Yeah there are pieces of software to do that but look in the archives for more 
info.

On Nov 18, 2010, at 17:56, Michael Thurman <[email protected]> wrote:

> exactly  that's why I don't use an external keyboard  I'd prefer that and 
> keeping my mac closed to keep kitties off the built in keyboard  maybe it 
> will last longer that way
> not to mention that often I'd put the mac on the home theater in the living 
> room and kick back with the wireless keyboard in my lap instead of the laptop
> Id rather spill a drink in my keyboard than my mac
> 
> On Nov 18, 2010, at 3:53 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
> 
>> I agree,
>> 
>> This lack of basic customization makes me scratch my head.  Why assume every 
>> time a person closes the lid they want to put the computer to sleep? 
>> 
>> Ricardo Walker
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>> 
>> On Nov 18, 2010, at 3:16 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
>> 
>>> And it really sicks. I know I've voiced my opiniononthis before but apple 
>>> really needs to change that. I mean you can just close the lid and put it 
>>> on your bookshelf and still be able to use it or wht not. I don't see why 
>>> youcannot or should not be able to configure this. THat's the onlything I 
>>> love about the other platform I use. I can close the lid and let batch 
>>> convert files and put it away from me and eat or work on something else. 
>>> all while the lid is closed. I really wish apple would take that in to 
>>> consideration in lion or in the next or a next update of os 10.6.
>>> 
>>> On Nov 18, 2010, at 7:04, Ricardo Walker <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for the info.  I don't think anything has changed.  I'm using a a 
>>>> 2010 macbook pro I just got last week.  lol.
>>>> 
>>>> Ricardo Walker
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>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Nov 18, 2010, at 9:56 AM, Bryan Jones wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Ricardo - The only way I was ever able to get my macbook or mbp to 
>>>>> stay awake with the lid closed was to have an external monitor attached. 
>>>>> When I did that, it worked great and I could access everything, put it to 
>>>>> sleep, wake it up and restart it using the external USB keyboard, but 
>>>>> whenever I tried it without an external monitor attached it would awake 
>>>>> for a couple of seconds and then go right back to sleep. The last macbook 
>>>>> I had was a late 2008 aluminum model, so maybe things have changed for 
>>>>> the better on the newer models, I don't know.
>>>>> 
>>>>> HTH,
>>>>> Bryan
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Nov 18, 2010, at 6:57 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
>>>>>> When closing the lid of my Macbook pro, the computer automatically goes 
>>>>>> to sleep.  Is there a way to change this behavior?  I've looked in the 
>>>>>> display and energy savor settings and didn't find anything.
>>>>> 
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