Closing your MacBook hardware disconnects microphone, safety/privacy feature

Re:Closing your MacBook hardware disconnects microphone, saf... by tagyro on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @12:44PM (#35058448)

> ...and they could make it so it stays on only of there's an external display connected

Not always, my monitor goes to sleep and turns off. At this point, macOS should turn Bluetooth off? How would I wake the computer then? I would have to open it.

> Find My would not be able to find and more importantly report a location.

That might be another reason why Bluetooth stays on. On a laptop, I'd rather have Find My working in clamshell mode (given the theft risk).

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Re:Closing your MacBook hardware disconnects microphone, saf... by Namari on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @12:56PM (#35058620)

I wonder if there are more people like you or more into turning it off.

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Re:Closing your MacBook hardware disconnects microphone, saf... by sethammons on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @01:28PM (#35059086)

I exclusively use it with the lid closed. However, I use wired everything. I use external speakers, monitor, keyboard, mouse, wacom, and dslr camera for webcam. The only thing wireless is my wifi connection.

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Re:Closing your MacBook hardware disconnects microphone, saf... by falcolas on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @01:09PM (#35058787)

+1 for using a MacBook in clamshell mode most of the time.

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Re:Closing your MacBook hardware disconnects microphone, saf... by shortcake27 on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @03:44PM (#35060938)

> Not always, my monitor goes to sleep and turns off. At this point, macOS should turn Bluetooth off? How would I wake the computer then? I would have to open it.

So I’m not sure about turning off bluetooth entirely, but waking via bluetooth should be turned off when the laptop is closed without a display attached. There is no use case for waking via bluetooth without a display.

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Re:Closing your MacBook hardware disconnects microphone, saf... by Godel_unicode on Tuesday March 07, 2023 @10:01PM (#35064661)

> There is no use case for

There are a ton, computers are incredibly useful devices.

If I close the screen I can play music out of those speakers for a pretty long time. And if I can sleep/wake from a Bluetooth keyboard when I’m not using it, I can stretch that into a long weekend.

…or at least I can on Windows where this is possible.

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