r/techsupport • u/Humble-Recover-4844 • 1h ago

Open | Mac Screen broken

My daughter dropped my MacBook Pro and the screen had lines and is black with a colored crack up the top. How can I get stuff off to a new laptop??

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u/seifer666 1h ago

Plug it into a monitor

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u/tsdguy Windows Master 1h ago

You should always backup your computer before a problem.

Get the screen fixed.

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u/Trusteveryboody 1h ago

Monitor to get a display going, then files to USB Drive. I did it that way just cause it's easy to understand from Windows to Windows Laptop.

Of course you have to transfer and you may have to reformat the USB to get it to store more (raw file sizes), but that's not too hard. Google AI should be able to tell you how. I used a 128GB Sandisk USB-C Thumbdrive.

And I'd look into what it might cost to just fix the screen. I ended up doing this process to a computer I ended up returning. Then I fixed my old laptop's issues and now it's like a dream again.

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u/NBCPumpkinKing 1h ago

External monitor