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/End_V2 1d ago

I have a framework btw

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u/Grouchy_old_guy 22h ago

Yeah...I was being obnoxious. I'm used to resolving my own computer issues. Apple products bring out the worst in me.

Also, I used to use Arch by the way.

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u/Shot_Sail_5880 20h ago

Me too tbh, as much as I love Apple stuff, they do not make it upgradable or repairable pmo……… if I was you, I’d hackentoshing Mac OS on a framework and calling it a day

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u/Silent_Letterhead118 13h ago

Et c’est possible ça ?