Using MBP monitor to display from another source

Might be a dumb question, but is it possible to use my MBP monitor as if it were a stand-alone monitor? I've got a a laptop that the backlight went out on, but everything else works fine, and would like to be able to use it as a secondary computer that I could still have all my music and stuff like that on. Thanks if anybody has any insight.

No i'm afraid unless you plan some serious hacking. there are no video in as such ports on the MBP.
~Just buy a cheap monitor for your bust laptop~

Similar Messages

  • I use to have a iTunes account with my old computer, and I have lost all my iTunes music, some purchased, some downloaded from another source. Now I'm using a brand new computer (Windows) and I have opened a NEW iTunes account, but I need my music back...

    I use to have a iTunes account with my old computer, and I have lost all my iTunes music, some purchased, some downloaded from another source. Now I'm using a brand new computer (Windows) and I have opened a NEW iTunes account, but I now I need to figure out if it is possible to recoup my music content that I originally had. I had, I believe around close to 300 songs on my account ;(......Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated.
    Thanks Again, Ronald
    <Email Edited By Host>

    ronaldkerr24 wrote:
    Now I'm using a brand new computer (Windows) and I have opened a NEW iTunes account
    Now remove all your info and update the old AppleiD/iTunes account and use only that account.
    You cannot transfer items between iTunes accounts.
    You can redownload all the content.

  • Mail On My iPhone Via iCloud: deleting from another source

    This is probably a question for iPhone, but it involves iCloud too.  Can I delete an email on my iPhone from another source, like my MacBook Pro, and have that email deleted when I turn the iphone back on?I have an email on my iPhone that contains no content.  Problem is when you open this email, you can't delete it.  It stays "frozen." Other than deleting the account and reinstating, any other aenue to delete this annoyance? Thanks for any info

    I have just upgraded my iCloud storage on my iPhone
    I take it, you upgraded your iPhone to iOS 8 and enabled iCloud Photo Library (Beta)? (iCloud Photo Library beta FAQ)
    That will stop all easy ways to get your photos from your Mac to the iPhone, because it disables My Photo Stream from the Mac to other devices, and it disables iTunes Photo Sync. You can no longer upload photos from iTunes.
    What you can do, is use the iCloud web interface ( https://www.icloud.com/#photos ) to upload photos from your Mac or send them by Mail or Shared Photo Stream. You can also browse the photos in your iCloud Photo Library using the Photos.app on https://www.icloud.com/#photos. This will easier, when iCloud Photo Library beta will become available on the Mac with the Photos.app early next year.

  • How can I make an audiobook purchased from another source show up in iTunes as an audiobook and not as music?

    How can I make an audiobook purchased from another source show up in iTunes as an audiobook and not as music?
    They chapters are mp3 files. Changing the genre to "audiobook" or "audiobooks" does help.
    I am sure this question will come up a lot, since the book in question is "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," purchased from Pottermore.com.

    The one thing I would add to the instructions above is that the "Media Kind" menu is on the "Option" pane in the "Get Info" Window. This procedure has allowed me not only to make imported audiobooks show up as audiobooks, but imported podcasts show up as podcasts.

  • Adding music from another source to itunes - won't allow me to add to playlist

    I have tried to add music from another source - namely a hard drive onto my itunes playlists... which I could do before subscribing to the cloud, but now I can't - I get an error message saying that the playlist will be deleted, and all music has to be "compatible" meaning, bought from itunes.
    is there any way around this ??
    thanks for any help offered

    Hi AT2013,
    Welcome to the Support Communities!
    The article below may be able to help you with this issue.
    Click on the link to see more details and screenshots. 
    iTunes: About the Add to Library, Import, and Convert functions
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1347
    Cheers,
    - Judy

  • I spend 5 months in Florida and 7 months in Ontario, Canada. Can a Verizon Samsung Note ll be unlocked and used with a sim card from another carrier in Ontario?

    I spend 5 months in Florida and 7 months in Ontario, Canada. Can a Verizon Samsung Note ll be unlocked and used with a sim card from another carrier in Ontario?

    Yes, you should be able to use a local SIM card from a carrier in Ontario. You should not have to do anything prior to doing so.

  • Email from another source?

