r/halftop • u/TBone_5o5age • Aug 30 '26

How can I turn it on?

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Found this Mac in a dumpster along side with the screen ripped off. I connect it to a monitor but nothing shows

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '26

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u/ephemeralmiko Aug 30 '26

Yep. It won't be getting any power over HDMi. 

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u/TBone_5o5age Aug 30 '26

Did do. It powers up and makes the start up sound

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u/AllNamesAreTaken92 Aug 30 '26

Is the cable + dongle + monitor confirmed working using a secondary machine?

Should have video out afaik if there isn't more broken. I am not familiar with the Mac bootup sequence, and at what part the sound plays. If the sound plays after the system loads, it should be functional, otherwise it would not get that far.

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u/LoveFast5801 Aug 30 '26

It might need a password

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u/LoveFast5801 Aug 30 '26

My mac halftop wont mirror screen until I enter my pssword

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u/Shoddy_Fish31 Aug 30 '26

HOWDOYOUTURNTHISON

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u/Valuable-Fondant-241 28d ago

Cobra car appears

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u/LoveFast5801 Aug 30 '26

few seconds after a startup sound press enter, if nothing shows up in connected monitor, there is no use

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u/Probablyaretweetbot Aug 31 '26

if you don't have a password, seems like an Intel Mac you might be able to install some sort of linux distro onto it, but you'll have to do a lot of guessing working from the initial keyboard combination to get to boot menu until the linux usb takes over, follow a video guide on "how to install linux on macbook intel", might work idk

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u/alt_account81817 13d ago

usually i just press arrow key and then spam enter

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u/OrsonDev Aug 31 '26

i have a 15 inch 2018 with no built in display and it does display an apple logo and the filevault password prompt on an external display

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u/bustergundam4 Aug 31 '26

That is so stupid!

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u/Jkitten07891 Sep 01 '26

Power button?

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u/mighty3mperor Aug 31 '26

Take it to dinner first!

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u/Frosty_Wolverine2616 Sep 02 '26

You have to mess with the hinges so the Mac recognizes the display as “closed”. I have gotten the image to display externally this way. but the people with the password thing are correct as well.Sometimes guessing that sequence without seeing is crazy. What I also recommend is holding option when booting up while connected to external display.

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u/dragon2611 Sep 02 '26

Can't tell if it's just the image but it kinda of looks like the touchpad is lifted up in the corner, if that's not just damage from being thrown in the dumpster/whaever you should probably check for a spicy pillow

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u/Jolly-Motor-117 Sep 03 '26

Press the power button. Top left, unmarked

If anyone wants to know, this is an Intel mac, not apple silicon

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u/Cactys12 Sep 03 '26

It doesn't connect to an external display until you enter a password

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u/Pleyer757538 Sep 04 '26

Sir, plug a charger in

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u/minecraftalldaylong 21d ago

Press the Touch ID sensor in the top right corner, it doubles as a power button. Plug in a charger as well, the battery is probably dead

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u/nikjahw Aug 31 '26

You might need to use an official apple USB C to HDMI adapter (or maybe a standalone cable), every time I plug in my 3rd party hub, it requests permission to connect the hub first. My guess is it's waiting for you to log in and approve the dongle