changing settings for MBP lid | and can you double tap with the trackpad?

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everytime i shut the lid on my MBP my hd goes to sleep, i set in the energy saver preffs to never put it to sleep, anyone know where i can find the settins for the lid. also, is there somewheres you can set the trackpad so you can double tap it instead of pressin the button? i know in windows u can do this but idk bout mac cuz this is my first mac notebook...
 
Dunno about the first question, but as for the second one:

Open System Preferences fromt he Apple Menu.
Select the Keyboard & Mouse button.

From there, you can enable click by tapping.
 
Your PowerBook should go to sleep when you close the lid. It's possible to use with the display closed, if you are connected to an external display. But, the normal result of closing the lid is sleep to prevent overheating.

Go to your system preferences/Keyboard and mouse pref pane, and
change the trackpad settings to allow trackpad tapping (it's one of the settings)
Keep in mind that the trackpad changes to scrolling if you touch the pad with a second finger while the first is in contact, so be careful about how you tap.
 
What result would you want other than sleep when you close the lid?
The PowerBook wakes up within a couple of seconds.
 
thanks... is there any way i can disable the hd from goin to sleep, id like to be able to shut the lid but allow ichat, and other applications to still run over the internet
 
My first instinct here is that you want to do something it isn't built to do. On every generation of Mac Laptop prior to the MBP, closing the lid put the entire SYSTEM to sleep, not just the HD. The same is true for the MBP, save for one supposed new exception. If you have a second monitor hooked up to the MBP, it can allegedly run with the lid closed. I could be WAY off here, I'm just going on what little I've read until now.
 
oh ok... on my friends dell laptop you can set it to just turn the display off when the lid is shut, im guessin apple puts the hd to sleep soo that it doesnt skip if moved which is pretty logical. guess ill just live with it then haha thanks.
 
ra3ndy said:
If you have a second monitor hooked up to the MBP, it can allegedly run with the lid closed. I could be WAY off here, I'm just going on what little I've read until now.
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You're describing "closed-lid operation," and yes, it's supported on all Apple "Pro" laptops (no iBooks -- only PowerBooks and MacBook Pros). It's meant to allow you to use the laptop in a desktop-computer fashion, meaning having the laptop lid closed, and a keyboard/mouse and monitor connected.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86286
 
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