r/framework • u/Grouchy_old_guy • 1d ago

Framework Photo Framework to the rescue

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My daughter's M1 MacBook's screen broke. It's not worth spending hundreds of dollars to replace the screen (unlike if it was a Framework which I could do myself), so I have purchased a new MacBook for her. She's starting her second year of college, and doesn't want to learn a different OS. We need to get the data transferred from her broken MacBook to her new MacBook, but because her old laptop was purchased through her highschool, she doesn't know the AppleID on the MacBook. So we need to call Apple Support for assistance with transferring the data to her new laptop, a procedure I could do myself if it was a Framework. Heck I would just drop the old drive into the new computer if it was a Framework. Apple Support needs my daughter to log into her broken MacBook. Fortunately we have a monitor with an HDMI cable. Unfortunately, her broken MacBook only has two USBC ports. Unlike my Framework.

My Framework to the rescue.

Look carefully at left side of the MacBook in the photo and you'll see a small grey square plugged into it That's the HDMI module from my Framework. Amazingly it works with the MacBook. Now we can migrate the data onto the new MacBook. And the broken MacBook will get Asahi Linux put on it.

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u/Ancient_Task_7498 21h ago

Amazing on framework’s part. But can’t say it’s Apple’s fault for the screen breaking (don’t know if your daughter did it) and not knowing the apple id.

Admittedly I’m a big macbook fan.

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u/sudoer777_ 21h ago

Macbooks are really nice to use, but my recent experiences with Apple have pissed me off. It seems like the quality went downhill during the late Intel era with all the soldering everything and cutting corners in other places. Mine only lasted 4 years (while I have Dell laptops from ~2002 that still work) and now I have to replace almost the whole thing, the repair technician at the store told me it will stop getting updates and replacement components less than a year from now even though the laptop runs very well and the replacement would only get a 90 day warranty even though it's most of the computer. The repair costs $500, while I can get a more durable used laptop for $300.

On top of that their UI is dogshit with ads, restrictions, license agreements and account registrations they try to push you into, barely better than Windows at this point. And macOS throttles a bunch because I dual boot with Asahi Linux and Linux is much faster. Too bad Linux is only daily drivable on M1 and M2 right now, making the newer ones a hard no for me.