Q: power key on mba

Hi everyone,

Today, my MBA (bought at the beginning of 2012) just turned out to display a pop up “Are you sure you want to shut down...?” with Restart, Hibernate, Cancel, Shut down options. I did reset SMC but it is not getting better. I guess the Power key may have problems (such as slightly stuck) as I read from some articles, so I think of changing its behavior but cannot find out how.

Could you show me how I can change the Power key to “do nothing” in Mavericks on which my MBA is working? I hope this can get rid of the problem.

Thanks,

MacBook Air, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Jan 3, 2014 12:52 AM

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by dominic23,

dominic23 Jan 3, 2014 4:09 AM in response to quanguyen
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Jan 3, 2014 4:09 AM in response to quanguyen

There is nothing wrong with your computer.

In OS X 10.9 Mavericks, behavior of Power button changed a little bit.

For more info:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5869

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dwb Jan 3, 2014 5:18 AM in response to quanguyen
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Jan 3, 2014 5:18 AM in response to quanguyen

As dominic23 says, this is (an execrable) change of behavior as of 10.9 - if you want any hope of a change in the future use Apple's feedback page to let the company know how much you dislike the new power button function.
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