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Re: MacBook double problem

From Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com>
Newsgroups uk.comp.sys.mac
Subject Re: MacBook double problem
Date 2025-09-06 18:30 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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Liz Tuddenham <liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> wrote:
> Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Liz Tuddenham <liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>> David Sankey <David.Sankey@stfc.ac.uk> wrote:
>>> 
>>> [....]
>>>>> It won't start, so I can't check.
>>>> 
>>>> Does it have its serial number written on the back?  If so, enter this
>>>> in <https://checkcoverage.apple.com/?locale=en_GB> and it will show the
>>>> model
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> Update:
>>> 
>>> I've managed to start it.  I sprayed some switch cleaner into the
>>> Magsafe connector and the next time I connected it,  the little  green
>>> light came on.  I pressed the power button and it burst into life.
>>> 
>>> It is MacBook 3,1 (2GHz Intel Core2 Duo).
>> 
>> OK. That's really quite old and will require people to remember what OS X
>> was capable of back then. 
>> 
>>> 
>>> [...]
>>>> The MacBook sounds old (how did you remove the battery???)
>>> 
>>> I turned the coin-slotted button a quarter of a turn, which released the
>>> battery compartment lid with the battery attached.
>>> 
>>>> But it does sound like the projector is VGA and you have the correct
>>>> adaptor for the MacBook, the major issue is that the MacBook won't boot.
>>>> 
>>>> Were it to boot I think that there should be a way to display the camera
>>>> onscreen, but I am struggling to remember what we did 10 to 15 years
>>>> ago, which is my guess as to the age of the MacBook.
>>> 
>>> I have managed to get a picture filling about half the screen by using
>>> an app. called "Photo Booth", none of the other apps seem to even
>>> recognise the camera.
>> 
>> Does it have Facetime or perhaps something like Skype that you may have
>> downloaded way back when?
>> 
>>>> But as you say double problem!
>>> 
>>> Now I have to get the screen picture to an external device, there
>>> doesn't appear to be anything related to video in the Preferences (but I
>>> might not have looked in the right place yet).
>> 
>> Having thought about it a bit your best bet is Display Mirroring. Treat the
>> projector as a secondary screen and mirror the laptop's display onto it so
>> both screens show the same content. You can test it with an external
>> monitor if you have one to hand. 
> 
> Where do I find that?

Spotlight should find it for you. It'll be under display settings, I think.

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MacBook double problem liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-09-03 20:24 +0100
  Re: MacBook double problem Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-09-03 20:35 +0100
    Re: MacBook double problem liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-09-03 21:05 +0100
      Re: MacBook double problem "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-09-03 21:38 +0100
      Re: MacBook double problem Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-09-03 22:52 +0100
        Re: MacBook double problem liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-09-04 08:12 +0100
          Re: MacBook double problem Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-09-04 08:22 +0100
            Re: MacBook double problem liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-09-04 08:43 +0100
              Re: MacBook double problem David Sankey <David.Sankey@stfc.ac.uk> - 2025-09-04 09:33 +0100
              Re: MacBook double problem Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-09-04 09:39 +0100
                Re: MacBook double problem liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-09-04 16:08 +0100
                Re: MacBook double problem Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-09-04 16:55 +0100
          Re: MacBook double problem Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-09-05 08:05 +0000
            Re: MacBook double problem liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-09-05 11:08 +0100
              Re: MacBook double problem David Sankey <David.Sankey@stfc.ac.uk> - 2025-09-05 16:48 +0100
                Re: MacBook double problem liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-09-05 19:18 +0100
                Re: MacBook double problem Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-09-06 08:11 +0000
                Re: MacBook double problem liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-09-06 09:19 +0100
                Re: MacBook double problem David Sankey <David.Sankey@stfc.ac.uk> - 2025-09-06 14:16 +0100
                Re: MacBook double problem liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-09-08 15:06 +0100
                Re: MacBook double problem - followup liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-09-10 08:45 +0100
                Re: MacBook double problem - followup Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-09-10 10:26 +0100
                Re: MacBook double problem - followup liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-09-10 11:20 +0100
                Re: MacBook double problem - followup David Sankey <David.Sankey@stfc.ac.uk> - 2025-09-11 16:07 +0100
                Re: MacBook double problem Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-09-06 18:30 +0000
              Re: MacBook double problem Graeme Wall <rail@greywall.demon.co.uk> - 2025-09-06 08:17 +0100
                Re: MacBook double problem Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2025-09-06 07:27 +0000
                Re: MacBook double problem liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-09-06 09:19 +0100
                Re: MacBook double problem Phil Taylor <nothere@ail.invalid> - 2025-09-06 10:24 +0000
  Re: MacBook double problem "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-09-03 20:42 +0100
  Re: MacBook double problem liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-09-18 21:57 +0100
    Re: MacBook double problem "David B." <BD@hotmail.co.uk> - 2025-09-18 22:36 +0100
    Re: MacBook double problem Mark <captain.black@gmail.com> - 2025-09-18 21:54 +0000
      Re: MacBook double problem Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2025-09-19 06:45 +0000
        Re: MacBook double problem Mark <captain.black@gmail.com> - 2025-09-19 10:42 +0000
          Re: MacBook double problem Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2025-09-19 11:33 +0000
            Re: MacBook double problem Mark <captain.black@gmail.com> - 2025-09-19 20:54 +0000
              Re: MacBook double problem Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2025-09-20 07:49 +0000
                Re: MacBook double problem Mark <captain.black@gmail.com> - 2025-09-20 19:38 +0000
                Re: MacBook double problem Mark <captain.black@gmail.com> - 2025-09-20 19:50 +0000
                Re: MacBook double problem Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> - 2025-09-20 19:53 +0000
      Re: MacBook double problem liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid (Liz Tuddenham) - 2025-09-19 12:22 +0100
        Re: MacBook double problem Mark <captain.black@gmail.com> - 2025-09-19 11:31 +0000

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