using macbook with closed lid?
Hi everyone, i go to school with my laptop everyday by bus, this ride takers 45 minutes. I always take my dog with me. I would like to use my laptop for studyig diring this time but there is not much room. Luckily i have a quite compact braille display and the new os x has bluetooth support. But is it possible to use my mbp with the lid closed? Normally it goes on standby but since i can scroll through a document with just my braille display i wouyld like to be able to keep my laptop in its case and just my braille display on my lap, there is no room for the whole deal. Can anyone tell me if this is possible, i cant find it in energy saver. Greetings, Anouk --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: using macbook with closed lid?
why is ... voiceover ... pausing ... like this when reading mails? he is no longer breathing under SL? On 7 Sep 2009, at 12:04, anouk radix wrote: Hi everyone, i go to school with my laptop everyday by bus, this ride takers 45 minutes. I always take my dog with me. I would like to use my laptop for studyig diring this time but there is not much room. Luckily i have a quite compact braille display and the new os x has bluetooth support. But is it possible to use my mbp with the lid closed? Normally it goes on standby but since i can scroll through a document with just my braille display i wouyld like to be able to keep my laptop in its case and just my braille display on my lap, there is no room for the whole deal. Can anyone tell me if this is possible, i cant find it in energy saver. Greetings, Anouk --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: using macbook with closed lid?
Way back in the Mac II days, one could run the server edition of the OS (it was pretty cheap, only a few bucks more than the regular OS) and it would boot without a keyboard, mouse or monitor. I don't under the OSX fixation with monitors but I'm not a hardware/firmware hacker either so I'm not supposed to know this stuff. cdh On Sep 7, 2009, at 8:41 AM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: I know this is possible if the computer is connected to an external video display. I have no idea about the braille though. Why not try it out and let us know. Jon On Sep 7, 2009, at 7:04 AM, anouk radix wrote: Hi everyone, i go to school with my laptop everyday by bus, this ride takers 45 minutes. I always take my dog with me. I would like to use my laptop for studyig diring this time but there is not much room. Luckily i have a quite compact braille display and the new os x has bluetooth support. But is it possible to use my mbp with the lid closed? Normally it goes on standby but since i can scroll through a document with just my braille display i wouyld like to be able to keep my laptop in its case and just my braille display on my lap, there is no room for the whole deal. Can anyone tell me if this is possible, i cant find it in energy saver. Greetings, Anouk --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: using macbook with closed lid?
This is, from what I have read, quite possible. Basically you connect the keyboard and the braille display to the computer, close the computer lid, and then start typing on the keyboard to wake it up. I'm pretty sure this can be done with bluetooth if you allow bluetooth devices to wake the computer from sleep. The thing about this is that you run the risk of overheating your computer, especially if you have it cooped up in a backpack on top of being closed. Let us know how it works. Justin Harford On Sep 7, 2009, at 4:04 AM, anouk radix wrote: Hi everyone, i go to school with my laptop everyday by bus, this ride takers 45 minutes. I always take my dog with me. I would like to use my laptop for studyig diring this time but there is not much room. Luckily i have a quite compact braille display and the new os x has bluetooth support. But is it possible to use my mbp with the lid closed? Normally it goes on standby but since i can scroll through a document with just my braille display i wouyld like to be able to keep my laptop in its case and just my braille display on my lap, there is no room for the whole deal. Can anyone tell me if this is possible, i cant find it in energy saver. Greetings, Anouk --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
