Tag: sleep

How to get your MacBook to sleep when you close the lid!
Here is the behaviour when you close the lid: External Power and External Display: will always stay awake. External Power, no External Display: You can choose stay awake or sleep. Battery Power and External Display: will always go to sleep when closed. To force it to sleep when closed use “Clamshell”. To force it to…
How to charge your iPhone from your laptop battery.
Here is how to charge your iPhone from your MacBook Air battery. (It will work for a MacBook Pro as well.) Plug the phone into the MacBook Air USB port. Open the lid and power up the MacBook Air. Close the lid, putting the MacBook Air to sleep and the iPhone will continue to charge!
