disable auto boot on opening the lid

whenever I am opening lid Macbook pro auto boot. How to disable this function.

Posted on Feb 21, 2024 9:48 AM

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leroydouglas

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Feb 21, 2024 10:01 AM in response to mahenarya

mahenarya wrote:

whenever I am opening lid Macbook pro auto boot. How to disable this function.

This is considered a feature...

You do not say what mac is this— there are 60 different macbook pro models since 2006, as you might imagine they are not all the same.

Only older intel Mac you can try from the Terminal .app

sudo nvram AutoBoot=%00

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