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Fix MacBook Sleep Problems

Most Macbook Pro/Air users are in the habit of not shutdown the MacBook after using it. Most of this kind of users are used to directly cover the notebook after work or before going to bed to make it standby. What would you do if one day you find the notebook did not go into standby mode when you cover it or it no longer wake up as usual when you uncover your notebook?

Once you use MacBook Pro/Air for a long time, you sometimes may meet such kind of MacBook sleep problems. This article just shows you how to solve sleep problems of MacbBook once your notebook did not enter the standby mode or not wake up as normal. If you don't know how to solve the wake/sleep problems on your MacBook, you can just refer to the solution below to get yourself our of such vexations.

How to Solve MacBook Sleep Problems with Ease?

There is a very reliable way to solve sleep problems of MacbBook Pro/Air. That is to reset the SMC of your Macbook. At present, both of the new Macbook Pro and MacBook Air ( the models with undetachable batteries) can use the following way to reset SMC:

Power off the notebook. If the MagSafe power adapter (the power cord) has been connected to the power supply and Mac, then immediately connect it. Simultaneously press on the left Shift, Control, Option key and power button in the built-in keyboard for a while. And then also release all the keys and power button at the same time. After all, just press the power button to turn on the computer. Ok, you've got the SMC of your Macbook reset.

After that, you can find that your MacBook is available to enter the standby mode or wake up as normal once you closed or open the casing. By the way, when you reset the SMC, the LED indicator on the MagSafe power adapter may change status or temporarily closed.

Postscript: How to determine your MacBook has entered sleep mode after closed the casing? For Macbook Pro, there is an indicator light below the palm rest of the right hand side. The indicator will in a soft white light and the computer will not produce any noise in sleep mode. For Macbook Air users, you can listen to the computer if there is any noise, or slightly open a little of the screen to see if your notebook has been closed or not.

By the way, if you have installed a dual hard drive on your Macbook Pro, then boot the system from the hard disk that installed in the drive position may also lead to unnormal sleep/wake-up prolems. So if you once enhanced your MacBook Pro with dual-drive, you should avoid to use the disk that placed on an optical drive as the system disk.

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