Thunderbolt cable 2 metre length problems ...
FYI I've been enduring Thunderbolt external drive random un-mounting on my 27" iMac, and Yosemite crashes since beta 1. I've narrowed the problem to a too long Thunderbolt cable (2 metres) .... I connected the same cable to my Macbook Air 11" and the un-mounting happened there also. I've since replaced the cable with a .5 metre cable, and all problems have not been encountered for over 24 hours.
Welcome to Apple Support Communities
You have got two problems:
1. You haven't got a 27-inch iMac or a Thunderbolt iMac, because you are running 10.5.8, and;
2. Your iMac has got Mini DisplayPort, so it won't detect a Thunderbolt cable.
Your Mac is not compatible with Target Display mode. If you want to use your iMac as an external display for the MacBook, use ScreenRecycler, which will allow you to mirror your MacBook Pro's display to your iMac over the network
Similar Messages
-
I have problems to conect imac 10.5.8 (2.66 GHz) to macbook pro 10.9 (2.5 GHz) by thunderbolt cable?
Command F2 doesnt work!
Its possible? Or it has to be the same operating system?
HELP!
Thank youWelcome to Apple Support Communities
You have got two problems:
1. You haven't got a 27-inch iMac or a Thunderbolt iMac, because you are running 10.5.8, and;
2. Your iMac has got Mini DisplayPort, so it won't detect a Thunderbolt cable.
Your Mac is not compatible with Target Display mode. If you want to use your iMac as an external display for the MacBook, use ScreenRecycler, which will allow you to mirror your MacBook Pro's display to your iMac over the network -
Has anyone had a problem with thunderbolt cables not fitting properly?
I recently purchased an UA Apollo Duo interface. It is thunderbolt equipped. The thunderbolt cables either fit super tight in the interface or not tight enough on the macbook. In fact it fits so poorly on my macbook that the slightest jiggle will disconnect the interface! Not good. The thunderbolt ports on my macbook have been unused up to this point so its not a matter of them being worn out.
I'm surprised this wasn't more standardized.Not here; updated three systems without issues.
Can you provide more details on your system specs, the projects you're referring to, and what kind of behavior you're encountering?
Russ -
I want to use my MacBook Air as an external disk to my iMac. I talked to Apple care and we solved it by connecting a Thunderbolt cable between the two computers. I then turn on the MacBook Air while pressing the "T" and it works. I can sit and work on my iMac and grab/change/save the files that are in my MacBook Air EXCEPT for the Microsoft Office files. I called Microsoft and they can't solve it. They say it might be a problem with the Thunderbolt cable. Has anybody have this problem?
Both computers are 2011 and they both have Office 2011.
Thanks in advance,
AlejandraFor Word it says "Word cannot open this document. The document might be in use, the document might not be a valid Word document, or the file name might contain invalid characters (for example, /)"
For Excel it says "the file could not be found. Check te spelling of the filename, and verify that the file location is correct. If you are trying to open the file from your list of most recently used files on the File menu, make sure hat the file has not been renamed, moved or deleted.
I tried this with many different documents, and I always get the same message. -
To use imac 27 late2009 as monitor for macbook pro 13 rethina with thunderbolt cable
when i us a thunderbolt cable from mac book pro rethina to my imac 27 late 2009 nothing happen, even with command F2 i can not use the imac as monitor for the mcbook pro
You have got a problem: your iMac does not detect Thunderbolt cables because it has got Mini DisplayPort instead. However, you can use your iMac as a display for your MacBook Pro.
To do this, you need to get a Mini DisplayPort cable like this one and connect it to your iMac and the MacBook Pro. Then, press Command and F2 keys on your iMac and it will show up as a screen for your MacBook Pro.
For more information about Target Display mode > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3924?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US -
I have a macbook air (mid 2012) and a thunderbolt display (27'').
Do I absolutely need to connect the power supply together with the thunderbolt cable ?
