It may seem obvious to most, in fact, its obvious to me… but, don’t leave a magnet resting on your laptop (above the hard drive) while you go to lunch!
I came back from lunch today and the guys in the office were looking at me worriedly. I asked why and they went on to explain that while I was away my laptop began to make loud clicking noises. They soon realised it was the magnet and moved it away but it seems all too late.
Why did I put a magnet on my laptop? I have a couple of those twizzly gadget magnets and I was fiddling with them while I tested out the paypal sandbox (see next post). I decided to go get some lunch and without thinking just popped them on my desk/laptop. Same thing? No.
Plus I hadn’t backed up my photos in a month (all work related stuff gets backed up anyway) so lost all my pictures of Rome and the trip through France. Bummer!
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The good thing is that newer versions of the Macbook Pro can now detect when. i.e. there is a magnet near by and automatically sends the computer to sleep to avoid issues. Pretty neat huh?
Wow, that is pretty cool. Do you have one or is it advertised somewhere?
I just googled it and in the new macbooks slip mode is triggered by a magnet next to the display. When the lid is closed the magnet triggers a reed switch.
I guess that could be the reason? You’d have to put the magnet in the right place. Or have a strong magnet.
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Yeah, just then my computer went to sleep mode, and without thinking i put magnet near it. then i was like omg cos the screen would not turn on! then it came up all glithcy and nothing moved,and the background picture was all glithced. I finally got it to turn off and now it works fine … i hope!