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dakotaspurs

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Aug 24, 2011
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Hi everyone,

I have a MacBook Pro that I want to use at home with an external monitor, but just using the monitor and not with the laptop open.

At the moment, I can use the monitor fine with the laptop slightly ajar, but with my old MacBook I could have it completely closed and still use it.

Does anyone know what settings I need to have to enable this?

The screens are already set to mirror, so it's not that. I also have it set to ask for a password on waking, which may be the issue, but I need to be able to log in to the MacBook Pro, with it closed, on the second monitor.

Thanks in advance.
 
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