Apple Thunderbolt display

There was a thread about this display and the FW13 here: [TRACKING] Cannot Connect to Thunderbolt 2 Monitor - #2 by andyk2

Not much luck with this display on new PCs.

The Apple Thunderbolt display is a TB1 device and might require security features to be disabled on a host device. Presumably Apple is doing this as needed on their systems or designed an opening for their old hardware. Last time I used mine was on a 2015 MBP, so I’m not actually sure how well supported it has been since then.

Firewire stuff has a similar problem, relying on unauthenticated DMA (maybe not coincidental that the TB Display includes a firewire port). Adapting the connector to usb-c isn’t sufficient.

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