Magnetic sensor, of messing up my stuff?

[sdneidich]

So I have a wallet with a magnet.
When it is in my front pocket, and my macbook pro is positioned with the bottom left over it (where I believe my SSD is), the display powers off.

Is this the result of a sensor, or am I F*ing up my hard drive?

Either way, I am getting a new wallet.

 

[iMacDragon]

So I have a wallet with a magnet.
When it is in my front pocket, and my macbook pro is positioned with the bottom left over it (where I believe my SSD is), the display powers off.

Is this the result of a sensor, or am I F*ing up my hard drive?

Either way, I am getting a new wallet.

It's the lid closed sensor, I would assume. Those are usually magnetic based.

 

[Pballer110]

It's the lid closed sensor, I would assume. Those are usually magnetic based.

That actually makes alot of sense. Never thought of that.

 

[alphaod]

No the magnets in an HDD are a lot stronger than that; and your SSD doesn't even use magnetism to store data, so it's non-issue.

You can be sure Apple wouldn't be using this form shutting the lid if it messed with data.

 

[snaky69]

You're triggering the lid closed sensor.

 

[tdream]

.

 

[sdneidich]

Ah. that explains it. Thanks!