On Jan 11, 2013, at 3:27 AM, LuKreme <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10 Jan 2013, at 21:14 , Jeff Weinberger <[email protected]> wrote: >> My wife's old Macbook Air's screen broke (actually the hinge, which has the >> connector, making the screen useless), so she finally got a new one. Now a >> friend of her's wants the old one (willing to pay to repair it rather than >> buy one new/refurbished). >> >> So, I want to erase all the data, etc. and restore the air to just the OS >> install. >> >> This is easy (start with cmd-R and reinstall) if I could see the screen, but >> I can't. > > Does your MacBook Air support a Target Disk Mode? (That is, is it a 2011 or > later model) > >> Is there any way to use screen sharing (or the like) to see and control the >> Air while it is started in recovery mode? > > No, I don't think so. > >> Or, alternatively, are there any other ways to erase the internal drive and >> reinstall the OS? > > You would have to remove it, find something else to put it in, and then > erase/reinstall. > > > -- > Windle shook his head sadly. Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an > insane mind. --Reaper Man > Thank you all for the external screen/mini display port suggestion. I can't believe I didn't think to notice that.
I have an external monitor and the adapter, I just tried it and it works perfectly. Problem solved. Thank you. BTW- this model does not support target disk mode, unfortunately. > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
