Connect an hdmi or minidisplay cable to your macbook.
Mac air to monitor cable.
Click the apple icon on your macbook.
Turn on your macbook and monitor.
Connects to hdmi using a third party mini displayport to hdmi.
Select the video source your macbook is connected to on the monitor.
Adapters and other accessories are sold separately.
Connects directly to hdmi using an hdmi cable.
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As you might have guessed getting the correct external monitor adapter cable was the hard part and connecting your external monitor to your macbook air is simple.
With your external monitor turned off connect the monitor to your macbook air with your new cable s and then turn your external monitor on.
Connects to hdmi using an adapter such as the apple usb c digital av multiport adapter.
Connect a usb c display.
Use the proper dongle or cable.
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Connect the display to a a thunderbolt 3 usb c port on your macbook air.
Mac computers that have any of the following ports can connect to hdmi devices.
As i said the easiest way to hook up an external monitor or a tv to your macbook would be to run an hdmi cable from either a monitor or tv directly to your mac.
Connect the other end of the cable to an hdmi port on the monitor.
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Learn how to identify the ports on your mac.
See macbook air accessories for details about adapters.
Click the displays icon.
Apple doesn t make a usb c to mini displayport adapter so you won t be able to connect a 2016 or later macbook pro to the apple cinema display or any other monitor that uses a mini display port.
3 macbook air external monitor setup.
Review the documentation or check with.