2006 macbook pro screen maximum screen angle

While it’s hard to imagine a specific user-facing application for, it could be used for a future Face ID setup to help determine the camera angle, or even to control display illumination. No evidence has yet been found that Apple is actually logging any information from this sensor, however, so it could just as easily be something that Apple has put in place for a future macOS feature. It certainly wouldn’t be the first time that Apple would rather pretend a problem doesn’t exist.

This could simply be for Apple’s own edification, but it’s also conceivably possible it could use this information to deny repairs in scenarios where it deems the lid to have been abused, such as being opened to extreme angles. IFixit takes the slightly cynical view that Apple may be using it to track how often the MacBook Pro’s lid is opened, closed, or adjusted for those situations like ‘Flexgate’ where the display or frayed flex cables need to be repaired.

The service provider document seems to simply mention the sensor, but doesn’t appear to offer any explanation for exactly why it’s there, so there are few clues as to why Apple thinks it needs this.

However, by all reports this sensor is considerably more sophisticated than anything Apple has done before, since it can actually determine exactly what position the lid is in, and possibly even how often it’s adjusted.

Of course, a lid sensor by itself isn’t particularly new or surprising - Apple’s MacBooks have had them for years to detect when the lid is closed so that the MacBook can go to sleep, and to allow it to wake up when it’s reopened.

2006 macbook pro screen maximum screen angle