Access emails on bmp late 2006 with broken screen
hi,
i've been trying for all i'm worth to get my mbp late 2006 to show up on an external display so that i can retrieve important emails but it's just not happening.
many times I have started it and then folded down the screen to a near closed position and seen the screen turn off but nothing appears on the external cinema display to which it is connected. I have also tried starting it up and using the F7 key but nothing.
is there another way i should go about this? can i use my Mac mini 2009 which I am using now to boot from the mbp? [that would be ideal] or should i just remove the hard drive from the mbp, put it in an external case and boot from it using the mac mini? i have never booted from anything before, it's new territory for me. please help if you can. thanks in advance,
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), MacBookPro2,2 - 2.16ghz - 2Gb ram