How to connect an Apple LED Cinema Display to a new MacBook
Aug 17, 2021
4 minutes
BY GLENN FLEISHMAN
Apple rarely releases sales figures on particular models of products it offers, but I have to imagine it shipped at least hundreds of thousands of its two Apple LED Cinema Displays (24-inch, 2008 to 2010, and 27-inch, 2010 to 2013) based on the number of people who have reached out and want to connect them to a USB-C–equipped MacBook.
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 a USB-C equipped MacBook. My testing shows
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