the screen on my macbook air has broken, It is only hanging on by a couple of wires and it lights up but doesn't do anything else. I want to sell it for parts but obviously want to get all my data off first. I have an external cd drive with the restore cd in but when I press C on boot I obviously can't see anything. Can I somehow connect it to an external monitor? Or is there another way of doing this?
Thanks
Best Answer
You should be able to connect it to an external monitor. All you need to do (in principle) is this:
About a second after you connect the external monitor, it should wake up and direct all output to the external monitor. (It will only do this if the lid is closed, external power is connected, and something is connected to the video output port.)
Note that depending on the speed of your computer and other factors, it may take a little while for anything to show up on the screen. Give it at least a minute if you don't see anything at first, before assuming something didn't work.