Using my MacBook with a broken display on my tv please help!

My MacBook Pro has a broken display. I want to use it on my tv but when I plug it in using an hdmi I cable all I get on my tv is my wallpaper. I have read that I need to take my macbook out of extended desktop mode to actually use it this way but I obviously can't. Can Apple wirelessly do this? I don't feel like spending 20 dollars to schedule a call if they can't.

Radwilkins wrote:
Nothing's happening just the click of my volume going down. Pretty frustrating I can see my cursor on the screen and everything do you know if they can do it at the apple store?
You're holding down the fn key and then pressing F11 at the same time?

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