Cant reinstall macos with a broken screen

Hi everybody

so i wanted to reinstall mac os on my macbook pro, but since the screen is broken i have to use an external screen, but when i enter recovery mode my external display doesnt pick up the screen. Sometimes when i take it out and put it back in, it either goes grey or pink then it says no signal. Does anyone have any solution to this? I am not taking this to an apple store.

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Nov 16, 2021 3:45 AM

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Owl-53

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Nov 16, 2021 6:56 AM in response to zarrar195

Yup - Find an Apple Authorized Service Provider

zarrar195 Author

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Nov 16, 2021 3:58 AM in response to zarrar195

Anyone?

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