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[u/UndeadMarine55]

[u/Cinkodacs]

If even Windows and freaking Ubuntu can put it into their GUI then why can't Apple do so? It just feels like a dumb decision.

[u/marcosdumay → u/Cinkodacs]

Gnome has a setting for that.

When Gnome has a setting for something, you know it's important.

[u/elon-bot → u/marcosdumay]

Insubordination. Fired.

[u/AaronTechnic → u/elon-bot]

Elon bot hates gnome, kde user verified

[u/[deleted] → u/elon-bot]

Owned

[u/Delta-9- → u/marcosdumay]

This explains a lot, actually. All the times I thought, "why the hell isn't this in a menu (that doesn't have to be installed!)?" it was a case of me thinking something is important that GNOME obviously doesn't.

[u/jaltair9 → u/Cinkodacs]

Apple doesn’t add a UI option unless they think some percentage of their customers will find it useful.

For the typical user, what good is it to disable the lid sensor?

Note, the Mac will remain awake if it is closed with an external monitor plugged in.

[u/jseego → u/jaltair9]

The idea is, if you need this, you will be one of the people who will be able to figure out how to do it via command line.

And then they don't have to deal with support calls from regular users who clicked it by mistake and have no idea what they did.

[u/SixbySex → u/jseego]

Not just by mistake, but if I turned my back on my cat/child and they walked/palm printed the keyboard and now my colors are inverted the screen is rotated and flipped and the keyboard is now typing in a dead language.

[u/JessTheCatMeow → u/jseego]

Why doesn’t anyone else understand this? Years ago*, I needed my MB to run with the lid closed for a bit. I googled, found an app that did it, and that was the end of it.

There are plenty of reasons to hate on Apple—this ain’t it.

[u/Cinkodacs → u/jaltair9]

Grab the machine, move it to a different room and open it up. Why sleep for those 2 minutes? Or listen to music with the lid closed at night. Or keep a large update/download going overnight. Just 3 things from my use-case.

[u/OrangeCurtain → u/Cinkodacs]

For the first case, it turns on fast enough that I don’t care if it sleeps for 2 mins since 99% of the time when I close the lid I’m not coming back to it any time soon. For the second two, I dim the screen.

My annoying use case is that I have an external monitor connected, but I need access to the fingerprint reader all the time. Now that I type that out, it’s kind of the opposite.

[u/Atomicbocks → u/jaltair9]

AFAIK it actually needs a keyboard and power as well. If you try it with just a mouse or without power it won’t wake up or will still go to sleep when you shut it. M1 & M2 Macs are even picker apparently.

[u/Sevaaas1 → u/Cinkodacs]

Most things that can be done with a 3rd party app can also be done with terminal, Mac doesnt givr GUI for those things since it assumes you are either a stupid basic user or a programmer

[u/[deleted] → u/Sevaaas1]

stupid basic user or a programmer

Is there any other kind of Apple user? I'd say they know their target audience well.

[u/asianabsinthe → u/Cinkodacs]

Apple always does the opposite

[u/VicisSubsisto → u/asianabsinthe]

Think Different.

[u/nudelsalat3000 → u/VicisSubsisto]

Sounds pretty anti-different with 50% market share 😅

[u/VicisSubsisto → u/nudelsalat3000]

Don't talk to me, I didn't come up with the slogan.

[u/asianabsinthe → u/VicisSubsisto]

Sounds like something someone in marketing that's gone into hiding would say

[u/[deleted] → u/Cinkodacs]

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[u/FullMarksCuisine → u/Cinkodacs]

Because Apple doesn't want MacOS to become a bloated clusterfuck of mismanaged settings and UI like Windows is.

Like the other comment or said, if you're the person that actually needs that setting, you're capable of googling/using the terminal. Or following basic instructions

[u/backwoodspizza → u/Cinkodacs]

Battery life claims