Apple Display Connector

The Apple Display Connector (ADC ) is a special connection for monitors to computer manufacturer Apple.

It is a proprietary development by Apple. The connection and the cable transmit three signals at once ( USB, DVI and electricity) and thus eliminate the need for messy cables under the desk. It is thus possible to turn on the Mac by pressing a button on the monitor. The ADC was blocked by Apple from 2000 to 2005.

The ADC connector was the standard connection to TFTs on the PowerMac to the introduction of the new Apple Cinema Display series at WWDC on 28 June 2004 by the then CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs. Here the ADC connector was replaced by a so-called breakout cable, in which continued to carry a cable to the monitor, but the connections for power, monitor, USB can be connected with three different connectors on the computer.

This cable whips solution was only in 2011 with the new Thunderbolt port replaced again by a single cable, which was developed as USB along with Intel and is available across manufacturers.

For older devices still in use is there is now an adapter to DVI to standard displays to connect to the Mac.

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