Hi I am new to MAC and love it but am finding difficulty in hooking my screen to the laptop. I would like to close the laptop and have the screen be seen on the cinema screen but each time I close the laptop it turns the screen off as well. I have looked for options but can not seem to figure it out. Appreciate your help.
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Hooking MacBook Pro to Cinema Screen
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Do you have an external keyboard and mouse? If you do, then hook it up to the screen, and shut the lid.
Then double hit the space bar.
If you have a BT keyboard and mouse, make sure the Mac is set to wake from BlueTooth.
It was not clear in your post - do you have a MacBook/Pro/Air on the ACD or another laptop on ACD (e.g. Dell). If you have a MacBook, I'll tell you what I do - I will quickly open the screen lid to a gap of about 1 inch (~2.5 cm) and close it about two seconds later, once the screen goes blue.
This works for a MacBook (Feb 2008 rev MacBook and a Aug 2006 rev 23 inch ACD).
This works for a MacBook (Feb 2008 rev MacBook and a Aug 2006 rev 23 inch ACD).