[HOWTO] - Use your Powerbook lid closed

[bobw]

She sure is

[Viro]

Oh dear..... I think I might have offended her in one of the Powerbook G5 threads

[bobw]

Not to worry, she's gentle. She won't hurt you too badly

[Viro]

This is what I said in this thread over here http://macosx.com/forums/showpost.ph...5&postcount=27

I thought she was a he Looks like apologies are in order. Sorry Giaguara.

[fryke]

Back on the topic of how _old_ this knowledge is: I never thought we'd need a howto on this because I _assumed_ it was in the manual. I've been using this feature since my PowerBook 180c that was built in 1993...

And on the topic of the thread: Does this work with Bluetooth keyboard and mouse? I don't have those to test it...

And on the topic of Giaguara being a woman... Those kind of mixups do happen, and I don't think anyone should get mad over it.

[Macsith]

Yes you can use this function with 'Apple BT keyboard & Mouse'. I have been using this cool feature for a while and I don't mined when ppl bring up useful features 'again' from time to time.

[Zammy-Sam]

Now, finally we have material for a good HOWTO thread on this topic: it even works with - at least - Apple bluetooth keyboard and mouse.
And Viro, check out the gallery. She posted a bunch of pics and knows how to deal with the camera.

[Giaguara]

Yes, I am a her.

I posted this howto as it was anyway asked quite often, and it happened to pass just above my eyes in kb ...