MacBook Air (2020) broken screen

I’ve had my MacBook Air (2020) for about 3 years now, and I’ve had multiple problems with it. After a few months of using it, I once turned the Mac on after a few days of no usage and it had spilled colours all throughout the display, so I went and bought a repair which wasn't that cheap lol.. And now, the same problem has appeared again, literally out of nowhere, same happened 3 years ago and I just cannot deal with this because I have extremely important stuff there and without it, it’s impossible to work, can anyone help me..? (by the way, now’s the display “broken” only on the left side, so maybe its just wrongly adjusted..?)

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 15.6

Posted on Jan 31, 2026 10:01 AM

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Feb 1, 2026 11:37 AM in response to tomicekh00

tomicekh00 wrote:

I’ve had my MacBook Air (2020) for about 3 years now, and I’ve had multiple problems with it. After a few months of using it, I once turned the Mac on after a few days of no usage and it had spilled colours all throughout the display, so I went and bought a repair which wasn't that cheap lol..
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And now, the same problem has appeared again,
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it’s impossible to work, can anyone help me..? ...

You have several options.


You can connect an external display to your MBA and use that.

Find one within your budget that has USB and/or HDMI inputs.

Something like this, for example:

Amazon Basics 24 inch Monitor


Or you can get your Mac repaired again.

Or you can replace that six year old Mac with something newer.

Jan 31, 2026 3:37 PM in response to tomicekh00

  • “I went and bought a repair which wasn't that cheap lol.” If you did this at an Apple Store or Authorized Apple Service Center, perhaps they can assist although perhaps not since the repair was long ago.
  • “I have extremely important stuff there and without it, it’s impossible to work” Completely unrelated to the screen issue, if your work is important, you should be backing it up. Back up your Mac with Time Machine - Apple Support


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