Re: Closing the lid of the MBP while it remains active.

2010-09-17 Thread Sarah Alawami
I realise apple is trying to prevent there processers from melting but this to my opinion is poor design flaw. We should like in windows be able to keep the lid clised and use our usb keybords or what not. I have submitted feedback to apple about this plenty of times with no change. Take care

Re: Closing the lid of the MBP while it remains active.

2010-09-17 Thread Kimberly thurman
Yep, that's what happened exactly! On Sep 17, 2010, at 2:27 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi! > > The Apple article linked to earlier only works if you do have an external > display, however. I tried this a long time ago with a bluetooth keyboard and > no extra display, and while the Mac would

Re: Closing the lid of the MBP while it remains active.

2010-09-17 Thread Kimberly thurman
I have tried this with no display attached and it doesn't seem to work, so I guess a display is necessary. On Sep 17, 2010, at 2:16 PM, Bryan Jones wrote: > Hi Kimberly - I usually work with my macbook closed, but I have an external > monitor attached. When I'm done working I will put it to sl

Re: Closing the lid of the MBP while it remains active.

2010-09-17 Thread Sarah Alawami
Ype that's correct. It would be nice that way I could put my mac on the uppoer shelf of my desk and use my bt keyboard or eat dinner on the bottom shelf. On Sep 17, 2010, at 12:36 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi! > > I personally think it's really cute when my little Mac goes to sleep, but > t

Re: Closing the lid of the MBP while it remains active.

2010-09-17 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi! I personally think it's really cute when my little Mac goes to sleep, but there are times when I want my Mac to be closed and still be awake. We had Insomniacs once, but I believe development on that project has ceased and isn't accessible either, mainly because it uses status bar icons as

Re: Closing the lid of the MBP while it remains active.

2010-09-17 Thread Sarah Alawami
The only way I can see to have the mbp stay awake is to use software to do it but mone user melted his processer doing it which to me os poor designing on apple's part. On Sep 17, 2010, at 11:16 AM, Bryan Jones wrote: > Hi Kimberly - I usually work with my macbook closed, but I have an external

Re: Closing the lid of the MBP while it remains active.

2010-09-17 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi! The Apple article linked to earlier only works if you do have an external display, however. I tried this a long time ago with a bluetooth keyboard and no extra display, and while the Mac would wake up, it kept falling asleep which would result in a constant waking up/falling asleep cycle a

Re: Closing the lid of the MBP while it remains active.

2010-09-17 Thread Bryan Jones
Hi Kimberly - I usually work with my macbook closed, but I have an external monitor attached. When I'm done working I will put it to sleep by pressing Command + Option + Eject on my external apple bluetooth keyboard, and when I want to wake it up I will just press the Control key on the bluetoot

Re: Closing the lid of the MBP while it remains active.

2010-09-17 Thread Chris Blouch
Possibly. Apple has a support article about it here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3131?viewlocale=en_US You have to turn on your bluetooth wake settings among other things, but they assume you have an external monitor hooked up (which is probably the typical case). CB On 9/17/10 11:06 AM,

Closing the lid of the MBP while it remains active.

2010-09-17 Thread Kimberly thurman
HI folks: As the subject line says, Is it possible to change a setting on the MBP to allow it to remain on with the lid closed? I just got a bluetooth keyboard and want to know if I can close the lid and leave the MBP on the table while I use the BT keyboard. Thanks for any input! :) -- You