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Comment by x0x0

2 days ago

I see a lot of people plug their macs into an external monitor and keyboard and work with them shut. fwiw.

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mmis1000  2 days ago

So, a dummy hdmi plug will do the job?

  • freehorse  2 days ago

    No need for dummy monitors, to disable the forced automatic sleeping behaviour when closing the lid just run

        sudo pmset -a disablesleep 1

    • mmis1000  1 day ago

      I remembered that you used to need a kernel extension for this because the behavior is hardcoded without an option. Glad that they added a proper option so you no longer need to do this.

  • jaggederest  2 days ago

    Dummy might not do it. You could need a full fake display adapter - cutting the end off an HDMI won't do the bidirectional stuff monitors do these days, I believe.

    • sgerenser  2 days ago

      A dummy plug isn't just the end cut off of an HDMI cable, it actually simulates a monitor with EDID.