2017 iMac 27” as a monitor?

[petey2133]

Work is going to provide me a new MacBook Air. I was looking at the OWC thunderbolt 3 dock (not related to work, but for all my peripherals).
Can I set my MacBook Air next to my 5k 27” image and use target mode on it to have a bigger screen to use when working from home? My Mac has thunderbolt 3 obviously and so will the Air.
Thanks!

 

[fuchsdh]

Work is going to provide me a new MacBook Air. I was looking at the OWC thunderbolt 3 dock (not related to work, but for all my peripherals).
Can I set my MacBook Air next to my 5k 27” image and use target mode on it to have a bigger screen to use when working from home? My Mac has thunderbolt 3 obviously and so will the Air.
Thanks!

Target Display mode is not available on retina iMacs. Best option is using a third-party tool to beam the content to another Mac.

 

[petey2133]

Any suggestions on why would be the most efficient way or tool to use? Hate to have to use a 13 in school screen when I have so much more real estate available

 

[Juicy Box]

I saw a MR post on a solution for this recently, I will try to find it.

Any suggestions on why would be the most efficient way or tool to use?

You can always get an external monitor to use with your MBA.