This wikihow teaches you how to connect a macbook laptop to a tv.
Cable to connect apple laptop to tv.
Modern macbooks differ from macbook pro computers in that they only have one video output port while macbooks from 2009 through 2015 make use of a mini displayport slot.
Select default for display to automatically use the best.
If you need to adjust the resolution on your tv choose apple menu system preferences click displays then click display.
Here s what you need to connect your mac and tv.
Thunderbolt 3 oval port also known as usb c found on the backs of recent imac computers and on all recent models of macbook.
Determine your mac s video output.
If you have an apple computer.
If you wanted audio too you needed an additional 3 5mm cable to plug into your laptop s headphone port.
You can also use your macbook s airplay feature to connect to an apple tv if necessary.
Happily things are easier now.
Again it depends on what computer you have as well as the capabilities of your tv or the streaming device connected to your tv.
Macs manufactured in the last 8 years will output both video and audio through one of the following ports.
Connect a laptop to a tv using a cable.
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.
If your mac has a thunderbolt 3 port you ll need a usb c to hdmi cable.