Connection of Macbook Air with broken screen to external monitor

[superrostiks]

Have Macbook Air with broken screen and important data on it.
I wonder, if its possible to connect external monitor without using Air screen?

 

[Meister]

Yes, it is.

 

[Cave Man]

If you have another Mac and Screen Sharing or File Sharing is enabled on the MBA, you can access them from the other Mac.

 

[rigormortis]

like other people said you can use screen sharing. you can also use an external video display. but whatever you do , don't enable filevault. file vault requires the primary display working so u can type your password , and also won't work with screen sharing.

a work around is to open terminal and type
sudo fdsetup authrestart when you want to shutdown or turn off filevault

 

[Meister]

like other people said you can use screen sharing. you can also use an external video display. but whatever you do , don't enable filevault. file vault requires the primary display working so u can type your password , and also won't work with screen sharing.

a work around is to open terminal and type
sudo fdsetup authrestart when you want to shutdown or turn off filevault

thank you for pointing that out!! Crucial info.