Apple has a helpful guide on their website. The projector won’t know the difference – and all the HDCP copy protection and image quality enhancements such as resolution scaling will work to make any Mac look good on the screen. If you have an HDMI equipped projector, you can use simple adapters on the cable to convert the HDMI signal to the right physical form to connect to your laptop.
So which cable do you put on the table to enable everyone to connect? Nearly all the new projectors have HDMI ports, but if you have an older projector with a VGA port, it is going to be a challenge to connect it to your new 27” iMac with the Retina screen your programmer is asking for.Īpple has also been changing its ports on their notebooks, going from VGA, to HDMI, to mini-DisplayPort, and now Thunderbolt 3 using USB-C. While the easiest way to connect a Mac to a projector is with a cable, it can get more complicated in a fast-growing company where you don’t have standardized notebooks.
