Questions & Answers for Apple Thunderbolt Display (27-inch)

The answer is not correct. A second older display can be added, but not directly attached to the Thunderbolt display. You have to put some other Thunderbolt device in the middle and make the old cinema display the last in the chain. Therefore you could connect a Lacie external thunderbolt drive and then connect the old cinema display to the Lacie drive as it has two thnuderbolt ports. This would then give you two 27" displays. Not cheap way of doing things but at the moment it is the only way.

• Answered by Arjuna P
• Jan 8, 2012
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You wouldn't, as the TBD doesn't have a headphone output. Instead you'd connect your speakers directly to the computer driving the display, whether Mac Pro, MBP or Mini.


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• Answered by Mark B from Menlo Park
• Nov 5, 2012
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No,
I've been running mine for 14-15 hours + continuously this week, and not even warm!

Not sure what type your old display was, but the LED backlit models use far less energy and produce far less heat.

• Answered by Martin S from Helensvale
• Sep 12, 2012
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No you cannot boot a bootable USB with the Apple Thunderbolt Display because it is not a computer. The ports on the back of the display are connected to a computer using a thunderbolt cable not to the display its self.

• Answered by Dean S from Encino
• Jun 17, 2012
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Currently there is no such product as a Thunderbolt NAS drive. Thunderbolt HDD, yes. When you connect a Thunderbolt drive to the Thunderbolt Display (or directly to a Thunderbolt computer) the drive could be shared on the network. The computer must be present, the Thunderbolt display can not provide this service without the computer. The display provides you all the ports (no adapters required) plus a audio system and provides power for a MacBook.

I have a MacBook Air connected to the Thunderbolt Display with several Seagate Thunderbolt drives connected to the display Thunderbolt port. The beauty of the Thunderbolt Display is that it becomes the hub of your desk to hook cables to. Just one cable connects to a MacBook and that supplies the power too. No adapters are needed for a MacBook Air to make Firewire 800 and Ethernet and additional (3) USB connections. If you need additional USB ports beyond the three on the display, you may plug a powered USB hub into the display.

And, yes, the MacBook will work in a cover closed mode when attached to the display, if you wish.

The Thunderbolt Display will also connect to a Thunderbolt equipped iMac for use as a second display.

• Answered by James H from Portland
• Jun 11, 2012
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No, you need 27" LED Cinema Display to connect to a Mac Pro (mini - display port).

TB Display is for current generation MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac Mini.

• Answered by Timothy P from Fitzroy North
• Jan 12, 2012
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While you aren't required to use the MagSafe charger that the Thunderbolt Display provides for powering your computer, you would still need to use the original affixed Thunderbolt cable to connect the display itself.

• Answered by Julian B
• Dec 13, 2011
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