adamrobertt Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Hi. I'm new here, so I'm not sure if is the right forum. Sorry if it isn't. Anyway, my girlfriend just got a new white 2.0gHz Macbook and she's really enjoying it (I'm jealous of her) but the one thing we don't like is how it always automatically sleeps when the lid is closed, which also turns off the network. We searched for an option to turn this off, but to no avail. Is there any way to set the Macbook to not go to sleep when the lid is closed? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgrimes80 Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 As far as I know, they're is nothing... If you find a solution, post it up; I'd never thought about it till now, that would really be nice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmk Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Doesn't Insomnia.kext work ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLoudermilk Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 I too, was just wondering this same thing. I've had my MacBook Pro for 2 days, and that is one of the only complaints I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamrobertt Posted May 24, 2006 Author Share Posted May 24, 2006 I'm not sure what insomnia.kext is. Care to elaborate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Insomnia.kext, as you can probably guess from its name, prevents the mac from sleeping, ever. It works on hackintoshes so presumably it'll work on the real thing. Its an opensource kext for ppc macs, which a forum member recompiled for intel: http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?sh...mnia\.kext hth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamrobertt Posted May 24, 2006 Author Share Posted May 24, 2006 Insomnia.kext, as you can probably guess from its name, prevents the mac from sleeping, ever. It works on hackintoshes so presumably it'll work on the real thing. Its an opensource kext for ppc macs, which a forum member recompiled for intel: http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?sh...mnia\.kext hth. Hmm. I don't know if I want it to never sleep...I like the sleep function, I just want to have the ability to keep it awake when I close it if I desire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Severnya Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 obv this is a nice thing to have, but simce heat goes up - probably through the keys - do you want all that heat going through the screen?? I know i dont.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamrobertt Posted May 24, 2006 Author Share Posted May 24, 2006 obv this is a nice thing to have, but simce heat goes up - probably through the keys - do you want all that heat going through the screen?? I know i dont.... Come on, they don't run thathot. It's not really for extended use, just for when I need to get up for a few minutes but I want my network to stay up (like when I'm downloading a torrent and I get up to take a {censored}) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autoy Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Sleeplees is a frontend that uses insomnia kext. You can place it in the menubar and enable and disable sleep on lid close whenever you want. http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/10564 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouch Posted May 24, 2006 Share Posted May 24, 2006 Hmm. I don't know if I want it to never sleep...I like the sleep function, I just want to have the ability to keep it awake when I close it if I desire. You can wake the macbook from sleep with an external keyboard or mouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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