Cord To Hook Apple Laptop To Tv

Connecting your apple laptop be it a macbook macbook pro or macbook air to your tv can be as simple as connecting one end of a cable to your macbook and the other end to your tv.

Cord to hook apple laptop to tv.

If you have an older tv and an older laptop there are options like vga but that s. Or it can be as complicated as using specific adapters that are compatible with both your laptop and your tv s available ports. Hook the cable into the back of the television and switch the tv s input to the port. Connect one end of the video cable or an adapter if necessary to the computer s thunderbolt port hdmi port or dvi port then connect the other end of the cable to the tv s video input port.

Connect your iphone or ipad to the lightning cable end of the adapter and the hdmi or vga cable to the other. If you need to adjust the resolution on your tv choose apple menu system preferences click displays then click display. Like hdmi a displayport cable carries both audio and video over a single connection. You can find the name of your apple tv s current network by opening settings on the apple tv selecting network and looking at the current wi fi name.

You can connect your mac computer to a tv with a cable or wirelessly if you have the right equipment. Initially developed by apple for use in mac products mini displayports are now included in various tablets and pc laptops. Connect your mac to the same network as the apple tv. Both your mac and your apple tv must be connected to the same wi fi network before you can mirror your mac s screen to your tv.

Select default for display to automatically use the best.