I have a Macbook Pro running Sierra, and am having an issue with connecting it to my TV through its thunderbolt cable.
(Getting this to work in the past has always been troublesome and very finicky.)
Sometimes the connection would not work at all; sometimes requiring a shut down and restart to get it to be available to the TV.
I read this has something to do with a signal the laptop sends out when starting, which may make sense, as when all else failed, this would usually work.
(Pressing ‘restart’ would not work, it had to be a total shut down.)
Now it’s not working at all, though that may be down to the adapter I’m using.
I have a active display port to HDMI adapter going to the TV.
I tried another one, but this one is passive, and doesn’t work, though, strangely, it does on my iMac, though without sound.
I’m thinking I need another active adapter for this older model, but am finding it almost impossible to locate one.
(Unless, of course, it's the thunderbolt jack on the computer which is at fault.)
Anyone have any thoughts or experience with this issue?
(Getting this to work in the past has always been troublesome and very finicky.)
Sometimes the connection would not work at all; sometimes requiring a shut down and restart to get it to be available to the TV.
I read this has something to do with a signal the laptop sends out when starting, which may make sense, as when all else failed, this would usually work.
(Pressing ‘restart’ would not work, it had to be a total shut down.)
Now it’s not working at all, though that may be down to the adapter I’m using.
I have a active display port to HDMI adapter going to the TV.
I tried another one, but this one is passive, and doesn’t work, though, strangely, it does on my iMac, though without sound.
I’m thinking I need another active adapter for this older model, but am finding it almost impossible to locate one.
(Unless, of course, it's the thunderbolt jack on the computer which is at fault.)
Anyone have any thoughts or experience with this issue?