Is this normal behavior? With older MBP's, when it's shutdown and closed, I could plug in my dock with power and USB accessories & external monitor, and it would power on automatically and I'd get the login screen on the external monitor.
Older MBP:
1. leaving the lid closed and the laptop off, plug in the power and USB hub
2. there is no step 2! I can log in and do everything else from my external monitor and keyboard.
With the 2018 MBP, I have to go through these steps:
1. plug in my USB-C dock (which includes an HDMI connection to my external monitor)
2. open the MBP lid to get it to power on
3. log in *on* the MBP (up until this point, the external monitor would not show anything)
4. *after* I log in *on* the MBP, I can close the lid and the external monitor will kick in
Is step 3 normal? It's not that big of a deal, but I wish I could just plug in my USB-C dock, then do everything, including logging in, on my external monitor and external keyboard.
Older MBP:
1. leaving the lid closed and the laptop off, plug in the power and USB hub
2. there is no step 2! I can log in and do everything else from my external monitor and keyboard.
With the 2018 MBP, I have to go through these steps:
1. plug in my USB-C dock (which includes an HDMI connection to my external monitor)
2. open the MBP lid to get it to power on
3. log in *on* the MBP (up until this point, the external monitor would not show anything)
4. *after* I log in *on* the MBP, I can close the lid and the external monitor will kick in
Is step 3 normal? It's not that big of a deal, but I wish I could just plug in my USB-C dock, then do everything, including logging in, on my external monitor and external keyboard.