Apple Cinema Display and MacBook Pro (late 2016)

[Lex365]

Well, after two months, I finally have my new MBP and have been able to see if my 10 year old 30" Apple Cinema Display can work with it and I'm happy to report that it does and I had zero issues getting it going.

I'm using three adapters.

• Apple Mini DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI Adapter ($99)
• Mini DisplayPort to USB-C Adapter (generic model bought off eBay for $10)
• Aukey USB-A to USB-C adapter for the USB plug of the DVI adapter ($5)

I know some people couldn't get this setup to work and my guess is that either it's the miniDP adapter and I just lucked out that the generic one I got was the right spec or perhaps the USB-C to USB-A adapter is not allowing enough power to be supplied to drive the monitor. I somewhat suspect the latter is true because I've been reading reports from other people that a similar setup worked for them, but then someone else will order the exact same Mini DisplayPort to USB-C adapter and it won't work for the 30" mini-DP display.

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Is this at full 2560 x 1600 resolution?

 

[Antoni Nygaard]

Is this at full 2560 x 1600 resolution?

It must be at full resolution. You can see it at the menu bar size. If it was 1280x800 it would be huge

 

[smirking]

Is this at full 2560 x 1600 resolution?

Antoni Nygaard was correct. It is at full 2560x1600 resolution. It looks great and I was very surprised that I had zero issues getting it going after all of the fail reports I had read.

 

[Lex365]

All up and running! Many thanks to Smirking for this.......

The way to do it is stated above. Apple Dual Link DVI to Mini DisplayPort cable from the Cinema Display and then I used an Apple USB to USB type C adapter as well as an Allsmart (eBay/Amazon) USB type C to Mini DisplayPort adapter.

Everything works perfectly at full resolution in both Mac OS and Windows 10.