Hdmi safemode

Okay

So it looks like your display is advertising a preferred mode of 720p and that this is the only possible mode that can be used. It’s possible that the adapter is lying and this is what is causing the problems with the Cinema Display.

What does this show?

cat /sys/class/display/mode

You should be able to get a picture with:

echo 720p | sudo tee /sys/class/display/mode