Super Noob Question ABout Hooking Up To TV

[STidrvr]

So Im still relatively new to the MacBook. To watch movies, Ive been hooking up my rMBP to my TV via the HDMI port. How do I allow the movie to play while keeping the lid closed. I looked though the setting and cant seem to find a setting. If possible though, I like to retain the setting for lid closure as it stands now, when not connected.

So is there a may to change the behavior only when connected via HDMI?

 

[SnowLeopard2008]

So Im still relatively new to the MacBook. To watch movies, Ive been hooking up my rMBP to my TV via the HDMI port. How do I allow the movie to play while keeping the lid closed. I looked though the setting and cant seem to find a setting. If possible though, I like to retain the setting for lid closure as it stands now, when not connected.

So is there a may to change the behavior only when connected via HDMI?

I don't have a rMBP so this potentially might be wrong, but if you use a mouse/keyboard either connected through USB or Bluetooth, you can close the lid and click using the mouse or tap a few keys on the keyboard. This will activate clamshell mode. Basically clamshell mode disables the built in display and uses the connected external display as the primary/main display. I have done this using various MBPs but only through the MiniDP/Thunderbolt ports to HDMI, DVI and VGA. I can't verify if this method works for direct HDMI.

 

[BigBeast]

I don't have a rMBP so this potentially might be wrong, but if you use a mouse/keyboard either connected through USB or Bluetooth, you can close the lid and click using the mouse or tap a few keys on the keyboard. This will activate clamshell mode. Basically clamshell mode disables the built in display and uses the connected external display as the primary/main display. I have done this using various MBPs but only through the MiniDP/Thunderbolt ports to HDMI, DVI and VGA. I can't verify if this method works for direct HDMI.

Yup.

More specifically:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3131

 

[STidrvr]

Excellent, Thank You Very Much!

 

[Ipadlover29]

Is there a way to disable the internal screen without closing the lid? Only thing that has worked for me so far is using a magnet lol.

 

[STidrvr]

Is there a way to disable the internal screen without closing the lid? Only thing that has worked for me so far is using a magnet lol.

What I have been doing is turning down the brightness on the screen and keyboard backlight to off.

 

[iThinkergoiMac]

Yup, lowering the brightness all the way will make it look as though it's off.

 

[Ipadlover29]

Pretty silly there is no simple way to switch off the internal display. I would expect something that costs $2400 to have this ability.

 

[snaky69]

Pretty silly there is no simple way to switch off the internal display. I would expect something that costs $2400 to have this ability.

It does have the feature, in windows. That's an OS X limitation, not a hardware limitation. So you should be saying "I can't believe this feature is not available on a $20 piece of software". That changes the outlook doesn't it?


All seriousness aside, just go to apple.com/feedback and let them know, if enough people do it, they just might quietly implement it.

 

[Toby Ziegler]

Is there a way to disable the internal screen without closing the lid? Only thing that has worked for me so far is using a magnet lol.

Pretty silly there is no simple way to switch off the internal display. I would expect something that costs $2400 to have this ability.

On a cMPB, Control + Shift + Eject will power down the display. Since you're using a retina MBP, I'm not sure what the key combination would be... There is an option under the Screensaver preferences to assign a hot corner to turn off the display.

 

[snaky69]

On a cMPB, Control + Shift + Eject will power down the display. Since you're using a retina MBP, I'm not sure what the key combination would be... There is an option under the Screensaver preferences to assign a hot corner to turn off the display.

Doesn't that shortcut put the whole computer to sleep?

 

[Ipadlover29]

On a cMPB, Control + Shift + Eject will power down the display. Since you're using a retina MBP, I'm not sure what the key combination would be... There is an option under the Screensaver preferences to assign a hot corner to turn off the display.

I tried the hot corner short cut. It put both displays to sleep.

 

[Toby Ziegler]

Doesn't that shortcut put the whole computer to sleep?

Nope. I use it everyday when I leave my laptop at my desk. Just shuts off the display and the keyboard backlight.