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Connect new Macbook (USB

I have a new Macbook (12 inch, Retina—love it), with a single USB-C socket. I also have an (old) Apple Cinema HD Display which would like a dual-link DVI connector.

 

How can I connect these two together?  There doesn't seem to be a combination of Apple adapters/connectors that will do the job for me.

You'll need the USB-C to HDMI digital av multiport adapter first.

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MJ1K2AM/A/usb-c-digital-av-multiport-adapter

 

Then an HDMI to DVI adapter

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MJVU2AM/A/apple-hdmi-to-dvi-adapter

 

Plug the adapters together and into the USB-C port.  Then Plug a DVI cable from the HDMI to DVI adapter to the Cinema Display, and the USB cable from the Cinema display to the USB-C av multi port's USB port. 

You'll need the USB-C to HDMI digital av multiport adapter first.

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MJ1K2AM/A/usb-c-digital-av-multiport-adapter

 

Then an HDMI to DVI adapter

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MJVU2AM/A/apple-hdmi-to-dvi-adapter

 

Plug the adapters together and into the USB-C port.  Then Plug a DVI cable from the HDMI to DVI adapter to the Cinema Display, and the USB cable from the Cinema display to the USB-C av multi port's USB port. 

This most likely will only work in single link DVI mode: or up to 1920x1200

 

As far as I know there aren't any HDMI to dual-link DVI adapters.

There do exist active HDMI to DisplayPort adapters that support up to 2560x1600@60Hz and there are active DisplayPort to Dual-link-DVI adapters that support 2560x1600@60Hz.

Sadly external displays on my MacBook 2016 isn't very stable in general, so that makes testing these adapters is difficult on the 2016 model.

Phil0124 is incorrect. The HDMI to DVI adapter will only work for normal (not dual link) DVI.

 

There are very few adapters that handle dual-link DVI. You'll want Apple's dual-link adapter and then an adapter to convert to usb-c

I was looking for the same thing to use my Dell 3007WFP at 2560x1600 and found this:

 

https://www.startech.com/uk/AV/usb-c-video-adapters/usb-c-dvi-adapter~CDP2DVI

 

It's a far more reasonable price than Apple's Mini Display Port to Dual Link DVI so I think I'm gonna give this one a try.

I had the same question and found you through a Google search. I just found this from Startech and think I'll give it a whirl to connect to my Dell 3007WFP at 2560x1600.

 

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Thank you for the suggestion.  Although helpful, this solution suffers from the same problem as nearly every USB-C adapter solution: there isn't a multi-hub for USB-C connections: this means that either I connect my external display or I charge my Macbook, I can't do both at the same time.

 

For now I have a single-link DVA connection (via a HDMI multi-link adapter for the macbook USB-C), and it is acceptable. It isn't the best resolution, but I can keep my macbook connected to power, and, more importantly, keep my iPhone plugged in and charging as well.

 

Apple will eventually have to step up to the multi-hub USB-C problem as all these devices move to USB-C.

You could also use one of the few USB-C docking solutions that gives you a DisplayPort rather than HDMI, then use a DisplayPort-to-Dual Link DVI converter.

The CalDigit USB-C dock and HyperDrive USB Type-C are two that I know of.  You can even buy the CalDigit one! But, yeah, this is a tough problem...

I just bought the StarTech CDP2DVI adapter, and it does not work for the old Cinema Display because (quoting from their feedback page) it does not support a "true DVI-D Dual-Link signal".

I wish Phil's suggestion were true, and it's also what the sales rep at Apple Store recommended. But it doesn't work: unfortunately the Apple DVI to HDMI adapter only supports single, not dual link DVI and therefore provides inadequate resolution.  I know this not only by theory, but by experience: I just purchased this equipment for my Dell 3007WFP and it won't support the full 2560 x 1600 res.  I also tried the Apple Dual-link DVI to DisplayPort/Thunderbolt converter (which I've been using just fine with the Dell and my 2015 MacBook Pro); hooked that up to the current Apple Displayport/Thunderbolt to USB-c converter.  No signal at all.  As far as I can tell, there is no current solution to support connection of the new MacBooks to any hi-res monitor with dual-link dvi output .  Really, really disappointing.  But sadly, not surprising.

Yup. I was looking at the same thing recently. I used mini-DisplayPort to dual-link DVI adapter with my old MacBook Air to connect it to an (older but still perfectly good) 30" monitor that only has DVI inputs. Alas, my new MacBook Pro has only USB Type-C ports.

