Target display mode with PC

[viajero78]

Hi,
Is it possibile tuo use an iMac as a Monitor for a pc notebook?
I tried a thunderbolt - HDMI cable brut it doesn't Work.

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[maflynn]

No, I don't think it will work, since the PC doesn't have that functionality built into it.

 

[jobs.jdfournier]

Hi,
Is it possibile tuo use an iMac as a Monitor for a pc notebook?
I tried a thunderbolt - HDMI cable brut it doesn't Work.

Trans in advance

Depends which model. I do it with my late 2009.

 

[rkaufmann87]

Hi,
Is it possibile tuo use an iMac as a Monitor for a pc notebook?
I tried a thunderbolt - HDMI cable brut it doesn't Work.

Trans in advance

NOPE, please read what Apple says in

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204592

Specifically, "To use your iMac as a display, connect it to another Mac using the correct cable (see System Requirements below). Then press Command-F2 on the keyboard connected to your iMac. When you're done, press Command-F2 again.

 

[v.i.p.e.r]

the newer ones did not support the target mode ..

 

[viajero78]

Depends which model. I do it with my late 2009.

It's mid 2011 bus it doesn't works with pc.

 

[maflynn]

Depends which model. I do it with my late 2009.

You connect to a PC via TDM?

 

[jobs.jdfournier]

You connect to a PC via TDM?

Well to my hp laptop yes. I used a minidisplay port to display port cable and it worked fine. No special software needed on the laptop. Not sure when they stopped supporting that, but I am guess in 2011 when they went to thunderbolt.

 

[Weaselboy]

Well to my hp laptop yes. I used a minidisplay port to display port cable and it worked fine. No special software needed on the laptop. Not sure when they stopped supporting that, but I am guess in 2011 when they went to thunderbolt.

It sounds like you are just outputting the video signal to the HP and that is not the same thing as TDM. In TDM you are actually booted to the drive inside the target Mac. I don't know of any way you could do that from a PC.

 

[jobs.jdfournier]

It sounds like you are just outputting the video signal to the HP and that is not the same thing as TDM. In TDM you are actually booted to the drive inside the target Mac. I don't know of any way you could do that from a PC.

Ok yes you are right, just displaying and sending the sound to the Mac. They must have changed the definition of TDM. At least it used to mean just using the iMac as a display. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204592

 

[Weaselboy]

Ok yes you are right, just displaying and sending the sound to the Mac. They must have changed the definition of TDM. At least it used to mean just using the iMac as a display. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204592

Ackkk.... I did not help by adding to the confusion. You are talking about Target Display Mode and I was talking about Target Disk Mode. I apologize for the confusion.

https://support.apple.com/kb/ph10725

 

[jobs.jdfournier]

Ackkk.... I did not help by adding to the confusion. You are talking about Target Display Mode and I was talking about Target Disk Mode. I apologize for the confusion.

https://support.apple.com/kb/ph10725

No problem.It was a great feature and too bad they got rid of it for pc. I think more related to the thunderbolt interface.