How do you shut off a Macbook Air without touching any buttons?

Answer 1

The Macbook Air, like other laptops, will go into sleep mode when you close the cover.

This is because when the system sends the 'Quit' or 'Exit' command to running applications, the application will ask if you want to save your work before quitting.

This dialogue will stall the shut down procedure if it is not answered.

So setting up to shut down when closing the cover would often fail. This would probably drain the battery and people would ask, "How can I get my laptop to go to sleep just by closing the cover?" When you close the lid of your MacBook Air, it does not shut down. It puts itself in Sleep Mode. To make sure that your MacBook Air is in sleep mode when you close the lid, simply look at the sleep light. It is the white light that glows. There is no setting that you can change to make your MacBook Air shut down when you close the lid. Operating Systems do not work that way.

Answer 2

With the lid closed the MacBook should just go to sleep rather than shut down. Software such as Caffeine (See links below) will keep the computer awake but it should be noted that a lot of heat can be generated by a computer and so it should not be kept awake in an enclosed space.

Answer 3

Take earbuds and stick the medal piece in the usb port of the left side.