Questions & Answers for Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter

Yes Thunderbolt is fully backwards compatible with Mini Display products.

• Answered by Dustin W from Prather
• Jul 22, 2011
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Yes, as long as you meet two requirements:

(1) You have the new series of MacBook Pros with the mini display plug, which is significantly smaller than the old mini DVI plugs.

(2) You purchase a cable that has one male DVI-D end (to plug into this adapter) and one male HDMI end (to plug into the TV). There are two types of DVI-D cables. This will only carry single-link, although both types will physically plug in and work.

p.s. This type of cabling system will not carry audio to your TV since DVI-D cannot carry audio, so you will need to hook an external sound source to your MPB if you want greater sound than your computer speakers can produce.

• Answered by Tony B
• Dec 28, 2009
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that is correct - hdmi in this case will only carry the video - audio will go through mini jack (headphone jack) - your tv may have a mini jack input especially for audio from a pc - my toshiba does - -hdmi input 1 can use mini jack audio from a pc - hope this helps - -

• Answered by Pete M from Philadelphia
• Feb 10, 2010
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Correct. This should not be a problem with dual ports as its sending separate information to each port and theyre not dependent on each other.
However the screen resolution may be max on each display.

• Answered by Randy A from Avondale
• Jan 26, 2013
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Depends, on what inputs you have on your projector. If your projector has HDMI then you will need to buy Mini Displayport to DVI adapter and a DVI adapter to HDMI cable.
If your projector has DVI-D input then this will itself work like a charm

• Answered by Dhruv M from Plymouth Meeting
• Aug 5, 2010
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To connect a Mac Mini with a Mini DisplayPort or Thunderbolt port to an old Apple Studio display with an Apple Display connector, you would need to find an Apple Display Connector to DVI Adapter (Apple used to sell one but they don't now.) and then you would buy a Mini Displayport to DVI adaptor.

The newer Mac Minis also have an HDMI Port, you could buy an Apple Display Connector to DVI Adapter and then you would buy an HDMI to DVI adaptor.

• Answered by Sam R
• Feb 4, 2013
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The Cinema display has a Mini DVI cable built into it where you would connect your MacBook Pro into!

• Answered by Sean O from North Haven
• Jun 19, 2012
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