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It works with the M4 Mini as well.

The iMac goes to sleep and then Luna Display doesn't wake when moving the mouse or clicking on the keyboard. Is there a key bind that wakes luna display up? Or should sleep on the iMac be turned off?

Thankyou Phil , you broke it down so well

Thanks for the video. I have an old iMac that I like to use as a primary screen connected to Mac mini. I don’t have a second screen. How should I configure Luna display to get it to work?

i’m not sure if i’m understanding correctly; so you must use the Luna Display as a 2nd display? or i could, for example, use a 2019 21.5 as the Primary (only) display with a new mac mini? i’m having a hard time finding this specific info.

Nice one

I am curious: Can I use a 2008 24" iMac, running El Capitan 10.11.6 as ekstra monitor for my 2017 27" iMac, running Ventura 13.7.2? And connect with ethernet cable. Later I have a plan to use the 27" together with a MacMini M4.

Thanks for these videos Phil. I am definitely buying an M4 mini and I am also hoping that I will be able to use Luna Display on my 2015 Monterey 27” which is partitioned with Bootcamp to operate Windows 10 and Monterey. I have it on good authority that it is possible to install Lunar on both operating systems although support for that arrangement may be limited. I will update here once I get it setup-or not 😊.

Thank you so much for the advice. I need all the help i can get 😂

one issue wirth mentioning - this dock doesnt support more than one monitor as far as i can see.... i have a dual screen set up with 2723DE and 2723D and it only mirrors on them, rather than extend to both.... (macbook pro 2023)

Thanks Phil. You fixed my dictation. And you're right - Dictation is brilliant, a real timesaver. ANDY Down under IN SYDNEY.

This does look very interesting. I’ve just ordered a Luna dongle and I’m considering getting a second hand Apple Watch (series 7) - could you make a more detailed video explaining the necessary steps to do this (for an Apple Watch newbie) - thank you Phil 🙏🙏

What OS do you need on the target iMac

Thank you for your videos, very helpful. I have a top fully speckled out 2017 27” iMac, but I need more power and don’t want to get rid if it. So I was planning to buy Luna display and tuck a M4 MacMini Pro underneath it to use iMac as a monitor for the MacMini, but at the same time still use the iMac as a second computer. Would this work? Is this a poor compromise as it might limit the display quality for the Mac mini? Desk space is the issue here otherwise I would simply buy a monitor. Thank you very much for any pointers you can give me.

Hi Phil, I have a 2020 iMac, with an Apple 27 inch lightening screen that is using both screens the same as you have, I also have a 27 inch late2015 iMac, now I want to buy a Mini both my iMacs can’t use the Apple system they had in place because they’re not old enough, that system eas ceased in 2014, would it be possible to use the lunar system to use my 2020 machine as the Mini monitor and leave the 27 lightening screen connected as it already is. Hope you can offer some advise

This is a really good video. What if someone is doing a live video, for example, I’m a Life Coach, and I could be in a live coaching session with a client on my Mac, could I use the Keynote green screen for examples during the life video chat?

my old i mac has two screens without having to buy an additional software!

In the UK in current economic times, seems a waste not to use these old imacs. The thing I've learned also is that the screens don't deteriorate at all, the HD is probably a lot slower that when you bought it and maybe the RAM also, but the screens? General quality of display, they were certainly built to last.

In such a simple architectures it works fine but if it comes to a more complex combination, introducing a HDML and and an iPAD, Luna is not really capable to do the job. And about $90 is not a real cheap solution…. Specially if it doesn’t work.

Hello, thanks for your video! I need a clarification: can I use the old iMac (around 2014) as primary screen and connect it to my new MacBookPro (after 2019)? I am trying to find a way to connect the new MacBookPro to the old iMac and use it as main screen (it means, I would keep the MacBookPro inactive). Is it possible? Thanks!

What does the red usb plug do is this just a std USB stick with the software on it as the connection is wired via ethernet so what is that red thing doing? I don't think it is doing anything other than installing the software. So $150 seems a little expensive. Could you not just download the software without that USB stick? Add a fancy looking USB stick that does nothing and charge an extra $100? Please correct me if I'm wrong and it actually does something perhaps it a software key? Good video by the way.

