Once upon a time to connect a laptop to a television or external display you d need to run a vga cable between the two devices.
Cable to connect apple laptop to tv.
Connect a laptop to a tv using a cable.
Macs manufactured in the last 8 years will output both video and audio through one of the following ports.
This wikihow teaches you how to connect a macbook laptop to a tv.
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.
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.
Happily things are easier now.
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.
If you need to adjust the resolution on your tv choose apple menu system preferences click displays then click display.
If you have an apple computer.
Here s what you need to connect your mac and tv.
You can also use your macbook s airplay feature to connect to an apple tv if necessary.
The easiest way is to use airplay.
You can connect your mac computer to a tv with a cable or wirelessly if you have the right equipment.
Select default for display to automatically use the best.