Thanks for this suggestion, Simon. With this kind of setup I could move my Airbook onto a shelf somewhere, afaik.
Unfortunately, I won't know for awhile. I need to take my Airbook into the local Service Center and hope they can fix me up. It appears my battery has swollen from the Airbook being on constantly over the years. Typing on the keyboard is an unstable experience, with the Airbook rocking back and forth. I'm powered off for now. <sigh> Janina Simon Fogarty writes: > Yeah but then you have to be aware of heat disapation up through the keyboard > Now if you close the machine and still have it running then you have heat > hitting the closed screen and causing heat build up in the keyboard screen > region of the device, > > It’s not something I’d vbe recommending. > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> On > Behalf Of Alex Hall > Sent: Wednesday, 7 March 2018 11:56 PM > To: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: having mac not go to sleep when closing lid? > > That said, there is closed clamshell mode. If you connect power, a screen, > and a keyboard to your Mac, it will stay active when closed, though > presumably, its screen will turn off. Note that, if you don't have enough > sight to need a screen, you can pick up a dummy unit that will trick the Mac > into thinking there's a screen. I got one on Amazon for $15 a few years ago > and it's still working perfectly. I now have it, a keyboard, and power > plugged into a hub, so I can simply connect a single cable to my Mac and it > will run when I close it. It's a good setup if you use an external keyboard > and want extra room on your desk. > > -- > Alex Hall > > > > > > On Mar 7, 2018, at 00:40, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu<mailto:mk...@ucla.edu>> > wrote: > > Hello Hank, > > Are you certain that you do not want the Mac to go to sleep upon closing the > lid? > > Were I you, I would not want the screen to remain active when in physical > contact with the keyboard. The heat buildup could cause damage to the unit > and, in fact, may become a fire hazard if the ambient temperature is too high. > > For your safety and the safety of the unit, I strongly recommend that you > either don't close the lid or, continue to let closing the lid, put the Mac > to sleep. There is a definite reason why having the Mac go to sleep is the > default behavior of the OS. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com<mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of The wolf > Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2018 8:30 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com<mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Subject: having mac not go to sleep when closing lid? > > Hello how do I tell the mac to do nothing when I close the lid? > > it keeps wanting to go to sleep on me. > > Hank > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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