I know this is really an Apple question, but the 27 inch Thunderbolt
display has a very short, built-in thunderbolt cable. I have five of
these displays and want to connect the all to a Mac Pro. The
limiting factor is the limited cable length is prohibiting me from
placing the Mac and the
Are you trying for a hub-and-spoke topology, or a bus topology? I
thought the Mac TB displays were daisy-chainable.
On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 9:44 AM, Scott Ehrlich sc...@ehrlichtronics.com wrote:
I know this is really an Apple question, but the 27 inch Thunderbolt
display has a very short,
On 10/7/2014 9:44 AM, Scott Ehrlich wrote:
I looked for thunderbolt hubs (like a USB hub) to possibly buy more
thunderbolt cables and use the hub as a signal repeater, but no hubs
exist.
And never will. Thunderbolt is a daisy chain bus like Firewire.
Male to female Thunderbolt extension
Also, something I didn't know, but learned via googling:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5918
The Mac Pro doesn't have 6 displays on one TB bus, it has 2 displays
on each of 3 TB buses. Given the lack of extension cables, I don't
understand where they want you to put all of those monitors, though.
NewEgg has a 3 meter cableNot inexpensive @ $53
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812400134
Does that help?
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The NewEgg cables won't help with the Apple Thunderbolt displays
because the cable is built-in; you can't replace it with another one.
I can see how you would attach four displays: one on the left
daisy-chained to a second display, and one on the right daisy-chained
to a second.
But where would
