Target Mode not working on M1 MBP?

[Sub.0]

I just received my M1 MacBook Pro and when trying to enter Target Mode using my 2013 iMac it seems like it’s not working. I have a 2019 MacBook Pro that I was using with Target Mode and it works fine.

Is anyone else having or experienced this issue?

I am using a Thunderbolt 3 to 2 Adapter for the connection.

 

[jdb8167]

I just received my M1 MacBook Pro and when trying to enter Target Mode using my 2013 iMac it seems like it’s not working. I have a 2019 MacBook Pro that I was using with Target Mode and it works fine.

Is anyone else having or experienced this issue?

I am using a Thunderbolt 3 to 2 Adapter for the connection.

I think Target mode is gone for Apple Silicon Macs. There is a way to set up your Mac to use SMB though.

Transfer files between a Mac with Apple silicon and another Mac

Transfer files between two Mac computers using target disk mode

 

[Yebubbleman]

I just received my M1 MacBook Pro and when trying to enter Target Mode using my 2013 iMac it seems like it’s not working. I have a 2019 MacBook Pro that I was using with Target Mode and it works fine.

Is anyone else having or experienced this issue?

I am using a Thunderbolt 3 to 2 Adapter for the connection.

I think Target mode is gone for Apple Silicon Macs. There is a way to set up your Mac to use SMB though.

Transfer files between a Mac with Apple silicon and another Mac

Transfer files between two Mac computers using target disk mode

I can confirm that Target Disk Mode is no more on Apple Silicon Macs. Its successor on Apple Silicon Macs (M1 and newer) is "Mac Sharing Mode". Instructions on how to use Mac Sharing Mode are detailed in @jdb8167 's first link entitled "Transfer files between a Mac with Apple silicon and another Mac".

For those not familiar, rather than turning your Mac into an external hard drive (the way that Target Disk Mode always had), Mac Sharing Mode turns your Mac into an SMB network file share. On the plus side, grabbing files from Windows and Linux clients is much easier, since both are compatible with SMB. On the downside, it's not an external drive that you can directly copy things from or to anymore (though the way Apple was going with the T2 Macs, it's probably better this way).

 

[Kent W]

People has reported it to work on older iMacs.

How to Integrate M1 Mac mini with Target Display Mode Thunderbolt Displays (Up to 3 Displays!)

I forgot to mention that I tested with Big Sur 11.0.1 and that if you have enabled screen sharing on the iMac, you will be able to run its applications using the Apple Screen Sharing app on the Mac mini. This is almost like having a fourth screen with the swipe of the trackpad. That's a pretty...

forums.macrumors.com

If you read Apples instruction carefully it states that the host machine needs to be on High Sierra or lower Mac OS version.

Abstract from Apple Support document below:

• Make sure that your iMac is using macOS High Sierra 10.13.6 or earlier. You can't use target display mode with later versions of macOS, or with Boot Camp and Windows.

Link to Apple Support page on Target Display Mode:

Use your iMac as a display with target display mode - Apple Support

Target display mode is a feature available with certain older Mac models.

support.apple.com

Since you have an iMac 2013 you might be on Catalina or Mojave? If you are, you could possibly try to install High Sierra on your system (either a new separate partition or replace the whole system). That way you will know.

If your 2013 iMac already runs HS and that is what you tested it on, you already have a result of course.

 

[valtheuw]

I can confirm that TDM works on MBP M1 with a iMac late 2009, Catalina.
That iMac does have a display port ...port.

To establish a connection several attempts of pressing command-F2 are needed, but at some point the iMac recognizes the input via usb-c/display port cable.

 

[derRaab]

I can confirm that TDM works on MBP M1 with a iMac late 2009, Catalina.
That iMac does have a display port ...port.

To establish a connection several attempts of pressing command-F2 are needed, but at some point the iMac recognizes the input via usb-c/display port cable.

Hi valtheurw, is this still working on macOS Monterey?

I recently received my MacBook Pro M1Max (with Monterey) and Target Display Mode isn't recognised. My MacBook Pro (End 2016) does detect the iMac (End 2012) with macOS Catalina just fine.