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Clamshell mode for macOS and Windows allows you to use a monitor as your main display, even when using battery power.

My 2013 13” MacBook Pro has reached its limit for my work (design with InDesign/Illustrator/Photoshop mostly). I’ve been running two 24” Cinema Displays while in clamshell mode, and the ...

For some users, the new 16-inch MacBook Pro does not always charge when completely shut down, and others are dealing with external monitors not waking correctly in clamshell mode.

Sleep will put your MacBook to sleep as soon as you close the lid, even if there's another display connected. This is great if you use an external display but never use your MacBook in clamshell mode.

As an owner of the LG UltraFine 5K Display, I often find myself using my 2016 MacBook Pro in closed-display (clamshell) mode with a keyboard attached to the display’s USB-C port. This allows me ...

With the new release, Clamshell mode implements properly on lid-shut, even with a workspace spanning the MacBook Pro's internal display in conjunction with external displays.

Actually, I have the opposite problem: I usually put my MacBook Pro to sleep by closing it... but since it is attached to an external display, now it puts the machine in clamshell mode rather than ...

Apple's 16-inch MacBook Pro with the M1 Max chip was the first Apple silicon laptop to feature a High Power Mode for intensive, sustained workloads, and now both the 14-inch and 16-inch models ...

Update: As we suspected, True Tone does not work on external displays when the connected MacBook Pro is in clamshell mode. Eric Slivka contributed to this report.