Mac Mods

[mbveau]

In another thread, some of the moderators were talking about starting a thread for modifications. I, however, am quite impatient, so I'm starting this thread to get my question answered, hopefully. Feel free to post any of your questions about mods/hacks too.

Question: I just bought a Powerbook, and I was wondering if there is a way to set it so that it will not automatically go to sleep when I close it. I was hoping to approach this from a software perspective as opposed to sticking some duct tape somewhere in my PB. Thanks for any help you can offer!

 

[JetwingX]

i have seen an app that does exactly what you are asking. let me do a little versiontracker searching and get back to you

[EDIT] ok, i found it. it's an app called NoSleep and can be found at: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/20087

for future reference, questions like this need to be asked in System & Software or posted to the Macosx.com Support Team

 

[Satcomer]

I was really impressed with this time mod.

 

[SiRGadaBout]

You might want to investigate this page from rival MacOSXHints ;-)

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050308172947974

I use NetNewsWire Lite, an RSS reader for OSX, and after reading your post in the Mac OS X.com feed, i saw the above link in the Mac OS X Hints feed...
Coincidence? You be the judge...
SiR G

 

[mbveau]

Thanks guys. JetwingX; I'll keep that in mind. I posted it here in response to a post by Chevy in this thread, but I'll do that in the future.

 

[Satcomer]

This is one cool site about installing Mac products (including a mini) into cars.