Robert, I am not totally sure what you are asking. If you are wanting to leave the lid closed on the laptop and still use the external monitor as your only monitor then hook the external monitor to the laptop with the lid closed, this will then make the external the only monitor and all should work fine.
If you are asking how to close the lid after the external monitor is hooked to the laptop and the lid was open when you make the connections, then I have no idea and will be interested in the reply from someone much more knowledgeable than I. John R. On Nov 6, 2007, at 1:09 PM, Robert Klein wrote: > I just bought a MacBook to replace my Mac Mini at the office. I > use it with > a larger monitor and external keyboard and trackball, and they work > fine. > Of course, when I close the MacBook, it goes to sleep and the > monitor screen > goes dark. How do I use it this way and be able to shut the > MacBook all the > way? In Energy Saver, I set it to never sleep, but that didn't > help--I > guess the lid closure overrides that setting. > > Thanks, > > Robert > > > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be November 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: MacGroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20071106/01bc5588/attachment.html
