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nhlducks35

macrumors regular
Original poster
Jun 15, 2008
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Right now I have my iMac plugged into an external monitor. I want to plug my headphones into my monitor and get the sound from the iMac. Right now, my headphones have to be plugged into the iMac in order to get sound from iTunes on to my headphones.
 
Only possible if the sound is going to your monitor. How is it connected? HDMI, Thunderbolt, and DisplayPort include audio signal; DVI and VGA do not.
 
I see, I was using VGA which doesn't carry sound. I just bought an HDMI cable and HDMI thunderbolt adaptor.
 
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