MacBook Pro won't sleep when closed

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MacBook Pro won't sleep when closed

So yesterday I closed the computer at the office and came home with it like normal and this morning the battery was dead which was unusual.

I plugged in and started up, no big deal.

Then I finished just now and shut the computer and noticed that the apple and the screen stayed lit. I can't find the place in preferences to tell it to shut down when closing the screen...

Any help would be appreciated

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on May 9, 2009 8:16 AM

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Answer 1

May 9, 2009 8:28 AM in response to dahallam

go to systemprefs/applemenue and there to energysave, here you find the right buttons.

there is another fine thing:

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/26979/smartsleep

please read instruction.

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dahallam Author

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May 9, 2009 8:34 AM in response to Sascha H-K

I've gone to system preferences and looked into the energy saver icon, but there is nothing in there that allows me to direct the computer to sleep when the screen is closed.

I'm not sure what applemenue is

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Answer 3

May 9, 2009 9:11 AM in response to dahallam

sorry, my fault ..

try to run combo 10.5.6 update again, or if you have diskwarrior 4.1.1, run this from extern hdd.

mbp goes normally for itself to standby when lid is closed.

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kelepaz

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Jun 29, 2009 11:00 AM in response to dahallam

hi,

I have the similar problem with my mac book pro 17" after updating to Mac OS X 10.5.7 and installing Safari 4 - when I close it, it goes down in the sleeping mode, but only once. When I open it and whant to close it for the second time, it doesn´t - it´s freezing. Also, if I do it manually thrue the menue, it ist the same. It is freezing and the coursor is gone and only thing I can do then is to turn it off and start again. After that the same play start again - standby works only once. Any help proposal? Tnx and greetings from Vienna

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Answer 5

Jun 30, 2009 9:52 PM in response to dahallam

I'm having the same problem. Goes to sleep the first time, but not the second.

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Answer 6

Jul 1, 2009 8:15 AM in response to dahallam

After a couple days of searching, finally found a solution: http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20090518095106449. You need to enable your ethernet. Or, if it's enabled, disable then re-enable. Man, this problem was annoying, very happy to have a solution.

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