Yeah I know this but I still want my mac to stay away so I can stay in that skype call while eating or my computer could do what ever while the lid is closed and it is in a vented area so nothing melts. I can do this on a windows machine so why not on a mac? I know there is software out there but it would reside in the dreaded status menu that is so hard to get to.
S On Nov 4, 2010, at 7:44 PM, Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: > hello; the process of sleep on a mac is much different than with a windows > computer. it takes literally only seconds to be back to full speed and it > will be in whatever app it was in when you closed the lid. all your other > windows will also still be open. you can set the put screen to sleep to > never and uncheck the box i mentioned before but you really don't have to. > good luck, max > On Nov 4, 2010, at 9:33 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > >> but that will not stop the mac from going to sleep when the lid is shut. I >> know I'm different but I in this case want the mac to stay away when I close >> the lid. that way I can put it on a higher shelf and eat, or shut the lid go >> to a different class and open it and resume taking notes. >> On Nov 4, 2010, at 7:30 PM, Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: >> >>> Hmm; i just went to energy saver under system preferences and there is a >>> check box that is checked on mine that says put the hard drive to sleep >>> whenever possible. its near the end of all your choices. however, I am >>> running standard leopard not snow leopard so i may have slightly different >>> menus than you. good luck, max >>> On Nov 4, 2010, at 8:38 PM, Mark BurningHawk Baxter wrote: >>> >>>> I have Energy Saving, but nothing under there, either battery or power >>>> adapter tabs, about lid behavior. >>>> >>>> >>>> • Mark BurningHawk Baxter >>>> • AIM, Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 >>>> • MSN: [email protected] >>>> • My home page: >>>> • http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
