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>>> DVI

Favors of DVI have existed since 1999, arriving on the 2002 PowerBook G4 and Power Mac G4. A year later, a Mini-DVI port was seen on the 12-inch PowerBook G4, and later added to other Macs before being phased out in favor of the current Mini DisplayPor­t.

>>> HDMI

Used in HDTVs, the HDMI showed up on the Mac mini in 2010. The 2012 MacBook Pro with Retina display and the 2013 revision to the Mac Pro gained an HDMI port. Most 2010 or later Macs without one can connect to a display with an HDMI input by using an adapter.

>>> Mini DisplayPor­t

Mini DisplayPor­t arrived in 2008. Initially proprietar­y, it was later rolled into the DisplayPor­t standard. It debuted on the aluminum MacBook and 15-inch MacBook Pro, and was added to Apple’s entire line of Macs. The 12-inch MacBook was then the first model to drop it.

>>> Thunderbol­t

Originally using the same connector as (and compatible with) Mini DisplayPor­t, Thunderbol­t arrived on the 2011 MacBook Pro. It can carry both video and data. Thunderbol­t 3 uses a USB-C connector, and the MacBook Pro with Touch Bar has four such ports.

>>> USB-C

Apple’s 2015, 12-inch MacBook was the first Mac to include a USB-C port. Like Thunderbol­t, it can carry video and data (and also power), but the data connection isn’t as fast. After its late 2016 addition to the MacBook Pro, expect new Macs in 2017 to adopt USB-C, too.

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