Hi Rod, Yes, you should be able to do that. It¹s a relatively new feature for the iMac (from late 2009 model) so yours should be fine from the Apple site:
<http://www.apple.com/au/imac/features.html> You can use your iMac as a display, via the Mini DisplayPort: > > Mini DisplayPort. > > The Mini DisplayPort lets you connect an external display, including the Apple > LED Cinema Display, to your iMac. On the 27-inch iMac, the same port offers > input, too. So you can connect any external source that has DisplayPort output > including a MacBook or MacBook Pro and use your iMac as a display. You have to put the iMac into ³Target Display² mode, this article gives some more detail: <http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3924> and has this to say about the cable you need: > Note: Target Display mode requires a Mini DisplayPort to Mini DisplayPort > cable, such as the Belkin Mini DisplayPort to Mini DisplayPort cable, which is > sold separately at the Apple Store as part number TX706VC/A. > You should be able to use it as either a mirror of the Macbook Pro screen or as a second (extended desktop) monitor depending on how you set the Macbook Pro. I think this is a great feature I imagine a few buyers might decide just to get an iMac rather than an Apple display for a bit more money you get, in effect, a spare computer thrown in ;o) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: [email protected] on 23/7/10 9:00 PM, Rod Blitvich at [email protected] wrote: > Hi WAMUGers > Please can you tell me if it is possible to connect a macbook pro to a 6 month > old 27 inch imac to use two monitors? > If so what cables do you need? > ta > Blitto > > Rod Blitvich - Amy & Sam¹s Dad > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > 0409 681 256 > [email protected] > http://web.me.com/blitto <http://web.mac.com/blitto> > > A Life? Cool! Where can I download one of those from? > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
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