Closing the display w/o sleeping.

hey, i was just wondering if anyone here knew of a way to be able to close the mbp screen without the computer shutting itself off in sleep mode. I'm backing up my hard drive and i'd rather not have to leave the screen open.

You can run the MBP with the lid closed if you have it hooked up to another monitor. Here is how. Sleep the MBP. With the lid closed, Connect external monitor, and turn Monitor on. Plug in power supply, then USB Keyboard, and it should wake up on the external monitor only. If it doesn't wake up, hitting the space bar should wake it. I wouldn't run it long this way. But if you open the lid after waking it on external monitor, Lid monitor stays dark. If you want to use 2 monitors, either wake it with the lid open, or open it and select Detect Displays from the Displays Preference panel. Mine is a little screen in the menu bar. I always keep my PowerBook G4-17 attached this way when it is in the office. 4 years and going strong. I suppose running it half the time with the lid closed might hurt it, maybe that's why the airport died 3 days after AppleCare ended! I don't think it gets as hot as this MBP does

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I am new to the Mac OS system and am facing a difficulty.
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