Philips Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter, Unidirectional, Works with Projectors, Laptops, Tablets, Mac and PC Compatible, Fits Thunderbolt 1 and 2 Ports, Compact and Portable Design, White, SWS9200A/27

hi-tec 128 here today I want to show you another way you can connect your macbook to an external display or monitor now I have here my macbook pro 15 this is a retina model from mid-2015 and i'm gonna connect it to one of these displays now today I'm going to show you how to use the Apple mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter many monitors and projectors use VGA cables you can connect the cable coming out of the monitor or projector to this end of the adapter and then this end to your Mac now quickly taking a look at the side of my Mac you'll see the ports I have here now if you have a different Mac you may have different ports and you need to understand what the ports are and what kind of connectors they have but on the MacBook Pro 15 2015 Retina we have the power connector the MagSafe 2 connector then we have 2 Thunderbolt 2 ports that use mini DisplayPort connectors now these two can be us