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Apple Computing Products:
Running Windows on your Mac
iMac as screen for a Pc
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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1906578" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>I've been asked a bunch of times if an old iMac (outside of the range that can use Target Display Mode) can be used as a monitor for another computer. The conventional wisdom is that, no, it can't.</p><p></p><p>Then I stumbled upon this product:</p><p></p><p>ScreenRecycler </p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://screenrecycler.en.uptodown.com/mac[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Using a combination of Ethernet and VNC, ScreenRecycler allows you to use an iMac as a *second* (NOT the primary, That is, it allows a two monitor setup.) monitor for your computer. </p><p></p><p>I was curious as to whether ScreenRecycler could be used to make an iMac be the primary monitor for another computer, so I wrote to the company and asked. According to Patrick Stein at ScreenRecycler, to set up an iMac to act as a primary display for a Mini: "you don't need ScreenRecycler for </p><p>that task, a VNC client would be all you need."</p><p></p><p>A VNC server is built into the Mac.</p><p></p><p>There are a bunch of VNC clients available for the Mac. Some of them are free.</p><p></p><p>I haven't tried this myself. If you try it, please report back.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1906578, member: 190607"] I've been asked a bunch of times if an old iMac (outside of the range that can use Target Display Mode) can be used as a monitor for another computer. The conventional wisdom is that, no, it can't. Then I stumbled upon this product: ScreenRecycler [URL unfurl="true"]https://screenrecycler.en.uptodown.com/mac[/URL] Using a combination of Ethernet and VNC, ScreenRecycler allows you to use an iMac as a *second* (NOT the primary, That is, it allows a two monitor setup.) monitor for your computer. I was curious as to whether ScreenRecycler could be used to make an iMac be the primary monitor for another computer, so I wrote to the company and asked. According to Patrick Stein at ScreenRecycler, to set up an iMac to act as a primary display for a Mini: "you don't need ScreenRecycler for that task, a VNC client would be all you need." A VNC server is built into the Mac. There are a bunch of VNC clients available for the Mac. Some of them are free. I haven't tried this myself. If you try it, please report back. [/QUOTE]
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