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The Mini-DisplayPort logo that appears on a cable jack and an adapter port looks like a monitor holding its hands up in surrender (a rectangle with a vertical line on either side).

Thunderbolt 2 jacks and ports have a lightning bolt.

Ironically, Apples Lightning standard doesnt use a lightning bolt.).

Instead, you need one of the adapters or docks I reviewed earlier this year.

There are more options now and varied ones, so read product reviews carefully if you purchase one I didnt test.

And just to be more confusing, the Mini-DisplayPort converters I reviewed dont output Thunderbolt 3.

Rather, they send DisplayPort video signals over USB-C in a way that Thunderbolt 3 allows for with backwards compatibility.

Those adapters can thus be used with a 12-inch MacBook, which primarily supports USB 3 and DisplayPort over the USB-C connector, as well as with 2016 MacBook Pro models, which support Thunderbolt 3, USB 3, and a host of other standards over USB-C.

Its confusing to have a single connector style (USB-C or Mini-DisplayPort) with incompatible standards that work over it.

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