Hey, when I shut down the computer and close it before it does so, the...

light on the button for opening the screen (middle front of closed laptop) stays on.
However if I shut down and wait for the screen to go black before closing it the light does not come on. Needless to say I do not want that light there as if I shut down, close it, and walk away for a day I can only assume some battery is being taken.
I would like to be able to go the apple, go to shut down, click shut down, and then close it and not have to worry, albeit a minor concern to some.
Thanks a lot for any assistance!

Hi-
If you do not wait for the computer to shut down fully (when the screen goes off), and close the screen, it will go into sleep mode.
The light will on the front of the computer will fade in and out indicating sleep mode.
Thas hapened to me a few times, and I realized that it only takes about 5 or 10 seconds to shut down fully. Wait for the screen to go dark and you shouldn't have a problem!

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