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User profile for user: Macstogether
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How do I extend the screen of my 2020 iMac to my MacBook Pro? I would like the iMac to be my primary.

I would like to use my iMac as the primary and extend to the MacBook. I have a Thunderbolt 3 cable.


iMac 27″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Aug 23, 2020 7:08 PM

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User profile for user: Kappy
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Posted on Aug 23, 2020 8:25 PM

Notebook models cannot be used as displays. iMacs from 2014 or earlier can be used as an extended display for the notebooks. See Use your iMac as a display with Target Display Mode - Apple Support and Use Mac notebook computer in closed-display mode with an external display.


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