Re: Behavior of macbook when lid is closed.

2010-11-19 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi Ricardo: Here's an interesting: If you leave mail open, at least with my mbp, it keeps right on going, even if I close the lid. Perhaps what I consider a funny glitch might be helpful for you.:) On Nov 18, 2010, at 2:33 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > I'm very serious. lol. It's about options

Re: Behavior of macbook when lid is closed.

2010-11-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
Yeah there are pieces of software to do that but look in the archives for more info. On Nov 18, 2010, at 17:56, Michael Thurman wrote: > exactly that's why I don't use an external keyboard I'd prefer that and > keeping my mac closed to keep kitties off the built in keyboard maybe it > will

Re: Behavior of macbook when lid is closed.

2010-11-18 Thread Michael Thurman
exactly that's why I don't use an external keyboard I'd prefer that and keeping my mac closed to keep kitties off the built in keyboard maybe it will last longer that way not to mention that often I'd put the mac on the home theater in the living room and kick back with the wireless keyboard

Re: Behavior of macbook when lid is closed.

2010-11-18 Thread Ricardo Walker
I'm very serious. lol. It's about options. For example, I wanted to play music on iTunes with the lid closed today. Shutting the lid put the MBP to sleep and stopped the music. How about another example. Let's say you are performing a task on your computer and need to move location. Are

Re: Behavior of macbook when lid is closed.

2010-11-18 Thread Jim Barbour
Yeah, but If I understand correctly, I start a job running in the background and then close the laptop. Reguardless of how long it takes to wake up the laptop, my job didn't run while the laptop was closed. Most unfortunate... Jim On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 02:10:38PM -0700, Carolyn Haas wrote: >

Re: Behavior of macbook when lid is closed.

2010-11-18 Thread Carolyn Haas
Hi Ricardo: c'mon, you can't be serious. It takes all of 3 seconds to wake up the Mac, as opposed to at least a couple minutes to pull a pc out of standby. Personally I find the close-lid sleep a big plus when i'm done working and just flip it shut and go on my way. I've also had my computer

Re: Behavior of macbook when lid is closed.

2010-11-18 Thread Ricardo Walker
I agree, This lack of basic customization makes me scratch my head. Why assume every time a person closes the lid they want to put the computer to sleep? Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Nov 18, 2010, at 3:16 PM, Sarah A

Re: Behavior of macbook when lid is closed.

2010-11-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
And it really sicks. I know I've voiced my opiniononthis before but apple really needs to change that. I mean you can just close the lid and put it on your bookshelf and still be able to use it or wht not. I don't see why youcannot or should not be able to configure this. THat's the onlything I

Re: Behavior of macbook when lid is closed.

2010-11-18 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, Thanks for the info. I don't think anything has changed. I'm using a a 2010 macbook pro I just got last week. lol. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Google Voice: 1-646-450-2197 On Nov 18, 2010, at 9:56 AM, Bryan Jones wrote: > Hi Ricardo - The on

Re: Behavior of macbook when lid is closed.

2010-11-18 Thread Bryan Jones
Hi Ricardo - The only way I was ever able to get my macbook or mbp to stay awake with the lid closed was to have an external monitor attached. When I did that, it worked great and I could access everything, put it to sleep, wake it up and restart it using the external USB keyboard, but whenever

Behavior of macbook when lid is closed.

2010-11-18 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hello list, When closing the lid of my Macbook pro, the computer automatically goes to sleep. Is there a way to change this behavior? I've looked in the display and energy savor settings and didn't find anything. TIA Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter, Skype, and AIM: rwalker296 Goo