Comments on: MacBook can work in lid-closed mode without a mouse and keyboard

By: chris

chris — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:34:57 +0000

To answer stavros question, the easiest way i have found so far is to add display to your task bar, right click (after opening lid) and click detect display. that will get you back to dual monitors by turning on your macbook’s monitor.

By: cklaxton

cklaxton — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:34:59 +0000

Hey just a tip…

I was tyring to get front row to open in lid closed but was having problems. I read the comments to see what was wrong.

You dont need to have display mirroring on. To run in lid closed mode, close the lid, but wait till it falls asleep (snoring sleep light activated) then wake it up with the apple remote.

The comp will wake up on your external monitor as if it were the only monitor; you could use it do do anything, not just front row.

Then push menu on the remote to access front row, just like normally.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:08:10 +0000

Hi Paul,

Unfortunately, as far as I know you *have* to have an external monitor connected to the laptop to allow it to work in lid-closed mode. You could perhaps use something like a Dummy VGA Connector:

http://soerennielsen.dk/mod/VGAdummy/index_en.php

Not sure if this would work or not.

Jamie

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:32:18 +0000

I have a macbook pro and an Iphone with the remote App. I would like to hook up my laptop with my stereo and play my itunes music over my outdoor speakers, but It only works if I keep my laptop open. Any suggestions?

By: angelingz

angelingz — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:11:30 +0000

Thank you very much i can do it with myself.

Love you

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:52:40 +0000

Thanks mate!

By: Keith

Keith — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:15:12 +0000

Nice tip!

Keith
http://www.HDPl.us

By: oli

oli — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 08:55:33 +0000

wicked lil trick mate but i agree with someone else here that it would be even handier if there was a way to just close the lid and have the macbook do nothing like on windows nb very handy when downloading etc as i often like to put my mb away while its still downloading, but i cant as i have to have the lid up always

By: Mike Collins

Mike Collins — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:09:47 +0000

THANK YOU! I just bought the Apple 30″ Cinematic Display and have wondered how to do this without the USB keyboard or mouse.

You, sir, rock!

By: BlueDevil911

BlueDevil911 — Mon, 26 May 2008 09:11:44 +0000

Great Tip. I have a USB Hub Thing and the USB Ascpects of it work, ie printer, mouse, etc, but it also has an earphone/speaker jack which, sadly dosent work, and I dont have an external monitor to try, or a usb keyboard, it is the normal key board cable so that dosent fit into my device. So, If i had to say then a anything you can plug into a USB device will work fine, im not sure of the others… YET!

AND, Im glad to know the trick about closing the lid, I use an LCD Projector and it was annoying me having to have the added light from the laptop, knowing it can still work if its connected to a monitor is GREAT! As is he tip about turing the brightnesss down until it turns off! THANKS!