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Oct 26, 2013 6:57 AM in response to Marrio22by sheila_m.,Hello Marrio22,
Thank you for the question. With OS X Mavericks, the power button has new functionality:
OS X Mavericks updates the power button behavior on Mac computers.
Using the Power Button to Sleep & Wake
Tap the power button in Mavericks to put your Mac to sleep or to wake it up:
- Tap the power button once to put your Mac to sleep.
- Tap the power button again to wake your Mac.
Press the power button for less than a half a second to sleep or wake your Mac. This duration is similar to pressing the Space bar or Return key to wake your Mac. The power button works this way across all Macs using OS X Mavericks, including both notebook and desktop computers.
Accessing the Shut Down Dialog
Press and hold the power button for 1.5 seconds, to bring up additional options:
Forcing the Mac to Turn Off
Hold down the power button for 5 seconds to force the computer to turn off. Important: You may lose unsaved documents if you force the computer to turn off this way. Use this method of turning off your Mac only if it has become unresponsive for an extended period of time. Normally you should shut down the computer by selecting Shut Down from the Apple menu, or from the shut down dialog pictured above.
OS X Mavericks: Using the power button
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5869
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.
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Oct 26, 2013 8:57 AM in response to sheila_m.by karivai,hi
that works just nicely except that when hard drive and everything stops and it LOOKS like mac is sleeping then it activates hard drive and dvd if inside and loops again and again and again screen is black and keyboard light is off but fans and hd and dvd runs and stops
very annoying especially during night laptop in bedroom ;-(

