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MacBook Pro External display

I am using an external display with my MacBook Pro and I want to close my MacBook and still have the display work. How do I set this up?

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Aug 23, 2020 11:05 AM

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Aug 23, 2020 11:22 AM in response to 7Jeff

See Use external monitors with your Mac and Use Mac notebook computer in closed-display mode with an external display.

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Aug 23, 2020 11:45 AM in response to Kappy

Thank you, all I needed to do was to plug in my MacBook. So simple but so hard.

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