Have you ever wanted to prevent a MacBook from going to sleep when the lid is closed? I use a 24" external monitor with my MacBook's lid closed which tells me it has the capability, but this is somehow different than preventing it from going to sleep every time the lid is closed. Well, today I stumbled upon a solution for this in a piece of software named InsomniaX. I haven't tried this yet, so if you take it for a spin, I'm curious to know how it works for you.
05 February 2009
Prevent Your MacBook From Going to Sleep When the Lid is Closed
Have you ever wanted to prevent a MacBook from going to sleep when the lid is closed? I use a 24" external monitor with my MacBook's lid closed which tells me it has the capability, but this is somehow different than preventing it from going to sleep every time the lid is closed. Well, today I stumbled upon a solution for this in a piece of software named InsomniaX. I haven't tried this yet, so if you take it for a spin, I'm curious to know how it works for you.
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It will work but it will not be in the best interest of your laptop's operating life. Since closing the lid prevents proper cooling. A friend of mine had the same setup, and his Macbook Pro started acting weird after a few months, and after taking it in to the Mac Store, the Genius Bar Tech told him the CPU failed because of overheating.
ReplyDeleteBut luckily it was still under extended warranty.
It will work but it will not be in the best interest of your laptop's operating life. Since closing the lid prevents proper cooling. A friend of mine had the same setup, and his Macbook Pro started acting weird after a few months, and after taking it in to the Mac Store, the Genius Bar Tech told him the CPU failed because of overheating.
ReplyDeleteBut luckily it was still under extended warranty.
My 2.8GHz MBP comes into kernel panic when I activate this programm.
ReplyDeleteTried this on my macbook pro and it didn't like it at all, after setting it up I tried closing the lid and when I opened it it wouldn't start!
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