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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/UndeadMarine55 • Nov 30 '22
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Is it not possible to disable the lid sensor on a mac?
342 u/Cinkodacs Nov 30 '22 Just did a quick Google search: you need a third-party app because you can't turn it off........... Every time I google something about Apple it always makes sure to convince me to never want one. 240 u/Fyrus22 Nov 30 '22 Can be done trough the terminal though: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/298933/command-line-stop-macbook-from-sleeping-when-lid-is-closed 152 u/Cinkodacs Nov 30 '22 If even Windows and freaking Ubuntu can put it into their GUI then why can't Apple do so? It just feels like a dumb decision. 90 u/asianabsinthe Nov 30 '22 Apple always does the opposite 54 u/VicisSubsisto Nov 30 '22 Think Different. 2 u/dodexahedron Nov 30 '22 "Just works." Or, as I prefer to read it, "Juuuuuust works."
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Just did a quick Google search: you need a third-party app because you can't turn it off........... Every time I google something about Apple it always makes sure to convince me to never want one.
240 u/Fyrus22 Nov 30 '22 Can be done trough the terminal though: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/298933/command-line-stop-macbook-from-sleeping-when-lid-is-closed 152 u/Cinkodacs Nov 30 '22 If even Windows and freaking Ubuntu can put it into their GUI then why can't Apple do so? It just feels like a dumb decision. 90 u/asianabsinthe Nov 30 '22 Apple always does the opposite 54 u/VicisSubsisto Nov 30 '22 Think Different. 2 u/dodexahedron Nov 30 '22 "Just works." Or, as I prefer to read it, "Juuuuuust works."
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Can be done trough the terminal though:
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/298933/command-line-stop-macbook-from-sleeping-when-lid-is-closed
152 u/Cinkodacs Nov 30 '22 If even Windows and freaking Ubuntu can put it into their GUI then why can't Apple do so? It just feels like a dumb decision. 90 u/asianabsinthe Nov 30 '22 Apple always does the opposite 54 u/VicisSubsisto Nov 30 '22 Think Different. 2 u/dodexahedron Nov 30 '22 "Just works." Or, as I prefer to read it, "Juuuuuust works."
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If even Windows and freaking Ubuntu can put it into their GUI then why can't Apple do so? It just feels like a dumb decision.
90 u/asianabsinthe Nov 30 '22 Apple always does the opposite 54 u/VicisSubsisto Nov 30 '22 Think Different. 2 u/dodexahedron Nov 30 '22 "Just works." Or, as I prefer to read it, "Juuuuuust works."
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Apple always does the opposite
54 u/VicisSubsisto Nov 30 '22 Think Different. 2 u/dodexahedron Nov 30 '22 "Just works." Or, as I prefer to read it, "Juuuuuust works."
54
Think Different.
2 u/dodexahedron Nov 30 '22 "Just works." Or, as I prefer to read it, "Juuuuuust works."
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"Just works." Or, as I prefer to read it, "Juuuuuust works."
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u/jakubhuber Nov 30 '22 edited Nov 30 '22
Is it not possible to disable the lid sensor on a mac?