Macbooks from early to mid 2009 can't output S-video
Disclaimer: I am not a Mac guy. But I think I can still contribute with a possibly useful blog post. The purpose of which is that if you have a 2009 Macbook and you can't understand why your S-video connection won't work - read on! Backstory: A friend had a Macbook - not a Macbook Pro, not a Macbook Air, just a Macbook. The vintage was as best as he could determine, early 2009. When he tried to use the Apple mini-DVI to S-video adaptor nothing happened. Nothing. Zero. Zilch, Nada. Nothing. No amount of fiddling with inputs on the TV or dialog boxes on the Mac would change the outcome either. Additional Datapoints: Repeat with two other TV's and S-Video. Same result. Same Macbook worked fine going to another TV using VGA output. Working Hypothesis: Some Macbooks cannot be persuaded to output S-Video. Confirmation of Working Hypothesis: Can be found here in this Apple support document. It says "However, these MacBooks do not work with S-video output or com...