Questions & Answers for Apple LED Cinema Display (27" flat panel)

No adaptor needed! MiniDP and Thunderbolt share the same physical connector - the mini DP cable included with this monitor will work with your Thunderbolt port just fine, it will act as if it was connected to a miniDP connector See Apple Support HT5219, Point 18.

• Answered by Joshua W from Holmfirth
• Apr 13, 2013
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YES. The Atlona AT-DP400 is a DVI to Mini DisplayPort converter designed to convert every Mac or PC computer's with a dual link DVI output to a digital signal over a Mini DisplayPort connector. The converter is designed for the 27inch iMac / LED monitor and supports 2560x1440.

• Answered by Tim B from Adelaide
• Sep 18, 2010
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27 Cinema Display mini display port will work with older Macs with mini display port only output. They will also work with thunderbolt Macs (as the last device in chain).
27 Cinema Display thunderbolt version will only work work when plugged into a thunderbolt port in the newer Macs.

So , if you have a new Mac with thunderbolt port , get either version.
If you have a Mac without thunderbolt port, get the old mini display port version.

• Answered by Sinan K from Seattle
• Nov 2, 2011
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you can power off but you can't power on with Macbook clamshell closed. You can wake it from sleep using usb connected keyboard/mouse or even connecting your iphone/ipod/ipad...

• Answered by Brian C from Los Alamitos
• Oct 3, 2010
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No. The LED Cinema Display does not support HDCP (High Definition Content Protection) required to output from a Blu-Ray player.

• Answered by Joshua W from Holmfirth
• Apr 13, 2013
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Yes. Monitor connections are hot swappable. When you dis/connect a monitor, OSX will blank out the screens while it automatically adjusts to the new configuration.

Since this monitor also attaches to the MB/MBP with USB and Power, those are also hot-swappable. Obviously your laptop will run off battery power until you connect it to another power source. Also, if you have other devices attached to the monitor's USB ports, like external hard drives, they should be unmounted from the OSX desktop on the laptop first.

• Answered by Jeff B from Salt Lake City
• Oct 28, 2010
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Go to the Apple Menu and select About this Mac.
More Info->System Report->Graphics/Displays.
Serial Number is listed there.

• Answered by Kathleen P from Lancaster
• Feb 14, 2013
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No direct cable connection, but I'm sure you can look at ElGato products for that. As for allowing the use of the built in camera (or any other webcam) I use something called EVOcam. It allows you to remotely view your webcam and I believe you can save logs and images for archiving and you should be able to set it up for motion detect as well. Hope that helps.

• Answered by Dan C from Prospect
• Feb 23, 2011
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