Question: Could I connect my brand new iPad M4 1 TB to my 2018 iMac 27 inch Monitor with the Luna Display without anything else besides the required cable ?

UNBELIEVABLY helpful. Thank you. one question, it seems as though if finder is already open, the keyboard shortcut I created using your helpful method will not open a second finder window. Ultimately, I am looking for the fastest way to open two finder windows side by side as dual pane

Thanks for bringing this to wider attention. Brilliant idea. Could you connect two “old” iMacs to your daily driving studio/mini/MBP? My hope is This would give two identical 5K screens or, the case of an MBP, either a three screen set up or 2 screen with closed clamshell MBP. Any thoughts?? Many thanks indeed.

Thanks for videos like this. It‘s a lot of work and of course screen recordings and software never make a spectacular content like Hardware or DiY videos, but even more those software / operating system videos with screen recordings are so much more valuable to the viewers!

Won't the old Mac with old OS be a security vulnerability?

Could you just hook up a thunderbolt to usbc cable and use command+F2 and share it that way? It works on PCs too.

O único que funciona. No final, despreze a explicação a respeito do editor de texto (TextEdit), e vá direto para serviços / ajustes de serviços

Unfortunately it's not that good - even with Thunderbolt. The response time is just way too bad - especially if you're using Blender, or gaming, etc.

I connected my new M4 Mac Mini directly to my 2014 5K iMac with an ethernet cable. Using the Luna Display dongle worked great with very low latency (1ms). Could not be happier!

What a great how-to! Thank you so much. I'll try that with my old Canon camera.

I use my new 4M Mac Mini connected directly to my 2014 5K iMac with an ethernet cable (no router) in headless mode. It works great with a measured latency of about 1 ms. I could not be happier. The setup was straight forward using the luna display info on their website. This saved me the heavy expense of buying a new 5K monitor.

Fantastic device, a no-brainer purchase I recently started using a Luna Display with my new M4 Mac Mini and my 2014 27" 5K iMac. The computers are connected via an ethernet cable. Setup was a breeze and I could not be happier with the result. For everyday use the iMac is as functional as any dedicated 5K monitor. If there is any delay I do not notice it. Watching movies on Plex, surfing the internet, live sports - all work fine. I am not a gamer so I cannot speak to how it would work for those who are but I feel they too would be happy with this device. I measured the latency and it was about 1 ms. It is imperceptible. By the way, it works great in headless mode! Another benefit is that I can easily switch back to my normal iMac function at any time. Luna Display is well worth the money. If you have an older 5K iMac hanging around and need a high quality monitor for your new Apple silicon computer, Luna Display is your answer.

Thanks Phil. This is excellent and very helpful. Can i check when you say connect Ethernet to the router, is this the same router that is connected to my internet modem (BT in my case) to provide internet to various computers on my network? Thank you, Jas

Thanks Phil. This is excellent and very helpful. Can i check when you say connect Ethernet to the router, is this the same router that is connected to my internet modem (BT in my case) to provide internet to various computers on my network? Thank you, Jas

Hi Phil and thanks for all your infos. Is it possible to connect via luna display also the new Mac Mini M4 and M4 pro?

Good day. Orange light for descaling is still NOT flashing. Can I still descale without descaling flashing orange light signal as it has been 4 months since I last descaled ? Please guide .

Do you happen to know why when I use typinator it seems like "Slow" when replacing the text? I can see how it types the word while on your presentation, the process is incredibly fast. :(

Amazing quality on a video. What camera do you use? Lovely video. Thanks for sharing!!!

does this clean out the whole system or just the steam wand part?

Thanks! This is probably one of the most helpful videos I've ever found.

