MacBook Pro 14inch compatible with LED Cinema Display?

[Stephen H]

Urgent help needed! I have just bought a new MacBook Pro to replace my older one (2014) and am finding problems connecting up to my even older Apple LED Cinema Display - the minidisplay adapter for video used to fit into the 2014 Thunderbolt 2 port, so I went to the local Apple Store where they recommended I try a Thunderbolt 2 to Thunderbolt 3 adapter - no picture on the display.

As a publisher I work on two screens routinely, so this is an urgent problem - has anyone managed to find a workaround for this?

I am very loth to simply get rid of the LED Display, which in all other respects works fine - should I be keeping my old MacBook Pro just to work the monitor? Any other solutions?

 

[Cory Cooper]

Hello and welcome.

Which exact model is the old display? Is it an LED Cinema Display (24-inch) or LED Cinema Display (27-inch) with a Mini DisplayPort connection port?

C

 

[Stephen H]

Thanks for getting back to me - since this posting I have managed to solve the issue of old technology linking to new. I was recommended to get https://www.amazon.co.uk/ARKTEK-Adapter-Thunderbolt-Compatible-DisplayPort/dp/B072KRZ4SZ/
and that seems to work fine. My display is 27inch.

 

[Cory Cooper]

No worries...glad you found a solution.

Be well.