Howto not put the iBook to sleep on closing the LCD
My daughter's iBook G4 12-inch LCD panel (hinge and more) is broken, so I have to turn it into a desktop instead. I am using an external monitor, USB keyboard, and bluetooth mouse.
1. When the LCD is initially in the open position, how do you stop the iBook from going into sleep mode when you close down the LCD.
2. Once the iBook is in the sleep mode and the LCD is in the closed position, how do you wake it up. I tried both the external keyboard and bluetooth mouse, it wouldn't wake up the iBook.
Thanks
Les
Hi Les,
Do a search for Screen Spanning Doctor. It's a hack that wil allow the iBook to operate in clam shell mode. Be aware that using it could void any warranty you have left. Also read the warning although I haven't seen any post about trouble with it.
John
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13-inch MacBook Pro, early 2011 (model identifier: MacBookPro8,1)
Running Yosemite, OS X 10.10.1 (however, problem started while using Mavericks)
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