You can get the mac book to stay awake when you are using / if you are using external monitors or / and keyboards.
We've got a number of them at work that do this. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Wednesday, 5 August 2009 1:04 a.m. To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: when closing lid Did you have an external keyboard attached? I have encountered situations where even the PC laptop my employer provided has not gone to sleep and I pulled it out of my backpack to find it nearly melting down. :) If it continues, you may want to have a chat with Apple Care. On Aug 4, 2009, at 8:30 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: Are there any situations when it doesn't do this? I ask because a few days ago I closed the lid, wanting it to go to sleep, but it didn't. About every 30 seconds, it made that noise that it makes when VO first comes on. Donna _____ From: Marie Howarth <marie.jane2...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 8:20 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: when closing lid hybernating? it's called sleeping on the mac and that is what it does when you close the lid. On Aug 4, 2009, at 1:10 PM, Blake Sinnett wrote: Not necessarily What if you want it to hybernate? Wouldn't this be in apple>system preferences>Energy Saver? > From: giantdolp...@gmail.com > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: when closing lid > Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 01:22:40 -1000 > > > What do you mean "control"? If you close any laptop if goes to sleep > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 4, 2009, at 1:14 AM, william lomas > <lomaswill...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > > hi how do I control the behaviour of the mac when i close the lid > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---