Apple Explains How to Keep Your Mac From Turning on When Opening Lid

[Reboo00oot]

For all of you saying it is unreasonable to expect that your computer stay off when the lid is opened because “what else are you going to do when you open the lid?” … how would you feel if every time you opened the driver’s door to your car, it automatically just started your car? I mean, if you are opening your door, clearly the only thing you could possibly be doing is getting in to drive it, no?

No - I forgot something inside like my wallet. OR I'm bringing in several bags of groceries. OR I just need to look at or check something.

 

[DougiePhresh]

No - I forgot something inside like my wallet. OR I'm bringing in several bags of groceries. OR I just need to look at or check something.

EXACTLY. I feel like I am taking crazy pills here. There are more than one reason to do things.

 

[ThomasJL]

Hey, Tim, you got rid of Apple's industry-leading user-friendly skeuomorphic design and replaced it with Microsoft's user-unfriendly flat design. And now you want users to use a command prompt if they don't want their Mac laptop to turn on when the lid is opened. So why not just get rid of the GUI completely and go back to a fully non-graphical UI like DOS? DOS is the ultimate in flat design. It dosen't get any more flat than that.

 

[JoeSilver]

What's the use case for opening the laptop and not wanting it on?

Real scenario happened to me: leaving a reading room where the librarian asks you to open the laptop to check whether you're stealing any document.

 

[RaphaZ]

Real scenario happened to me: leaving a reading room where the librarian asks you to open the laptop to check whether you're stealing any document.

That's truly a historian problem (which I have!).