How to use multiple displays with your Mac
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5019
The white bar at the top of the left blue box represents the menu bar and determines which display is your primary display. To change your primary display, click the white bar and drag and drop it on the blue box representing the display you would prefer to be your primary display.
Cheers,
- Ari

Using a second Mac as a display for a first

Disclaimer: Apple does not necessarily endorse any suggestions, solutions, or third-party software products that may be mentioned in the topic below. Apple encourages you to first seek a solution at Apple Support. The following links are provided as is, with no guarantee of the effectiveness or reliability of the information. Apple does not guarantee that these links will be maintained or functional at any given time. Use the information below at your own discretion.
This Frequently answered question (FAQ) comes about:
Can an iMac/iBook/Powerbook/MacBook act as a display for another Mac since they all have a built-in display?
The truth is complicated because you have to consider who is doing the processing, and who has the drivers for the work being done.
1. For people who want the processing power of multiple Macs together, there is
Daugerresearch.com's Pooch.
2. Apple's Target Disk Mode lets you treat the hard disk of one Mac as an external drive to another. You do have to be careful with this, only the Mac that is currently booted to an active screen has its drivers enabled. If you need the drivers of the other Mac to do some sort of installation, it may not work right, or if you need it to run specific software.
3. The iMac 27" now has a DisplayPort Input port that allows displaying from a second Mac. See Using a 27-inch iMac as an external display. There are some hurdles to get there, however some third party solutions for those hurdles are listed on:
http://lowendmac.com/ed/bashur/09db/dvi-to-mini-displayport.html
4. If you have a second screen to initially setup a Mac as a server of some sort you can make it "headless" (i.e. no second screen necessary) using one of these solutions:
iChat Screen Sharing
OSX VNC
Netopia's Timbuktu
Apple Remote Desktop
Microsoft Remote Desktop
Screen Recycler
Finder Screen Sharing
The speed of your network though can make such solutions appear too slow for words. If you use IP over Firewire on Mac OS X
10.5, 10.4, or 10.3 reasonable speeds can be obtained.
Elgato makes Firewire compatible capture devices which can capture S-Video. If you output the video of that Mac to an S-Video connector, you can view its video on the Elgato capture screen in 720 x 480 resolution. This usually is too little real estate for an effective second display, but for some it may be the quickest solution available.
In addition, Mac Minis, Intel based iMacs and Mac Pros do accept any display that supports VGA or DVI. Contrary to what you might think, you aren't stuck to Apple's displays. The Apple displays themselves are true Progressive LCDs that are widescreen with color matching, extra ports, and an extra place to put an iSight mount if you can find an original iSight. DVI supports more resolutions, and dual-link DVI even more.
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Hi Brian,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. You can mirror the displays or make whichever display you want the primary in Extended Desktop mode. See this article for details:
How to use multiple displays with your Mac
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5019
The white bar at the top of the left blue box represents the menu bar and determines which display is your primary display. To change your primary display, click the white bar and drag and drop it on the blue box representing the display you would prefer to be your primary display.
Cheers,
- Ari

Display with #/ data in reporting

Hi experts,
One of the field in Quivery Displaying with #/ infant of the value,
the Actual date :INVIJAY
But it displays :#/INVIJAY (wrong display)
I have checked the hole data flow right from source, RSA3-PSA-InfoObject-Infoset.
the hole flow is being displyed in rightway like INVIJAY.
In RSRT also it displayed wrong like #/INVIJAY
1. what is the solution for this issue, what I have to do to get like INVIJAY.
2. when data is not available it displays #, I want empty instead of #
I am in BI 7.0 environment. in object Properties also everything ok.
Regards
Vijay

Vijay,
Your infoobject is compounded with any other infoobject and compounded infoobject is blank.
There are 2 things to do.
First, load the compounded infoobject so that you will get correct value like XX/VIJAY
Secondly, if you do not want to see the value of compounding infoobject 'XX' then insert this compounded infoobject just above the main infoobject in query designer and hide it.
Let me know if this is not clear to you.
Thanks,
Harry

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