Connect Mac Mini with VGA monitor

Asked By pierce coronado 0 points N/A Posted on - 04/17/2012

I have Mac Mini and I want to use  VGA monitor. How can I connect them and what I need to do this. On my Mini has not VGA port? Is there port to VGA adaptor ?

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Answered By Gado Cheryl 95 points N/A #102646

Connect Mac Mini with VGA monitor

Before you want to do this, you have require to purchase a “Mini DisplayPort to VGA adaptor.” After purchasing it, you have to follow the steps below-

Power off to your mac mini. Then  Connect your Mini DisplayPort to VGA adaptor to the Mini DisplayPort. It is on the back of your Mac Mini.  At the end, connect the VGA cable to VGA adaptor. Ensured that, it is properly connected with your monitor.

Now power on your mac mini. And give it some time to prepare it’s starting. After that on the apple menu’s system preferences tab, click on display button.  Then you need to select desired resolution and other related settings. Now you can fill up your desire with mac mini.

How to Hook a Mac Mini to a VGA Monitor

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Answered By Sollis Parallag 45 points N/A #102647

Connect Mac Mini with VGA monitor

Hello Pierce.

You did not specify your specific Mac Mini model. Anyways, assuming you have the latest Mac Mini you have a choice of either using the HDMI or the Thunderbolt port.  

HDMI to VGA adaptors are available for less than US$10 like this one: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoF2mecQIu0

There is no Thunderbolt to VGA adapter yet but you can use a Mini Display Port to VGA adapter like these:

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MB572Z/B/mini-displayport-to-vga-adapter

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoF2mecQIu0

The Thunderbolt port is based on DisplayPort which is the default display port for Mac displays.  Because of this, it is backwards compatible with all current DisplayPort adapters for converting to HDMI, DVI, or VGA.

Hope this helps!

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Answered By pierce coronado 0 points N/A #102648

Connect Mac Mini with VGA monitor

I though there is no such thing… Thank you for the links. Now I will just buy this on line and follow all the steps you have provided. Thank you…

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