Re: Apple shares a secret MacBook tip that power users will love, MacWorld

Interesting, I'd not heard of that procedure, must give it a try. It doesn't seem to be documented anywhere, but if it works it could be tolerable. Of course, I'd still love something permanent ... And, yes, of course it's possible the easiest fix here is to just suck it up and clean the machin

Re: Apple shares a secret MacBook tip that power users will love, MacWorld

Well, for cleaning the below incantation was discussed on November 7th on Accidental Tech Podcast: CleanupBuddy by Gui Rambo Alternative incantation from Daniel Pieper Power the machine off Left ⌃ and ⌘ as well as Right ⇧ for 7 sec

Re: Apple shares a secret MacBook tip that power users will love, MacWorld

I disagree, it's ridiculous to provide a power button at all if you see no plausible use for it. And while earlier machines did this, crucially this could be disabled completely. I don't mind if Apple's customers want this silly feature, but I'd be very glad if they made it an option because it

Re: Apple shares a secret MacBook tip that power users will love, MacWorld

Its not that big of a deal. I don’t see the problem, and this is nothing new. MacBooks have been doing this since the T2 chip was introduced around 2019. - Brad - On Feb 4, 2025, at 12:31, 'Sabahattin Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries wrote: Such an irritating and stupid feature. I'm sure Apple

Re: Apple shares a secret MacBook tip that power users will love, MacWorld

Such an irritating and stupid feature. I'm sure Apple think they're being exceedingly clever by "predicting" that people want to turn on their notebooks, when in fact they just wanted to open the lid, or plug them in. The triumph of form over function. And so now we have this little not-quite-a-

Re: Apple shares a secret MacBook tip that power users will love, MacWorld

Well, it works and the laptop won’t turn on when you lift the lid, but, as soon as you touch any key it will turn on. I was hoping that I would have to press the power button and in that way I could handle the keyboard wiping it down etc. placing location dots and such Without it turning on but it

Apple shares a secret MacBook tip that power users will love, MacWorld

Macworld - Friday, January 31, 2025 Apple shares a secret MacBook tip that power users will love Apple M-series MacBooks turn on automatically when you open the laptop or plug in the power adapter. It sort of makes sense, right? If you’re opening your MacBook, you’re probably going to use it,