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How to keep macbook on when its is closed
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<blockquote data-quote="cworth" data-source="post: 1324760" data-attributes="member: 222904"><p><strong>The Answer</strong></p><p></p><p>As people have said, just plug in the monitor and external keyboard <u>and power cord</u> and click a key on the keyboard. This allows your laptop video display to really sleep and your CPU and GPU are free to do their awesome things.</p><p></p><p>My addition: <u>You must be plugged in (not on battery) to do this.</u> Yes it works on Lion and a 2011 Macbook Pro, but only if it's plugged in ! Hadn't been mentioned yet on this thread, and seein as it's the first one that pops up on Google, it should be.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cworth, post: 1324760, member: 222904"] [b]The Answer[/b] As people have said, just plug in the monitor and external keyboard [U]and power cord[/U] and click a key on the keyboard. This allows your laptop video display to really sleep and your CPU and GPU are free to do their awesome things. My addition: [U]You must be plugged in (not on battery) to do this.[/U] Yes it works on Lion and a 2011 Macbook Pro, but only if it's plugged in ! Hadn't been mentioned yet on this thread, and seein as it's the first one that pops up on Google, it should be. [/QUOTE]
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