Close lid and keep it on

NoSleep
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/37991/nosleep
works like a charm and have never had any problem with it

 

your welcome

 

Caffeine will temporarily override your energy saver settings and keep your Mac awake with a click on the Menu Bar icon. Another click turns it off.

To keep your Mac notebook awake with the lid closed, use InsomniaX or InsomniaT (rebuild for SL) (fix for 2011 MPBs)

NoSleep also keeps your Mac notebook awake when you close the lid.

 

you are wrong on that, is a toogle on and off.
you control it from the bar on top with a click

 

I'm not wrong. It will keep the Mac awake when you close the lid. That's the purpose of the app. I didn't say anything about how to activate NoSleep, which can be done via the Menu Bar icon or via the app preferences. Read the link posted to learn how it works.

 

damm my bad, did not pay attention to how you phrased what you said.
maybe i should not be eating, reading and watching the news at the same time.

 

No Sleep is what I've been using in conjunction with Caffeine.

Although I don't *always* keep No Sleep active, it works great and I absolutely love Caffeine... the app that is

 

What I do is go to energy saver and turn "computer to sleep" to "never".
Then after that just press the "shift+control+eject" and make the display go to sleep.