MacBook doesn't sleep when closing lid with external monitor attached with Lion

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MacBook doesn't sleep when closing lid with external monitor attached with Lion

Up until yesterday (with Snow Leopard), closing the lid would cause my MacBook to sleep whether or not the external monitor was connected.

Since upgrading to Lion last night, closing the lid when the external monitor is attached just tosses all windows to that screen and keeps going.

I realize I can sleep via the Apple menu or keyboard before closing the lid. I'd rather not have to, and I'm wondering if there's a setting to restore the sleep-on-close behavior.

Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Jul 21, 2011 9:37 AM

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jra3

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Jul 21, 2011 3:54 PM in response to admgtz

I have observed this same behavior. Just affirming that it is not isolated to this user.

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Answer 2

Jul 21, 2011 11:16 PM in response to jra3

Me too have the same, but I haven't even got a external monitor connected!

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gr7

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Jul 22, 2011 9:12 AM in response to admgtz

I'm getting the same problem with an external monitor connected.

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chl101

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Jul 22, 2011 9:16 AM in response to admgtz

I am having the same problem...you have to manually put it to sleep now. Kind of annoying!

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Answer 5

Jul 22, 2011 9:19 AM in response to admgtz

apple goes from one extreme to another......

On SL i was always ****** when i connected my tv and couldn't close the lid to watch a movie without the notebook going into sleep. Now it does exactly the opposite without giving the choice to change that behavior.

Apple, let us make our own decisions and give us some choices...

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lee321

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Jul 22, 2011 10:11 PM in response to admgtz

Same problem here, on a 13" MacBook Pro 2011. I have an external monitor hooked up, and when I close the lid, the laptop does not go to sleep. There should be a setting that allows users to select what happens when the laptop lid is closed.

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ve7tcc

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Jul 22, 2011 10:35 PM in response to admgtz

Same here. I have to unplug the monitor cable before I close the lid.

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Jul 22, 2011 10:37 PM in response to Luis Mendo

I have this problem, regardless of whether or not my external monitor is connected, also.

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TheJRza

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Jul 23, 2011 8:00 AM in response to admgtz

I have the same problem with an external monitor attached to my MacBook 13." Hopefully this will be an option in an update

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edinlv

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Jul 23, 2011 7:12 PM in response to admgtz

Same problem here. Extremely annoying.

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Answer 11

Jul 23, 2011 7:58 PM in response to admgtz

I have the same problem too: MBP wont sleep unless i manually select it, but i just unplugged my external monitor and now it works like its supposed to.

i check console, and it was complaining said:

kCGErrorIllegalArgument: CGSGetDisplayBounds: Invalid display 0x04272d80

_NXGetScreenRect: error getting display bounds (1001)

this was repeated 4 times, followed by:

EDID does not contain Extended EDID, not valid for audio

which i can only assume is becaus it is pluged in using a DVI adapter (i.e. no audio, therfore not really an error)

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Answer 12

Jul 24, 2011 6:14 AM in response to admgtz

Same here. Won't sleep when I close the lid and have an external monitor (my tv) attached... Lame...

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Answer 13

Jul 24, 2011 10:03 AM in response to admgtz

Why? Just why? There should be a setting that allows users to select what happens when the laptop lid is closed.

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Austin Q

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Jul 24, 2011 1:13 PM in response to admgtz

I have the same problem on my 2011 MBP 15" running 10.7 Lion. Hopefully this gets fixed promptly!

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Jul 24, 2011 6:18 PM in response to admgtz

Getting same problem as well. Have to manually sleep macbook pro until they fix this. I don't want the other monitor to be the main display.

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