I found that the screen won't wake up if only the thunderbolt connection is plugged. Is this normal ?I just got my ATD and late 2011 MBP up and running. I've not tried running without the power adapter from the ATD plugged in, but I just tried and didn't have any problems with the display not waking. You may want to take your query to the ATD forum - https://discussions.apple.com/community/peripherals/thunderbolt_display - perhaps someone there has experienced a similar issue.
Good luck,
Clinton -
I have a Mac Pro and an Imac, both with thunderbolt. When I connect the two together with a thunderbolt cable each recognises the other as shown in the system report, but when I try to use second screen in Aperture, the option is still grey and unavailable. What do i have to do to activate second screen in Aperture via thunderbolt?
In actual fact this seems a bigger problem than I thought. Linking the two computers via the Thundernolt cable and selecting cmd F2 no longer shares the screen at all and Apple say it may not be able too in Mointain Lion - What are they playing at, hundreds of customers link computers together and share the screens - Lets hope they are wrong and tell us what we need to do other than move back to Windows.
-
Hi all.
This is an informational post. I have a MacBook Air but this is probably applicable to anyone who uses Thunderbolt cables. I had purchased a Seagate Goflex Drive and a Goflex Thunderbolt adapter along with an Apple Thunderbolt Cable. Initially worked well but I suddenly had a series of problems. First the drive crapped out for some reason and would not mount with USB or FW800 so it was replaced. The Thunderbolt adapter also seemed to crap out and it was also replaced by Seagate. When I got everything back the drive worked fine with USB and FW800 adapters but the Thunderbolt adapter would still not mount the drive. That left the cable or the computer. I went to Apple store and they checked the cable and they test it with Thunderbolt monitors and told me it was probably a problem with the computer. I was skeptical and asked them if they would exchange the cable anyways. They were nice enought to do. The Thunderbolt cable is expensive and primarily because the cable contains quite a bit of electronics inside the connectors. I got the new cable home pluged it in and the drive mounted normally and everything is fine.
So this is a cautionary tail about the Thunderbolt cables you can have a problem mounting a drive and not have a problem using the same cable with a monitor.
I only worry about the cable I left behind at the store probably to be sold to someone else.
Cheers
PThank you, I was struggling with this thunderbolt, cause my macbook can't read the hard drive now, maybe the warm the end issue is the cause of this problem, apple need to fix it. I'm going to the apple store to ask for exchange another cable today. it's kinda scary, i haven't back up any of my files yet
-
Thunderbolt Cable Easily Disconnecting on Regular Basis?
Is anyone else having the issue of their portable Seagate Thunderbolt drives disconnecting from Macbook Pro laptops with minor movement of either laptop or drive? I'm using the Apple manufactured Thunderbolt cables and even slight movement of my Macbook Pro disconnects the the drives from my computer. The Thunderbolt cables are nowhere near as tight as a USB connection. Though I love Thunderbolt speed I'm seriously dissapointed with the system due to this issue. Below is additonal info I sent to Apple via Feedback form.
I recently added two Seagate Thunderbolt portable drives to my workflow. Using the new system now for 6 months I have to say I'm very disappointed in how loose the Thunderbolt connection is when connected to my Macbook Pro Retina. I'm using Apple made Thunderbolt cables. Very little movement of the laptop regularly disconnects the cables enough to eject the drive. This is not only dangerous to my drives but also annoying since often the ejection damages my Aperture Library and upon reopening of the said library it has to go through a lengthy process of repairing itself. Please make the Thunderbolt ports tighter so slight movement does not create this problem. Thank you.
Daniel J. Cox
www.naturalexposures.comThank you for posting this.
It reminds me of the inherently poor design of the old Ethernet AUI cables.
Gravity is not being kind to Thunderbolt connections. They are insidious and do not appear to be less than perfectly seated, when they may be.
