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I have a MacBook with a broken display. I would like to use a new monitor but I can not see to enable the mirroring option. Is there any key command to enable mirroring?
ever5315
Posted 2009-12-27T01:08:27.963
Reputation: 41
Keyboard Shortcut for Mirroring Display on Mac OS X
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Brad
Posted 2009-12-27T01:08:27.963
Reputation: 186
2Worst. Hotkey. Ever. Never needed it, only every pressed it accidentally, and didn’t know how to switch back (without going into display settings). Meanwhile, the mirroring breaks my window layout. – Konrad Rudolph – 2014-12-08T17:38:35.460
Best. Hotkey. Ever. Always use it, especially when giving presos. Just toggles back and forth between multiple-display and mirror. – mansilladev – 2015-01-13T18:23:43.920
1Good info, but answer could be a little nicer. I just tried to find this info with Google but it was pretty tricky. Lots of false positives. – Avi Flax – 2010-03-02T17:15:03.603
2To be fair, it's hard to google stuff with a broken display... – harriyott – 2011-01-06T17:58:20.200
2Yea, and more importantly, how do I disable this command? – jsharpe – 2012-09-21T14:00:07.883
This doesn't seem to work when using a PC keyboard with my mac mini. Any ideas? – mtmurdock – 2014-05-29T13:06:33.033
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command + F1
John T
Posted 2009-12-27T01:08:27.963
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Worst. Hotkey. Ever. Never needed it, only every pressed it accidentally, and didn’t know how to switch back (without going into display settings). Meanwhile, the mirroring breaks my window layout. – Konrad Rudolph – 2014-12-08T17:37:25.650
Correct for recent Macs. Older ones use F7, as in Brad's answer. – Avi Flax – 2010-03-02T17:15:42.883
This doesn't seem to work when using a PC keyboard with my mac mini. Any ideas? – mtmurdock – 2014-05-29T13:06:57.973
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These answers didn't work for me... using iMac in the Disk Utility on the Leopard install disc.
I did happen to hit command+F5 and turn on VoiceOver, which got me through the dark.
Corin
Posted 2009-12-27T01:08:27.963
Reputation: 101
If you plug in a keyboard and mouse, you could leave the lid closed and use your computer in Clamshell Mode. http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3131
– 200_success – 2013-05-08T23:24:20.177