Subj : Sick of your MacBook starting when you open the lid? Apple has ju
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Tue Feb 04 2025 12:00:08

Sick of your MacBook starting when you open the lid? Apple has just revealed 
a fix

Date:
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 11:53:45 +0000

Description:
Apple has published a support article detailing how you can stop your MacBook 
from turning on when you open the lid.

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says you can prevent your MacBook from automatically turning on This normally 
happens when you open the lid or connect the power cable The Terminal-based 
solution is aimed at more advanced users 

Its been a familiar part of owning any of the best MacBooks for years: open 
the lid or connect your charger when its powered off and your laptop will 
automatically start up, without you having to press the power button. But 
that situation doesnt work for everyone, and Apple has now explained how you 
can bypass this behavior if you want to. 

In a new support document , Apple explains the process for turning off this 
feature. Once its disabled, your MacBook will only load up when you press a 
button or the trackpad. 

That said, its not a particularly simple process  theres no toggle to change 
in the Settings app, for example. So its likely more of a power-user solution 
than anything else. 

According to the support document, youll first need to ensure your Mac has an 
Apple silicon chip and is running macOS Sequoia or later. Next, open the 
Terminal app (located in the Utilities folder) and type one of the following 
commands, then press Return: To stop your laptop from turning on when you 
open the lid or connect the power cable, type sudo nvram BootPreference=%00 
To prevent the laptop starting up only when you open the lid, type sudo nvram 
BootPreference=%01 Or to prevent startup only when you connect the power 
cable, type sudo nvram BootPreference=%02 

To finish off, type your administrator password and press Return. To undo the 
commands and restore your MacBook to its previous way of working, just type 
sudo nvram -d BootPreference and press Return. A power-user fix (Image 
credit: WeDesing via Shutterstock) 

That gives you a few options to customize your MacBooks startup behavior as 
you wish. While its not the simplest fix, it does at least give you a bit 
more control over your laptop. With the automatic startup disabled, your 
MacBook should only load up if you press a key or the trackpad. 

Why would you want to stop your MacBook from booting up when you open the 
lid? You might simply want to inspect your laptop, for example, or take 
photos of it if you want to sell it. Having it power on when you open the lid 
means you then have to turn it off again, something you wouldnt need to 
bother with if you could just disable that behavior in the first place. 

As always with the Terminal, make sure you know what youre doing before you 
start entering commands. If you do, this could be a helpful way to gain a 
little more control over the way your MacBook works. You might also like 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/sick-of-your-macbook-starting-when-you-ope
n-the-lid-apple-has-just-revealed-a-fix


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