Macworld - USA (2022-01)

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JANUARY 2022 MACWORLD 107

Mac 911
Solutions to your most vexing Mac problems.
BY GLENN FLEISHMAN

HELPDESK


Answering Your Questions and Sharing Your
Tips About Getting the Most From Your Mac

IMAGE: APPLE

WANT TO USE AN iMAC AS
AN EXTERNAL MONITOR?
YOU NEED AN OLD VERSION
OF MACOS
One of the most common reader
questions we get is, β€œCan I use my iMac as
an external monitor?” We previously
provided an almost-comprehensive

answer (fave.co/3a4jmi8) to the question
before Apple restored a page on its site
that offered technical details. The general
answer is that only iMacs models shipped
from 2009 to mid-2014 (the seventh- and
eighth-generation models) had the right
graphics circuitry for this Target Display
Mode feature.
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