[ray__]

I solved this with a ~$200 driver board from AliExpress. I love the result because it's thinner than any other monitor that I own and I can swap between my MacBook Pro and my desktop machine (running either Windows or Linux).

Obviously this requires a little bit of tinkering and the end result isn't nicely packaged like a factory Apple product would be, but it only took about half an hour to put together and I haven't had any issues with the driver board yet. And it was way cheaper than a "Retina" display from Apple or LG.

[YooLi]

Can you give any details of the driver board or possibly a link? Thanks in advance.

[chriscjcj]

This may help:

https://khronokernel.com/macos/2022/03/01/5K-MONITOR.html

https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Convert+an+iMac+Intel+27-Inch+E...

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256802134515555.html

https://blog.lewislovelock.com/turning-an-5k-imac-into-a-mon...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/203666708700?var=504097344943

https://mschmitt.org/blog/convert-5k-27-imac-external-displa...

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256802548599862.html?gateway...

[ray__]

Sorry about the late response, the listing that I bought is this one:

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256804264671858.html

I didn't bother to mess around with mounting, I just used command strips to attach the driver board to the back of the monitor and mounted the monitor on one of these clamp-type stands:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MFDQR5D

The heat sink on the board can get warm but nothing to worry about regarding being mounted to the monitor.

[JKCalhoun]

I solved it by not updating the OS or apps. I stopped updating at Mountain Lion. My older iMac is my scanning and photo editing Mac. A flatbed scanner is permanently attached and Photos from Mountain Lion is still useable. In fact the retouch tool is actually faster (Photos experienced a serious performance regression for the retouch tool soon after Mountain Lion).