Running MBA with Apple Cinema Display with lid closed

[MoodyMedStudent]

Hi everyone, I know that if I wanted to run MBA on my ACD I could close the lid of the MBA and then wiggle a mouse (which is connected to my MBA via USB) to "wake up" the MBA while the lid is closed. However each time I would open the MBA back up since I use the keyboard/touchpad on it.

I was wondering if there's a way to run MBA on the ACD without going through the closing-the-lid procedure. Is there some setting in the OS or some hot-key which would achieve the same thing?

Much appreciated.

 

[alust2013]

You could just plug the display in and use it. You can use both displays side by side without need for putting the computer to sleep first.

 

[MoodyMedStudent]

You could just plug the display in and use it. You can use both displays side by side without need for putting the computer to sleep first.

I prefer to just use one display though. If you have both displays on graphic power is divided between both displays and it tends to lag down a bit.