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How to use rmbp as a desktop
- Thread starter bluebird3
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I'm connecting it to an apple cinema display. Just got an adoptor and it shows up on the screen fine except when you close the lid on rmbp, of course the both screen goes to sleep. I guess if I had a Bluetooth key board connected, the cinema display won't go black even the rmbp lid is closed?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3131
You need to have the notebook connected to power and an external mouse/keyboard to let you use it with the lid closed.
Clamshell mode:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3131
In a nutshell:
From your laptop, connect your external display, along with an external keyboard/mouse. Close the lid on the laptop. All goes to sleep.
Press a key on the external keyboard to wake up your Mac. Only the external screen will light up. And, the internal screen is ignored while the lid is closed.
As andyp350 pointed out, you need your external power adapter connected.
It's no longer portable while you use in clamshell mode (but you are using it as a desktop, right?)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3131
In a nutshell:
From your laptop, connect your external display, along with an external keyboard/mouse. Close the lid on the laptop. All goes to sleep.
Press a key on the external keyboard to wake up your Mac. Only the external screen will light up. And, the internal screen is ignored while the lid is closed.
As andyp350 pointed out, you need your external power adapter connected.
It's no longer portable while you use in clamshell mode (but you are using it as a desktop, right?)
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If all else fails, you can try an app called "InsomniaX" (link below). I've used this before but it's been awhile.
http://semaja2.net/projects/insomniaxinfo/
http://semaja2.net/projects/insomniaxinfo/