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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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