After reading reviews and watching a couple of good YT video on the Luna Display by Astropad last week I bought the Luna dongle for my new 2024 Mac Mini Pro. This is the USB-C version. I did not find any specific reviewer or Luna webpage comments about using Luna Display from the 2024 Mini Mac Pro (Sequoia 15.1.1), with its Thunderbolt 5 ports and fast ethernet port, driving as primary display my also new Dell 3223Q monitor (a 32 inch 4K, 144hz "gaming" monitor), and hooking up via Luna Display to a late 2014 5K Retina 27 inch iMac (latest Apple OS it will run of Big Sur 11.7.10) - as secondary Luna Display. I got a little hung up worrying about if I would need to buy a Thunderbolt 5 (or...TB 3 or 4 cable) to plug into to an adapter to connect a second Thunderbolt 2 cable going into the iMac. I already had a Cat 5 ethernet cable, and both YT reviewers were using ethernet and said things worked well, and my second screen needs would mostly be "desktop" work, and not gaming or watching movies so I knew with ethernet I'd be pretty happy. But I was thinking I'd want the FASTEST, LEAST LAGGY, connection possible - as lag is the biggest complaint. Well, direct ethernet cable between computers works great. Astropad is very good about cautioning customers of Luna Display not to expect good video quality on a secondary iMac screen - for programs needing a fast refresh rate like gaming and videos. I enabled the Retina option in the Luna Display app and for desktop apps everything looks just as sharp as when I operate the iMac as a standalone 5K Retina computer. There is no lag I can see moving the mouse cursor between primary and secondary screens, or dragging applications between screens to set up work flows. To test the connection I watched an iPhone movie I made recently (on my iPhone 12 Plus) and this movie played the same on both screens. A YT video from the internet (fiber optic broadband) played the same on both screens. I couldn't tell the difference between these two screens with the 2024 Mac Mini Pro computer running the show. I don't know if lag cautioned by Astropad, and observed by other customers, was related to their primary computer's CPU/Graphics capabilities. This looks like I have a 5K Retina second monitor running native from its iMac Intel chip. If I game, or need the best video playback and it doesn't run fast enough on the iMac screen I'll do it on the Dell. And there was this pleasant surprise...I have two keyboards and both work when Luna Display is running. Both keyboards type on their respective screens. Also with respective primary and secondary Luna Display apps running on both computers I have one wireless mouse - previously paired with the Mac Mini Pro - and a second wired USB mouse hooked into the iMac. Both Mice work moving the shared Luna cursor around on either screen. The two keyboard, two mouse setup is handy as I have an angled desk and I just swivel my desk chair back and forth to look directly at each monitor, depending on which screen/software/app I'm working on, and I don't have to either reach for a keyboard or mouse, or look sideways at the second monitor. The efficiencies here are I didn't have to buy a second high resolution monitor. And I still have a fully functional iMac, with unused space on its 2 TB hard drive (and an SSD USB 2.0 2 TB external drive), and its 32 GB RAM I added in years ago. One thing I will do is keep up my anti-virus protection on the iMac, and I will may turn off its Wi-Fi to prevent malware from ever getting into it.

Thank you Phil. I've combed through this and your other Magic Lantern tutorial and there's still 8 L-shaped focus brackets on-screen that I can't rid of to save my life. 😢 I wish someone could tell me what they're even called so that I could at least have some idea for dealing with them. It's all I want for Christmas lol

OK I was able to connect via ethernet cable and the connection is smooth but I noticed once I do that any video streaming services will black out but I think that's a "screen recording software detected" issue and they are worried about piracy. TH-cam works on second screen but nothing else, and unless I disable Luna even the primary screen will black out. Any suggestions around this? Also, does this mean you have two mice and two keyboards going on? Or do you leave the second Mac on always and just hit sleep when you are done? Because as I was setting it up, I needed 2nd set of keyboard and Mice to turn on second machine, login, turn on Luna Display etc

Thank you Phil. You have made my life a whole world simpler as a beginning TH-cam Creator. Suspect this will make editing a whole lot simpler by being able to start and stop recording when I need to change to different view angle with single phone as my camera. Bet I might be able to use multiple phones.

So I cannot just buy a Thunderbolt 3 to Thunderbolt 2 adaptor to connect my 2019 Macbook Pro 16 to my 2013 iMac 27?

waaw thanks a million

Running latest Sonoma14.7.1 and dictation hasn't worked since up grade.Did all this and still stuck. Maybe a restart?

Does Luna Display have any restrictions about playing rented Apple movies or Apple TV+. I ask because I have 3rd monitor using a 3rd-party USB connection hardware (Display Link) currently that restricts me from watching anything in the Apple TV app - the video plays audio-only but will not show me the video until I disconnect the USB device. Does Luna Display have any restrictions like that?

When the night is over how do you shut it all down? Do you shut the main computer down first and then the iMac 5K screen? Headless mode... Mac Studio and my iMac Pro Thank you