I use a MBP (sorry to say pre-Retina!) with a pair of external LaCie RAID enclosures via Thunderbolt. I have experienced issues with programs (Final Cut Pro X for video and Capture One for photography) while accessing these drives. The issues have been Thunderbolt connectivity.Crashing, inability to read OR write, abrupt changes in state, etc. Reseating the cable(s) and then having to treat the interface like cob webs - total BS.
Some manner of strain relief is required, and it should be very easy to design this into the cable and/or interface.
I am fearful, however, as we are potentially breaching the fuzzy area which devices Real World Use and Design.
I am guessing it will be up to the clever third parties of the world to engineer a solution.
patrick -
Thunderbolt Cable - Macbook Pro to iMach 21.5 inch
We have just purchased an iMac 21.5 inch and we would like to use it also as a display for our Macbook Pro (late 2010). How should we connect them? We were sold a Thunderbolt Cable, but that does not work.
Bought the iMac in the USA, and since we don't live there we cannot go back to the shop. When buying the product we specifically asked that this was one of the reasons for purchasing an iMac, besides making it our family iMac.
zxThanks for your suggestions.Ok. Good luck.
If this purchase outside the 2-week return timeframe (I think it's 2 weeks) you may have a problem returning it. But of course it doesn't hurt to give it a try.
FWIW, here's some related articles on this topic. Maybe you can use it as some "ammunition" in arguing with apple (...or not).
Target Display Mode on new iMacs limited to Thunderbolt sources
Target Display Mode And Thunderbolt
Apple throws a wedge into iMac Target Display mode -
Thunderbolt cable iphoto transfer
I have a 27" imac with all my stuff runnung 10.9.1. Just got a new MBP running 10.9.1.
It been a while and I'm having trouble transfering an entire iphoto library. my goal is to transfer from imac to mbp.
So far I have connected the imac to mbp using a thunderbolt cable and running the imac in T mode.
What is the easyist way to do this. The library contains ~ 68 GB data.
When I try to drop the library into the mbp iphoto it only lets me re-launch which does not transfer.
When I drop the library on to the mbp desk top it says it will take hours.....
This is what my imac shows..... The library I want to transfer is call iphoto Library ROD.Network 23 wrote:
scratched wrote:
I don't want anything on my MBP except 4500 photos of the 15000 on my imac 1 library.
Sorry, I misread that the first time you said it because in the earlier post it said "4500 out of the 1500" and the math didn't work so I didn't get it. I see what you mean now.
In that case none of our suggestions is the right one, not even Migration Assistant. Instead do this in iPhoto: If you have already identified the 4500 keepers, just select them all and do an Export with the format set to Original. Exporting will copy them all to some folder where you can easily move them over to the new Mac. Or you could share the folder where you want them to go in the new Mac, mount it using Thunderbolt networking from the old Mac and export to that.
If you didn't want all 4500 in one folder but to preserve existing organization, the Export feature in iPhoto has a "Subfolder Format" option that lets you organize the export by "Event Name." If you need more than that maybe Aperture could help there after all. Or maybe it would be faster to transfer everything to the new Mac and then delete the ones you don't want to keep.
Sorry for the numerical error.
The folders/albums/folders/albums must follow the pictures or this is of no value.
I tryed your last suggestion and transfered the whole library over and deleted all the unwanted folders but the problem here is it still leaves all the photos in the "new" library.
The goal here may be a silly one but this is for a huge car modification project and I would like to be able to temporarily take off my 27" imac and transfer to my MBP when I travel. I can "work" on the refining the car library then when I return home transfer the new work back to the imac and delete the older version. I was hoping that the speed of the hunderbolt cable would make this "doable". -
Thunderbolt Firmware 1.2 update problem
I have an iMac 27" 3.4ghz, 16GB RAM, 768 Flash Drive (SSD), and 2gb VRAM.
