The 12-inch MacBook is not compatible with Apple's Thunderbolt Displays

This is something that we already have to be clear about since this small 12-inch MacBook was launched and is that compatibility with Apple's Thunderbolt Display does not exist. To be honest, it is unusual for a person who has a 12-inch MacBook to want it exclusively to connect to one of these Apple monitors on a regular basis since it is a computer to carry it from one place to another and not to use as a desktop, but in the case of trying to make this connection to the Thunderbolt Display at a specific moment, we will not be able to even if we have the Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2 adapter from Apple since not compatible with MacBook Retina, 12-inch, Early 2015 or later.

In this case it is easy to explain since the 12-inch MacBook Retina only has a USB-C port that is compatible with USB and DisplayPort, which means that it cannot interact with a monitor that has a Thunderbolt connection since this monitor requires a Thunderbolt driver to decompress DisplayPort video data. In this case the new MacBook 2017 cannot be used with this adapter either from Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C) to Thunderbolt 2.

Clarify the compatibility by types of monitors:

• A DisplayPort monitor can only work with the proper adapter with any Mac USB-C capable
• A Thunderbolt Display monitor can only work with a Mac with built-in Thunderbolt, regardless of the type of port on the Mac
• A DisplayPort monitor can only work through backward compatibility, which might require an adapter on a Thunderbolt-equipped Mac from any era

Of all this, the worst data is obviously that in specific cases in which we want to connect the 12-inch MacBook to the Thunderbolt Display monitor, we will not be able to, but if a friend of ours or family member comes with a MacBook Air, they will be able to do so. This is evident from the ports that both computers have, but since you limit the MacBook to a single USB-C port, unless it is compatible with all Apple monitors, right? Clarify that the 12-inch MacBook if they are compatible with LG UltraFine 4K monitor Because these simply require a Mac with USB-C and have the macOS Sierra 10.12.1 or later operating system installed.