I have broken display on my macbook...

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I have broken display on my macbook...

I would like to continue to use it with an external monitor. I can hook it up, but I can't see the same screen as it would appear on my laptop monitor. How do I make it so the screens are identical instead of "combined" in some way.

It's infinitely harder because I can only (and just barely) see my laptop display by shining a flashlight on it.

I'm told that it's a problem with the logic board so I have no hope of fixing the machine itself.

MacBook (13-inch Early 2009)

Posted on May 20, 2012 4:42 PM

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May 20, 2012 5:00 PM in response to ohlaurel

If you can faintly see the screen on the MacBook with a flashlight you can set up the way your screen works. In System Preferences>Display on the MacBook screen there should be an Arrangement tab when you have the MacBook hooked up to the external and both screens working. When you click the Arrangement tab do you see two monitors side by side? One of them will have a Menu Bar at the top. Just click on the Menu Bar and drag it to the second monitor. That will make the second monitor your main screen. The dock and the menu bar will now be on your external monitor.

You can now use your MacBook in Clamshell Mode with a wired or Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3131

Or you can check the Mirror Display box on the lower left hand side of the Arrangement tab under the two monitors box. That will show the same screen on both the MacBook and the external monitor. That will allow you to use the MacBook's keyboard and trackpad.

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May 20, 2012 5:55 PM in response to frederic1943

Thank you so much! It worked! You made my day!

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