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Pretty sure it's an option if you have an external monitor attached. If not, why would you close your laptop if not to turn it off?
by garethrowlands 4y ago
Pretty sure it's an option if you have an external monitor attached. If not, why would you close your laptop if not to turn it off?
- Delk 4y agoI sometimes find it more convenient to carry a laptop to the meeting room or to a separate teleconferencing space (or even to the couch at home) with the lid closed. Especially if I'm also carrying something in my other hand.
- alex_smart 4y agoAnd what is the problem with doing that? The system comes back up when you reopen the lid nearly instantly anyways?
- leni536 4y agoThis assumes that you don't have stuff you would rather leave running in the background. Like compiling, or keeping an ssh session alive. I at least sometimes see coworkers walking around with open laptops, which looks inconcenient. I am sure they have their reason for not closing the lid.
- Delk 4y agoIt does, but it still requires unlocking the session on resume, which is a minor inconvenience if you're just moving to a neighbouring room with a coffee cup in your other hand. Slightly more importantly, sometimes it's also convenient to keep network connections open, e.g. for ssh sessions. Those aren't really problems, but it can be a minor matter of convenience, and I've set both my work and personal laptops to not suspend when the lid is closed. I'm not saying that's in any way a better idea than keeping the typical default, and I have absolutely no opinion on what anybody else should do. FWIW, I also don't care whether macOS gives an option for not triggering sleep when closing the lid, which was the original matter. But I don't agree that there's no reason to close the lid except for suspending.