    My Macbook Pro is out for repair...can I access my email(me.com account) from another source?

    Actually, I figured it out by going to mobileme...I appreciate the response though. Thanks Dansyacht!

  • Can i use REALTIME EQUALIZER of AUDIGY from another application? API of AUDIGY?? H

    Hi to all,?Can i use EQUALIZER of AUDIGY from another application? need SDK? Help me?For example, VIDEOLAN hasn't a REALTIME EQUALIZER.... i want REALTIME EQUALIZER under VIDEOLAN or other application... can i use API of SOUNDBLASTER AUDIGY from another application and how?

    ? Isn't the Audigy EQ working 'globally' (meaning, if it's enabled then it effects on all audio outputted through Audigy)?
    If you mean programming those API calls into your own software then you'll propably need to dig those functions by 'disassembling' the EQ code (it's maybe not very easy...).
    jutapaMessage Edited by jutapa on 05-08-200705:4 PM

  • I received an ebook from another source. Can I transfer it into my iBook account?

    I received an ebook from another source. Can I transfer it into my iBook account?

    The problem could be that you don't have enough storage on the device itself, not on iCloud.  Go to Settings>General>Usage to see how much "Storage" you have available.  Farther down the list is the available storage on iCloud.
    Also check:
    Go to Settings>iCloud>Storage & Backups>Manage Storage; there, tap the device you need info on and the resulting screen lists Backup Options with which apps store data on iCloud.
    A device needs many MB of storage in order to perform a backup to iCloud.

  • HT4407 Is there any way to download these files manually from another source? The download from boot camp keeps stopping at around 25% and then produces the error "Can't download Windows Support Software because of a network problem". Thx!

    Is there any way to download these files manually from another source? The download from boot camp keeps stopping at around 25% and then produces the error "Can't download Windows Support Software because of a network problem". Thx!

    No. This issue is dicussed here frequently. The only option is to be patient and try often. Search this forum for other posts about this issue.

  • How can i install ios 8 downloaded from another source through flash drive?

    how can i install ios 8 downloaded from another source through flash drive?

    You can not download from a flash drive.  You can do over the air, or you can connect your iPhone to your computer and download iOS 8.1 via iTunes.

  • Use iMac as display from other source

    Hi,
    I have iMac 27" with thunderbolt connectivity in it. Is it possible to connect an external computer (with or without a converter) to use the iMac's Display? If possible, kindly let me know how.
    Thanks & Regards

    make sure to get the right converter thou. If you want to connect your ps3 (example) via hdmi, there is a difference between a "minidisplayport to hdmi" and a "hdmi to minidisplayport". If you want to get input via hdmi you will need the "hdmi to minidisplayport" converter.
    edit: cmd+f2 on the one you want to use as a monitor.
    edit:
    http://www.apple.com/thunderbolt/ :
    And because Thunderbolt is based on DisplayPort technology, the video standard for high-resolution displays, any Mini DisplayPort display plugs right into the Thunderbolt port. To connect a DisplayPort, DVI, HDMI, or VGA display, just use an existing adapter.
    EDIT: after some googleling it seems that X423424X is right.

  • How can I use notifications to send data from different sources to thesame chart?

    Hi,
    I am using the "Continuous Measurement and Logging" template project that ships with LV 2013.
    It is extremenly helpful for figuring out messaging between the acquire, graph, and log loops. (Thanks NI!)
    I've run into a snag however.
    I would like to modify it so that my graphing loop receives data notifications from two acquisition sources via notifiers.
    I'm having trouble getting data from both sources to display on the same chart.
    I've isolated the issue in the attached vi.
    Here's what happens:
    1. I create data from 2 parallel loops and send the data to a third parallel loop with notifiers.
    2. The third loop receives data from only one of the loops because one of the receiving notifiers just times out instead of receiving data.
    Can someone suggest how I can fix this?
    Thanks.
    - Matt
    Solved!
    Go to Solution.
    Attachments:
    test notification loop.vi ‏42 KB