The system is only 1 1/2 weeks old and after updating to Thunderbolt Firmware 1.2, both of my ports are not being recognized at all. In other words, they are dead. I've called Apple Tech Support and went through various troubleshooting steps including SMC Reset, Zapping the PRAM, safe booting, etc. and yet nothing works. Finally, they had me do a system image and forward it to their software technicians. The case was opened this past Sunday and I was told they would be getting back to me within 48 hours, but havent heard back just yet.
One thing I should point out, my system keeps telling me that there is a software update showing me the Thunderbolt Firmware Update 1.2 is available. I've tried to update many different times and it keeps showing up after my system restarts.
Has anyone else been having this problem after updating to Firmware 1.2 or had any luck updating on an iMac 2012?I tried this (unplugging/replugging Thunderbolt cable), and rebooting MBP, and unplugging/replugging power cable to the Thunderbolt display. None solved the problem after Thunderbolt Firmware 1.2 update. Prior to Thunderbolt Firmware 1.2 update usually one of those operations would resolve the problem.
However adding the keyboard USB extension cable makes the keyboard working again when connected to the Thunderbolt display. -
Hi I am trying to connect my mba mid 2011 with an imac 27" 2011 with target display mode tdm. When I am using a thunderbolt cable nothing will work. When I use a minidisplay cable, both screens turn blue but eventually nothing happens. What is the problem
Your answer is likely in Target Display Mode: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) - Apple Support If you are familiar with this document, please re-read it and I suspect you may find something you either missed or are doing incorrectly.
-
I have a new Macbook Pro. Trying to migrate files etc from my Macbook Air using a Thunderbolt Cable between them.
I follow the directions but the two computers never "discover" each other - using a WiFi connection works but 70 hours is a rough deal.
(Mac OS 10.8.2 on both computers)Are you trying target disk mode?
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH10725
Ciao -
How do i use my imac 21.5" 2011 as a display for my macbook pro late 2011, through thunderbolt cable ? I have tried and it doesnt seem to work, neither does target disk mode.
Could it be a borked cable ? I just bought it new from the store today, i have updated both imac and macbook pro to latest thunderbolt firmware and updates. Both 10.7.3.
MacBook Pro:
Vendor Name: Apple, Inc.
Device Name: MacBook Pro
UID: 0x0001000A17016E60
Firmware Version: 22,1
Port:
Status: No devices connected
Link Status: 7
Port Micro Firmware Version: FFFF.FF.FFYou are correct, here is what Apple Says:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3775
I was able to find these instructions, however they referr to 2009-2011 27" iMacs. I think it's the same, if it's not then contact Apple directly for instructions. If either of the machines is less than 90 days old or covered by AppleCare then call AppleCare tomorrow for help, they should be able to easily answer this for you. You will find the number in your manual or you can use the AppleCare Contact Info link.
Your iMac should automatically recognize the presence of a digital video signal at the Mini DisplayPort and enter Target Display Mode.
If your iMac does not automatically enter Target Display Mode, press command + F2 to manually enter Target Display Mode.
Maybe you are looking for
-
Hi SAP Guru How i can get Dunning 2nd and 3rd letters I have getten dunning 1st letter but i am not able to get sencond and 3rd what is the process , Thank you in advance
-
I am working on a drill-down report... So I have a Summary and a Details report... Now i need a way to select multiple records in the Summary report so i can print the details for those entries... I don't want to use the default "save as pdf" option.
-
On my iphone4 I need to be able to receive and send both TDS and Yahoo e-mail accounts (I also need to access from my Macbook Pro and my HP desktop). I have NO problem with Yahoo, but with TDS, the e-mail seemed to work on my phone.... and then it d
-
I have saved something on Acrobat 9 pro, now it's telling me
I can't use the product. I need to get at the document I saved. The box says I have to uninstall and re-install the program. How do I do this without losing what is saved?
-
OBIEE 11g default pivot formatting changes
Hi, in OBIEE 11g, there are several default pivot table formatting options that we would like to disable - I don't want end users to have to do this manually: #1 - All cells that are not in the "Measures" area have a default tan background applied to