[Mohammed Al-Sabah]

hello all,

is there a way to have itunes play while the lid (lcd) closed? i know bg programs kepp working but how can i have itunes play? is that possible?

thx all

[Macola]

It works fine for me in clamshell mode.

[jdhindes]

Tell me again how to get "clamshell mode." Thanks

Jim

[Macola]

Originally posted by jdhindes:
Tell me again how to get "clamshell mode." Thanks

Jim

If your PB is running, close the lid to put it to sleep, then plug in an external monitor and keyboard. It should wake automatically in clamshell mode; if not, hit a key to wake it. If the PB is off, then plug in the monitor and keyboard and (depending on your PB model) start up from either the external keyboard or power button, and quickly close the lid.

[Mohammed Al-Sabah]

any other way other then clamshell? somthing without pluging anything in?! ;p

[leffo]

Originally posted by Mohammed Al-Sabah:
any other way other then clamshell? somthing without pluging anything in?! ;p

Yes, basically you have two other options. The PowerBooks and iBooks knows when to go to sleep because of a small magnet under the right arrow-key (at least it's located there on the iBooks) that triggers something in the lid when closed. If you screen this magnet off with a coin, for example, the computer will not fall asleep.

Another option (in my opinion much nicer but a bit more complicated) is to patch your kernel with a no-sleep-patch and recompile it. Instructions can be found at: http://www.binaervarianz.de/projekte...ieren/meltmac/. I've done this with my iBook and it works great.