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How to use a macbook with a separate display

Kuldar_Joel
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How do I connect a separate display to a macbook in a way that when I close the macbook lid, it doesn't go to sleep?

 

Thanks in advance!

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you dont. Welcome to Mac.
you can disable the internal display but you cant close it.

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2 minutes ago, OhYou_ said:

you dont. Welcome to Mac.
you can disable the internal display but you cant close it.

ffs, what about my other problem?

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that one I'm not too sure. I only know of the screen issue from someone who made a server farm using a bunch of m1 macbooks and they ended up winging about it for 3 entire hours on slack because they could not get the stupid things to run with the lid closed and had to redesign the enclosures.

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6 minutes ago, OhYou_ said:

you dont. Welcome to Mac.
you can disable the internal display but you cant close it.

My Mac is closed and has no issues with external displays. 

I just want to sit back and watch the world burn. 

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1 minute ago, Donut417 said:

My Mac is closed and has no issues with external displays. 

So do I, not sure about the new apple sillicon tho. I have a MBP 15" i7 560x 16GB 2018

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35 minutes ago, Kuldar_Joel said:

How do I connect a separate display to a macbook in a way that when I close the macbook lid, it doesn't go to sleep?

Plug the Mac into power. When you do that the Mac enters "clam shell mode" and you will get a video signal out.

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25 minutes ago, OhYou_ said:

you dont. Welcome to Mac.

Lets not distribute unhelpful misinformation, thanks!

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Your MacBook needs to be connected to power in order to use it with an external display while the lid is closed. 

34 minutes ago, OhYou_ said:

you dont. Welcome to Mac.
you can disable the internal display but you cant close it.

This is incorrect. Clamshell mode does exactly what you're saying can't be done. 

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