is there anyway around my macbook going to sleep when i close the lid? perhaps a prefence i keep missing or a third party app to get around this? thanks.
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my ibook can't.........the powerbooks can. Not sure about the macintels...
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There may be a way but trust me, you don't want this. I had it as a problem (it wouldn't go to sleep with a closed lid) the machine gets really hot, and you end up moving it more than you should because you can't be bothered to open it up and then put it to sleep, so you mess with your spinning HDD.
there used to be two programs that would stop the comp from sleeping when lid was closed, but neither work with 10.4.8
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insomniaX and sleepless
Also, I think having the heat near the LCD is bad for the LCD. The keyboard side does dissipate some heat if it is closed this heat has to go through the LCD.
Eraserhead
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call me crazy, but why exactly would you want to do this? Going to sleep doesn't really hurt the computer and I can't really see a downside...
it was only for the reason to keep Adium connected over night...but i have gotten used to putting my macbook to sleep overnight, so its all good
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That would potentially be very bad for your hard drive, although the accelerometer might keep it safe.
d wade
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On another thread, someone mentioned Sleepless as a solution. I've never tried it so I can't vouch for it, but the system requirements seem to include the MB.
Don't know why the OP wanted to do this, but regarding processing movies, that can generate a lot of heat (ffmpegx and Apple's Compressor both turn my MBP into a jet engine), so make sure you test for heat. It can run closed just fine according to Apple, but inside a bag, there might not a lot of places for heat to go. I'd recommend some tests before going all-out.
EDIT: Oops, OK, now I know why the OP wanted to do this. All I had to do was read.
Don't know why the OP wanted to do this, but regarding processing movies, that can generate a lot of heat (ffmpegx and Apple's Compressor both turn my MBP into a jet engine), so make sure you test for heat. It can run closed just fine according to Apple, but inside a bag, there might not a lot of places for heat to go. I'd recommend some tests before going all-out.
EDIT: Oops, OK, now I know why the OP wanted to do this. All I had to do was read.