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Jolly Roger

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Dec 21, 2008, 1:41:37 PM12/21/08
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In article <494dfeeb$0$90274$1472...@news.sunsite.dk>,
speaker <spe...@analogbliss.net> wrote:

> My macbook sits as a desktop most of the time and I'd like to disconnect
> the video display while I'm sending video to an external monitor. Is
> there a way to do this? The software allows for mirroring but I'd like
> to shut down the power and the signal to the LCD on the Macbook
> completely.

Shut the lid.

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J.J. O'Shea

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Dec 21, 2008, 2:00:00 PM12/21/08
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On Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:41:37 -0500, Jolly Roger wrote
(in article <jollyroger-FCA5F...@news.individual.net>):

> In article <494dfeeb$0$90274$1472...@news.sunsite.dk>,
> speaker <spe...@analogbliss.net> wrote:
>
>> My macbook sits as a desktop most of the time and I'd like to disconnect
>> the video display while I'm sending video to an external monitor. Is
>> there a way to do this? The software allows for mirroring but I'd like
>> to shut down the power and the signal to the LCD on the Macbook
>> completely.

Hmm. I thought that you weren't going to post in Mac groups again?

>
> Shut the lid.
>
>

He needs more help than that.

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Clark Martin

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Dec 23, 2008, 2:28:40 AM12/23/08
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In article <494dfeeb$0$90274$1472...@news.sunsite.dk>,
speaker <spe...@analogbliss.net> wrote:

> My macbook sits as a desktop most of the time and I'd like to disconnect
> the video display while I'm sending video to an external monitor. Is
> there a way to do this? The software allows for mirroring but I'd like
> to shut down the power and the signal to the LCD on the Macbook
> completely.

Unplug it.

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