    Here is my modification of your VI. I put notes on the block diagram to explain the changes. It uses a queue for the data transfer to avoid loss of data. It uses a notifier to stop the loops. All local variables and Value property nodes have been eliminated.
    The way the loops are stopped will likely leave some data in the queue. No more than one or two iterations of each of the data acquisition loops. If you need to guarantee that all data has been displayed (or saved in a real application), then you need to stop the acquisition loops first and read the queue until you know it is empty and both of the other loops have stopped. Then stop the display loop and release the queue and notifier.
    Lynn
    Attachments:
    test notification loop.ldj.vi ‏1036 KB

  • Display from another website

    Hello all,
    I need to display a page from another website in my jsp. I'm using Sitemesh to build the header, footer and layout of the page, but I need to bring a page from another website to display in the body. I have searched the internet and haven't found any good posts/articles/tutorials/ect. on the subject. Could someone please point me in the right directions.
    Thanks,

    Use a tool that gets data from a URL then sets a JSTL tag. You can use the tag then to place the new content. Please only do this if the site belongs to you. This will be frowned at if not.
    Simple class to get a URL
    package uk.co.classfinance.curl;
    import java.io.DataInputStream;
    import java.io.DataOutputStream;
    import java.io.IOException;
    import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
    import java.net.URL;
    import java.net.URLConnection;
    import java.net.URLEncoder;
    * Grabs data from an URL after passing parameters in a POST or GET request
    * @author Garry Taylor
    public class WebFetch {
         private String Url;
         private String Method;
         private String Response;
         private String PostData;
         public WebFetch() {
              this.PostData = "";
              this.Method = "POST";
         public void setUrl( String value) {
              this.Url = value;
         public void setMethod( String value) {
              this.Method = value;
         public String getUrl() {
              return this.Url;
         public String getMethod() {
              return this.Method;
         public String getResponse() {
              return this.Response;
         public void setPost(String name, String value) {
              String prefix = "";
              if( this.PostData.equals("") ){
                   prefix = "";
              } else {
                   prefix = "&";
              try {
                   this.PostData += prefix + name + "=" + URLEncoder.encode (value, "UTF-8" );
              } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
                   // TODO Auto-generated catch block
                   e.printStackTrace();
         public String getRequest() throws IOException {
              URL url;
              URLConnection urlConn;
              DataOutputStream printout;
              DataInputStream input;
              // URL of CGI-Bin script.
              url = new URL (this.Url);
              // URL connection channel.
              urlConn = url.openConnection();
              // Let the run-time system (RTS) know that we want input.
              urlConn.setDoInput (true);
              // Let the RTS know that we want to do output.
              urlConn.setDoOutput (true);
              // No caching, we want the real thing.
              urlConn.setUseCaches (false);
              // Specify the content type.
              urlConn.setRequestProperty
              ("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
              // Send POST output.
              printout = new DataOutputStream (urlConn.getOutputStream ());
              String content = this.PostData;
              printout.writeBytes (content);
              printout.flush ();
              printout.close ();
              // Get response data.
              input = new DataInputStream (urlConn.getInputStream ());
              String str = "";
              String result = "";
              while (null != ((str = input.readLine()))) {
              System.out.println (str);
              //textArea.appendText (str + "\n");
                   result += str + System.getProperty ( "line.separator" );
              input.close ();
              return result;
    }

  • Using Downloader to Import Pictures from another Hard Drive

    I'm using PSE 5.0 with Windows XP.
    I would like to transfer files from another computer which is connected through our home network. However, I would like to bring the files to the new computer similar to the way downloader does from a camera or memory card.
    The reason is that I want these files to be renamed and to have it automatically create new subfolders based on the date. When I use downloader, it just goes to grab the files, without giving me the option to change file names and add subfolders. Is there anyway I can do this?
    Thanks.
    Jim

    As far as I know, the Get Photos from Files and Folders is designed to make entries in the Elements Catalog but leave the photo files exactly where they currently reside (except for a choice with CD and DVD disc).
    There is an Adobe techdoc that describes moving photo files from hard drive to another but it will not include the automatically create new subfolders based on the date function.
    Since this is a networked disk, I don't know how PSE would treat it. For a USB flash drive, it is possible to do a Get Photos from Camera or Card Reader. (But then a flash drive is similar in many characteristics to a camera card.)
    Does anyone know what would happen in PSE 5 for a Get Photos from Card Reader pointed to a networked drive????

Maybe you are looking for