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I solved this with a ~$200 driver board from AliExpress. I love the result because it's thinner than any other monitor that I own and I can swap between my MacB
by ray__ 2y ago
I solved this with a ~$200 driver board from AliExpress. I love the result because it's thinner than any other monitor that I own and I can swap between my MacBook Pro and my desktop machine (running either Windows or Linux).
Obviously this requires a little bit of tinkering and the end result isn't nicely packaged like a factory Apple product would be, but it only took about half an hour to put together and I haven't had any issues with the driver board yet. And it was way cheaper than a "Retina" display from Apple or LG.
- JKCalhoun 2y agoI solved it by not updating the OS or apps. I stopped updating at Mountain Lion. My older iMac is my scanning and photo editing Mac. A flatbed scanner is permanently attached and Photos from Mountain Lion is still useable. In fact the retouch tool is actually faster (Photos experienced a serious performance regression for the retouch tool soon after Mountain Lion).
- YooLi 2y agoCan you give any details of the driver board or possibly a link? Thanks in advance.
- chriscjcj 2y agoThis may help: https://khronokernel.com/macos/2022/03/01/5K-MONITOR.html https://khronokernel.com/macos/2022/03/01/5K-MONITOR.html https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Convert+an+iMac+Intel+27-Inch+EMC+2639+into+an+HDMI+Monitor/165631 https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Convert+an+iMac+Intel+27-Inch+E... https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256802134515555.html https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256802134515555.html https://blog.lewislovelock.com/turning-an-5k-imac-into-a-monitor https://blog.lewislovelock.com/turning-an-5k-imac-into-a-mon... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203666708700?var=504097344943 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203666708700?var=504097344943 https://mschmitt.org/blog/convert-5k-27-imac-external-display-usb-c/ https://mschmitt.org/blog/convert-5k-27-imac-external-displa... https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256802548599862.html?gatewayAdapt=glo2usa4itemAdapt https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256802548599862.html?gateway...
- ray__ 2y agoSorry about the late response, the listing that I bought is this one: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804264671858.html https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804264671858.html I didn't bother to mess around with mounting, I just used command strips to attach the driver board to the back of the monitor and mounted the monitor on one of these clamp-type stands: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MFDQR5D https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MFDQR5D The heat sink on the board can get warm but nothing to worry about regarding being mounted to the monitor.