Reuse a screen from A1932 Apple MacBook Air in A2338 Apple MacBookPro

Thank you!

And, I found this comment as well: Screen compatibility between A2179 and A2337 models

"We’ve now learned Apple has serialize the display to the logic board as such you are being forced to use Apples parts as you need access to their calibration tool which is likewise linked to the displays S/N that Apple shipped to you. Basically closing down reuse of used parts!"

I'm not a HW guy to fully understand what this means but it sounds like there's a deliberate incompatibility introduced by Apple.

I am still curious to learn how exactly this is this done technically, just my curiosity. Other than that it's pretty clear my idea won't work.

@pequ - Well almost! Since that posting we discovered it’s a bit more complex! A virgin display from the display maker won’t have the secret sauce! In this case the FaceTime camera firmware. Within the final assembly process the display gets its firmware downloaded to the camera unit with a S/N then the camera S/N is linked to the Systems firmware. So without the display having its firmware you don’t have a working display! Now if you use a used display the firmware will be present! At which point the FaceTime camera will work. But! The TrueTone service won’t. To get everything working you currently need access to Apples paywalled calibration tool and to gain access to it you need to buy the Apple supplied display.

@danj thanks (and I now see that the previous comment I cited was also yours!)

Does this mean that if you have all functionality you need to buy the part from Apple?

Or are there other Apple-authorized vendors that offer calibrated displays?

For example, iFixit sells a display for $499

MacBook Pro 13" (A2338) Display Assembly

Certainly the vendors that the YouTube video I shared above links to don't look great - people reporting issues, including with the camera.

@pequ - If you want full functionality you would need to get the Apple supplied screen, if TrueTone is not important to you a Used Display will do with a M1 version system.

@danj to be clear: by "Apple supplied screen", do you mean buy it from Apple? Or are there any vendors that sell Apple-supplied screens?