Hi Daniel, thanks for those links, I'll review those and see where too next. My wifes MBP is a 13" MBP 2011 so probably limited in the graphics space per your comments.
Kind Regards Peter Crisp ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To:"WAMUG" Cc: Sent:Mon, 8 Jun 2020 08:22:57 +0800 Subject:Re: 2011 MP with 2 monitors Yes, as Neil mentioned - I’m pretty sure you can’t run a display off a Firewire port - different “technologies”. You could try something like this - https://www.amazon.com.au/LINDY-Mini-DisplayPort-DVI-D-MST/dp/B01F0VYI5G Never tried it myself,….but one thing to bear in mind is that same only “split” the display,..so you’re not really getting “2 monitors”, you’re getting 1 display spread over 2 monitors. The other issue could also be if the one Graphics card can handle it all as well. So there could be issues there. (This can differ depending if it’s a MBPro 13” or a 15” as I didn’t see it mentioned there.) - the MBPro 15” has a dedicated graphics card, so slightly more powerful to run external monitors then the 13” which uses less memory to run it. Or a DVI input splitter - https://www.auselectronicsdirect.com.au/2-port-dvi-d-dual-link-video-splitter?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI9625j-zv6QIVliQrCh2hUAodEAQYFCABEgJT3vD_BwE Other options could be a dock of some sort also. One from Thunderbolt to say HDMI for one monitor and DVI for the other monitor. Or a type of splitter like the above. Hope something there helps. Kind regards Daniel Sent from my iPhone XS --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: Web: **For everything Apple** NOTE: Any information provided in this email may be my personal opinion and as such should be taken accordingly, and may not be the views of MacWizardry. Any information provided does not offer or warrant any form of warranty or accept liability. It would be appreciated that if any information in this email is to be disseminated, distributed or copied, that permission by the author be requested. > On 7 Jun 2020, at 8:33 pm, Pete wrote: > > Thanks for that feedback Neil. Much appreciated. > > > Regards > > Pete > >> On 7 Jun 2020, at 7:51 pm, Neil Houghton wrote: >> >> Hi Pete, >> >> I don't think you can drive a display from the firewire port - I've never seen a cable or adaptor that would achieve this. >> >> This guy used a usb video adaptor https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=25&v=vIVZI1cFiAw&feature=emb_logo to drive 2 monitors from a 2011 Macbook Pro (that was back in 2011). >> >> His monitor was, I think, DVI but the adaptor also handles HDMI - it's not cheap though https://www.amazon.com.au/Diamond-Multimedia-BVU195-2048x1152-1920x1080/dp/B002GHBW4S >> OWC have a similar thing https://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/VIDU3DVIA/ >> >> This article includes other ways involving thunderbolt daisy-chaining https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/62537/can-i-have-multiple-monitors-on-my-macbook-pro-early-2011 but since that involves either a thunderbolt display or thunderbolt docks, I don't know if it would be any cheaper. >> >> >> HTH >> >> >> Cheers >> >> >> >> Neil >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 07/06/20, 18:12, "Peter Crisp" wrote: >> >> Hi there, my Wife is to soon be working from home. She has a 2011 MacBook Pro with SSD and RAM upgrade so it’s reasonably capable. She wants to be able to use two 24” monitors we have in the office and a bit of a struggle to see how this can be done. >> >> The MBP has a FireWire, Thunderbolt and 2 USB ports. I have a Thunderbolt to HDMI cable so that gives one monitor but varying success with finding Firewire to HDMI (or VGA) to feed the second monitor. The lads at JB HIFI didn’t know what Firewire even was!!! They probably hadn’t been born when Firewire was common place. >> >> Does anyone have any tips on using the Firewire port for display duties? >> >> Regards >> >> >> Pete >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - >> Guidelines - >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - >> Guidelines - >> Settings & Unsubscribe - > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - > Guidelines - > Settings & Unsubscribe - -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - Guidelines - Settings & Unsubscribe -
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