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Hi, I want to buy a Macbook air and use my 2012 iMac running Catalania 10.15.7 as occasional desktop display. Would that work? Thanks in advance.

Hi, I want to buy a Macbook Air and use my 2012 iMac running Catalania 10.15.7 as occasional desktop display. Would that work? Thanks in advance.


Posted on Aug 16, 2022 03:23 AM

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Posted on Aug 16, 2022 05:38 AM

no, the iMac must be running high Sierra or earlier, and a new MacBook Air is too new to be used as the source computer.


please see Use your iMac as a display with target display mode

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