Turn Macbook Pro on, if it is hooked up to my cinema display, closed door?
Hi all,
I have searched and searched, but not found an answer, so I thought I would post this....
I have a 1 year old 30" cinema display I just got to use with my macbook pro.
I have my laptop tucked under the 30" display, sitting on top of the stand base, so one cannot open the door of the laptop display door as a result to power the computer on easily when need be.
I did not get any CD with the display, original box, etc, but no cd...... is there software that would allow me to use the monitor power button to turn the laptop on after turning it off?
Presently, I have set the display power button in preferences to allow it to go to sleep. but there is no option to turn computer on or off.
Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated. Seems dumb that one has to open the laptop door every time one turns the computer off, if using an external display, mouse, keyboard.
Cheers for any clarification.....
I don't have an answer to your question, but just wanted to warn you about running the macbook pro closed with an external monitor. I did that for over a year and the heat from the macbook pro ruined my macbook pro LCD screen since it was right on the heat. There ended up being blotching all over it and the only solution was to get the screen replaced.
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