Keyboard shortcut to switch to external display on Mac.

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LouFromAsgard - 12 Feb 2025 at 10:01

Hello, I broke my MacBook screen and I want to connect an external monitor using a VGA adapter. When I make the connection, nothing shows up on the external screen. Can you help me?
I would like the shortcuts to activate the external screen without having to look at the main screen since I obviously can't!!! Configuration: max os x . intel proc

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ezafg

The correct answer is Cmd (Apple) + F1!
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1. Ivan
  
  @ Jarod: before jumping on others and flooding all the replies with your ridiculous comment, you should do your research! ezfag's answer is perfectly CORRECT and your solution is CRAP!!!
  I have an iMac with a dead screen, I wanted to connect an external monitor to it, but it was in extended mode, while I wanted mirror mode. I just managed to do it by pressing Cmd + F1.
  So thanks to ezafg for saving me from a sleepless night over this, and to you, go review your Mac manual and especially your manners.
  
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2. Lex
  
  Hello,
  my iMac screen is dead and I can't get the mirror mode! I tried cmd F1 but nothing happens.
  
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ohlala85 Posted messages 44 Registration date Status Member Last intervention 32

Hello Storm,

I might be saying something incredibly silly, but just in case, try using the key combination:
CMD + F1 or CMD + F2.
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1. Jarod
  
  You don't know anything, you're talking nonsense: It's the function (FN + F5) that allows you to switch to an external screen.
  
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  1. BARIDAN Posted messages 6 Status Member > Jarod
    
    Hello Jarod
    Under W7, which keys should be activated (Dell Inspiron 9400 laptop) to switch
    the display to an external screen?
    Thank you for your help.
    
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2. Alf
  
  Jarod, press Command and F1!
  
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3. pounch
  
  Miracle, it's F2 command!!!! A thousand thanks.
  
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qwertyuiop

It's CMD+F1.
It just saved me!
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1. Alf
  
  Yes! That's it.
  
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demondebxl

try once Apple --> System Preferences --> Monitor --> detect monitors
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1. Jarod
  
  You don't know anything, you're talking nonsense: It's the function (FN + F5) that allows you to switch to an external screen. Best regards.
  
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2. mendy92
  
  It works very well, thank you.
  Again, you need to know how to use it.
  
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babylon06

We are not talking about Windows but about the operation to be performed on Mac OS!!!
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Sidibe dit Jarod

Hello everyone,
Well, if you have Windows, it's simply the function: FN+F5 that allows you to switch to another screen.
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1. Ivan
  
  After completely flooding this thread by calling others mongoloids, you may have read that it is stated in the title of the problem that it is a MACBOOK, so presumably, he is talking about MAC OS X, and he is not using WINDOWS, otherwise, he would have specified it, RIGHT??? Buy yourself some glasses and go learn some manners!
  
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2. Alf
  
  Because you get worked up over nothing and treat people like idiots, work on your neurons.
  
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3. wilo
  
  And for a Fedora Linux?
  
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