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Broken MacBook Pro screen. How to hook up external display to use the laptop without screen

Hi, I recently broke my MacBook Pro 2017 screen and I’ve been trying to connect an external display via HDMI so I can still use the MacBook just bypassing the broken screen. However, when I’m connecting the HDMI via a usb C adapter it isn’t connecting up. Is there any way I can connect it up without having to see what I’m doing on screen?


thanks!

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on May 31, 2020 6:05 AM

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Posted on May 31, 2020 7:19 AM

Once you have logged in, F1 or command F1 should toggle mirroring for the displays. But if you do not auto-login, that typically means typing the first letter of the User-id, then typing the associated password, all "blind".


If you get it all correct, you are in with a mirrored display and can change things to your liking from there.




To change the external display to "primary"drag the tiny Icon of the Menubar to the external display.



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May 31, 2020 7:19 AM in response to spudlydud

Once you have logged in, F1 or command F1 should toggle mirroring for the displays. But if you do not auto-login, that typically means typing the first letter of the User-id, then typing the associated password, all "blind".


If you get it all correct, you are in with a mirrored display and can change things to your liking from there.




To change the external display to "primary"drag the tiny Icon of the Menubar to the external display.



Broken MacBook Pro screen. How to hook up external display to use the laptop without screen

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