Apple’s new adapter is so clever that it works both ways! It will also allow you to connect a Thunderbolt 3 device such as the LG display into an older Thunderbolt 2 Mac such as a Mac Mini or older MacBook. Thunderbolt 3 (left) which uses a USB-C port and Thunderbolt 2 (right) which is the same as the old ADC port (Apple Display Connector).īut Apple do sell a Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 Adapter to plug older Thunderbolt 2 devices into the new Thunderbolt 3 MacBooks. The bottom line is that the new LG monitors that Apple are selling don’t plug directly into to older Thunderbolt 2 Macs. The older Thunderbolt 2 used the same connector as the old Apple Display Connectors. The new MacBooks are equipped with Thunderbolt 3 which uses a USB-C connector. So if you are thinking of buying the thunderbolt to USC-C adapter go into an Apple store first and make sure it will do what you want it to do. Foe example it would not let me hook a thunderbolt display to the USB-C port on my new 2018 Mac Mini, despite it’s claims of being bi-directional. The USB-C to Thunderbolt Cable is not as functional as it sounds. UPDATE January 2019: Please disregard this article. But the new LG monitors that Apple are selling don’t plug directly into to older Macs. What Apple’s website doesn’t say is that they sell an adapter that will allow this monitor to work with some non USB-C Macs. On their website Apple describe it as: “A perfect complement to your MacBook or MacBook Pro.” The monitor plugs into the USB-C port on the new MacBooks. It essentially functions as an Apple display but with an LG badge. This has been designed in conjunction with Apple so that you can control the display’s volume and brightness from the Apple computer. Since then Apple have started selling a nice LG display that works with MacBooks. Back in December I wrote this article about how Apple no longer sell any displays.
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