So i have some really annoying friends who like to turn off the laptop when i am working and it's not funny, Does anyone have a solution as to how i can temporarily disable the button when they are around and then just flip it back to normal use?
MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012), OS X Mountain Lion
Use a bluetooth keyboard and mouse. Wire the computer to the mains so that the metal casing is live!
Use a bluetooth keyboard and mouse. Wire the computer to the mains so that the metal casing is live!
Get one of these:
I can't take this to school.
Take Karate lessons, train the dog to wait outside school.
grow a pair and tell them to cut it out, or find more mature friends.
Change "friends"
I suggest pushing their buttons.
AnshulDavda wrote:
So i have some really annoying friends who like to turn off the laptop when i am working and it's not funny, Does anyone have a solution as to how i can temporarily disable the button when they are around and then just flip it back to normal use?
Close the lid, grasp your Mac from either of its sides, strike friend firmly around the head, repeat until he stops with the button already!
Nice dog, WJ.
Slap them
Find a new Friend. As the one you think you have IS NOT your friend.
Or the next time he does it PUNCH him in the FACE, HARD, REAL HARD. They say to him if you are my friend you will stop doing that. If you aren't my friend then every time you do that I will PUNCH you in the FACE.
See you first have to get his attention. That what the punch in the face is for.
Shootist007 wrote:
Find a new Friend. As the one you think you have IS NOT your friend.
Or the next time he does it PUNCH him in the FACE, HARD, REAL HARD. They say to him if you are my friend you will stop doing that. If you aren't my friend then every time you do that I will PUNCH you in the FACE.
See you first have to get his attention. That what the punch in the face is for.
Hi Shootist, you and I have disagreed before this, but not this time 🙂
you can download PowerBlock on macupdate.com
I would imagine that the problem has been solved in the months since the post you replied to.
You can disbale the power button with this script
it will allow you to enable and disable at your discretion, you won't see a menu when you press power.
display dialog "Would you like a dialogue box when you press the power button?" buttons {"Cancel", "Yes", "No"} with icon 2
if the button returned of the result is "No" then
try
do shell script "cd /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj\n \tmv PowerButton.nib PowerButton1.nib" with administrator privileges
display dialog "The dialogue box has been set to hide. Thank you for using my app 🙂 Made by Usama Bhatti 2013" buttons {"OK"} default button 1 with icon 2
on error the error_messagenumber the error_number
display dialog "The dialogue box is already set to off" buttons {"OK"} default button 1 with icon 2
end try
else
try
do shell script "cd /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj\n \tmv PowerButton1.nib PowerButton.nib" with administrator privileges
display dialog "The dialogue box has been set to appear. Thank you for using my app 🙂 Made by Usama Bhatti 2013" buttons {"OK"} default button 1 with icon 2
on error the error_messagenumber the error_number
display dialog "The dialogue box is already set to appear" buttons {"OK"} default button 1 with icon 2
end try
end if
Can i disable the power button on my MacBook Pro 2012 13''? My friends keep pressing it while I'm working and it is extremely annoying.
