My MBA has a broken screen, and I’ve wiped the hard drive, I’m try to connect to an external monitor BUT I’m at the start of the setup assistant. Com+F1 won’t work.
Any help!
Use an external keyboard & mouse so you can close the Display which should force the video to the external display. Unfortunately Cmd + F1 no longer works unless you are logged into a User account.
Which exact model is your MBA? I see from the image you provided, you are attempting to connect it to your external display's HDMI port ... correct?
This seems to be working. I needed a corded keyboard AND mouse plus some patient.
Thanks HWTech.
Just incase others want to know it is a mid 2011 MacBook Air with a broken display.
The connections needed are.
HDMI cable to Thunderbolt port, corded mouse and corded keyboard. Any one of these missing it won’t work.
When I first closed the screen on the MBA it took about a minute maybe 2 to change from the MacBook broken display to the old Panasonic Plasma the MBA was plugged into.
Hopefully when I start the MBA up again it will remember that the display mirroring is checked.
My MBA has a broken screen, I’m try to connect to an external monitor BUT I’m at the start of the setup assistant.