 

Shopping on Amazon, many USB Type-C to DVI adapters and cables claim to support up to 2560x1600 (which generally requires dual-link DVI). However, all of them actually support only single-link DVI. The StarTech adapters and cables mentioned above officially support only up to 1920x1200, according to StarTech's own website. But they are often described supporting up to 2560x1600 on Amazon; which is misleading at best. My advice is to look up products at original manufacturers website and/or ask their tech support if it really supports dual-link DVI, or if it is only single-link DVI device.

 

The good reviews on Amazon for all those products are from people that either have single-link DVI monitors (so cables/adapters obviously work just fine for them). Or from people that use different flavor of adapters (e.g. USB Type-C to DisplayPort, which also obviously works just fine too). However, people that actually attempt to use them with 30" monitors that require dual-link DVI are all giving them single-star reviews. The adapters/cable being really only single-link DVI either just plain don't work. Or if they work, image is of subpar quality due to graphics card and monitor negotiating lower resolution (which monitor upscales), too low refresh rate (flickering), or they drive single-link DVI connection out of spec often causing artifacts on the screen.

 

The approach above of using Apple's Multiport AV adapter in combination with HDMI to DVI adapter won't work either. Because latter is single-link DVI only. Even if there's such a thing as HDMI to dual-link DVI adapter, I never saw one.

 

Considering monitors without DisplayPort input are generally old generation (like it or not, DVI is slowly dying and manufacturers are dropping support for it), I don't think mainstream manufacturers will rush out with USB Type-C to dual-link DVI adapters. Hopefully there will be 3rd party adapters and/or cables sometime soon for those of us with older but still perfectly good and working monitors; however I wasn't able to find any out there yet.

This page has some good solutions to try out: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/243920/connect-new-macbook-usb-c-to-app le-cinema-display-30-dvi

 

If you skip through many answers where people simply searched the web for "usb c dvi" and posted links to single-link DVI adapters/cables, there's also few that might work. They all boil down to buying USB Type-C to mini-DisplayPort adapter, and then daisy chaining it to an active mini-DisplayPort to dual-link DVI adapter. A bit of cabling challenge since latter requires separate USB Type-A connection to power the adapter. But it just might work and few people claim they have that setup actually working well.

It is difficult to say what will work. It very much also depends on the version of OS-X or macOS you are running and how it detects your monitor resolutions.

I tested with the 2016 retina Macbook with the latest El Capitan and the different Sierra versions and my Dell Ultrasharp 3008wfp.

But all version behave different and Apple fixed bugs, but also introduced new ones along the way.

 

There are HDMI to DisplayPort adapters that support 2560x1600 correctly ( https://www.delock.de/produkte/G_62496/merkmale.html?setLanguage=en ) and that somewhat work.

And there are DisplayPort to Dual-Link adapters that do that correctly: ( https://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=bsd&cs=04&sku= 470-AANW )

 

So I connected: Apple Multiport HDMI adapter -> DeLock HDMI to DisplayPort -> Dell DisplayPort to Dual-Link DVI -> Dell 3008wfp

 

Sadly on Sierra, macOS only detects 1920x1200, not 2560x1600, but it does work. (but on that resolution you could just use a passive HDMI to DVI adapter).

On El Capitan it did detect 2560x1600, but the display was not stable (flickering on and off). But on El Capitan the external screen was not stable in any situation. On Sierra the external Screen output is at least stable when using DisplayPort directly on high resolution monitors (it was totally unusable on El Capitan).

I also tried to override the resolution by using an EDID override file for my monitor, but that didn't work.

 

Eventually I did get my Dell connected in 2560x1600 (works perfectly in macOS 10.12.2, and is just-usable-and-somewhat-stable on 10.12.3).

I use Apple Multiport HDMI adapter -> 4k HDMI audio extractor -> DeLock HDMi to DisplayPort adapter -> Dell 3008

 

The Audio extractor is needed in order for macOS to detect the correct resolution, otherwise macOS refuses to select a higher resolutions then 1600x1200 (again a bug that was not present in El Capitan).

I tried this Alex, using the SIIG USB-C to DP adapter, then daisy chained it to ACCEL Active DP to DVI-D Dongle... No luck.

I have tried the following with my Dell3007WFPHC and 2017 15" MBP touch bar and none work

 

apple USB c to HDMI -> apple HDMI to DVI - scanned lines and colored noise

... changing the resolution has no effect

 

apple USB c to Thunderbolt -> apple dual DVI - nothing

apple USB c to DVI + apple USB c to USB a - nothing

apple USB c to Thunderbolt -> apple Thunderbolt to DVI + apple USB c to USB a - nothing

 

and I've WASTED a lot of money on useless adapters.

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