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    Connecting an Apple LED Cinema Display to a USB-C MacBook or MacBook Pro?

    by GLENN FLEISHMAN Mar 17, 2017 5 minutes

    Apple has rarely released sales figures on particular models of products they offer, but I have to imagine they shipped at least hundreds of thousands of its two Apple LED Cinema Displays (24-inch and 27-inch) based on the number of people who want to connect them via USB-C to a 12-inch MacBook or a 2016 MacBook Pro.

    I purchased several adapters and cables that can take the LED Cinema Display’s Mini-DisplayPort (not Thunderbolt) and convert it into something that passes over USB-C in a compatible chain that allows you to connect to the USB-C– equipped MacBook and 2016 MacBook Pro. My testing shows three affordable and viable options, plus a reasonable option for a full-featured USB-C dock that requires just a simple adapter.

    Apple made multiple generations of its displays: the first used DVI (in single-link and dual-link flavors); the second, Mini-Display- Port; the third, Thunderbolt 2. I’m

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