Apple Display Connector

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Apple Display Connector

The Apple Display Connector ( ADC ) is a video interface for monitors made by Apple .

With this in-house development by Apple, three channels ( USB , DVI and power) are transmitted over the same cable, which is intended to avoid cable clutter . It is also possible to switch on the Mac by pressing a button on the monitor. The ADC was used by Apple from 2000 to 2005.

The ADC connection was the standard screen connection on the PowerMac until the introduction of the new Apple Cinema Display series at WWDC on June 28, 2004 by the then CEO of Apple , Steve Jobs . Here the ADC connection was replaced by a so-called cable whip, in which a cable continued to lead to the monitor, but the respective connections for power, monitor and USB are connected to the computer with three individual plugs.

This cable whip solution was only replaced in 2011 with the new Thunderbolt connection by a single cable that, like USB, was developed together with Intel and is available from all manufacturers.

For older Apple computers that are still in use, there are adapters to DVI for connecting standard monitors to the Mac.