Üzgünüz, bu sayfadaki içerik şimdilik sadece English dil(ler)inde mevcut. Türkçe çevirisi kısa bir süre içerisinde yapılacaktır, lütfen bu sayfayı yakında tekrar ziyaret ediniz. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language.
Üzgünüz, bu sayfadaki içerik şimdilik sadece English dil(ler)inde mevcut. Türkçe çevirisi kısa bir süre içerisinde yapılacaktır, lütfen bu sayfayı yakında tekrar ziyaret ediniz. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language.
Apple killed Target Display Mode after the 2014 iMac. If you own a 2015 or later Intel iMac that’s gathering dust, there’s no built-in way to plug it in as a dumb monitor for another computer. But the hardware is still perfectly good — that 27-inch 5K Retina panel isn’t something you just throw away.
Here’s how I turned my 2020 iMac 27″ 5K into a second display for both a Mac and a Windows PC, using only software and a cable or two.
Using the iMac as a Second Monitor for a Mac
The trick is a combination of a virtual display on the new Mac and VNC from the old iMac.
Step 1: Create a Virtual Display on the New Mac
Install BetterDisplay on the new Mac. It’s free for basic features; creating virtual screens is included. Open the app, go to Settings > Displays > Overview, and click “Create New Virtual Screen.” Choose a resolution that the old iMac supports natively — for a 27″ 5K iMac, you’ll want 5120×2880 if your network can handle it, or something more modest like 2560×1440 if it can’t.
[Read more]