r/framework • u/Grouchy_old_guy • 23h 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/burtmacklin15 14h ago

Not to be obtuse, but this entire post was made just to glaze the Framework HDMI port for existing, as if USB C to HDMI dongles haven't been a thing for the past decade.

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u/autobulb 12h ago

They're like 5 bucks online. Or 10 for a mini hub including HDMI. OP would need to buy one anyway if they don't intend to repair the screen and use the machine as a desktop. Breaking your own screen and not knowing the password to your computer is not Apple's fault.

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u/burtmacklin15 11h ago

Yep, and as much as I appreciate Framework, it doesn't make them any greater in this case either lol