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Claire Berlinski @ClaireBerlinski
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Dear twitter, I am having a problem linking my 2015 MacBook Air to my ASUS external monitor. This is a very serious problem indeed because my MacBook's
And my ancient iPhone moves on geologic time. The monitor is new and worked fine only three hours ago, when I woke up to see who our new Alien Overlords would be. Then it went black. I have tried all the obvious things: plugging and unplugging, checking cables, turning on
hours later, the problem remains; my screen is like a starless infinite night of blackness, and I am relying on French news sources to interpret the midterm results for me, which is like hiring Stephen Hawking
on and off every device, consulting apple forums on my phone. Three
hours later, the problem remains; my screen is like a starless infinite night of blackness, and I am relying on French news sources to interpret the midterm results for me, which is like hiring Stephen Hawking
to play the Goldberg Variations. Typing this Tweet took me an hour. Has anyone got any idea what could cause my monitor suddenly to reject all input from my mac?
Nothing here will be open for hours, by which point I'll probably be
as unfixable as my monitor: I reckon I'm minutes away from apoplexy and cerebral hemorrhage. Thank you for your kind assistance.
Somehow I lost the part about my mac screen being broken. This is key.
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