IBook won't sleep when lid closed

Hi -
My iBook refuses to go to sleep when the lid is closed. It will sleep if I put it to sleep from the Apple menu, but never just from being closed. (And sometimes when I put it to sleep and then close the lid, it keeps waking up and making crunching noises.) I've tried everything I can think of to fix the problem, including: resetting the PMU, deleting a bunch of background programs, and reinstalling the OS. It's been doing this for about 6 months, and it's driving me crazy. Any ideas? Please help!

Hi skywriter,
Welcome to the Discussions.
Has the iBook's case ever been opened? There's a magnet on the bottom side of the top case that activates the sleep switch. Hold a small magnet on the right side of the screen and see if it will sleep. If it does, the magnet isn't where it's supposed to be and will need to be replaced.
John

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IBook will not sleep when lid closed

Hi,
I recently had my Hard Drive replaced, the old one died. It was all covered by AppleCare and the repairs done at a Apple Authorised Outlet. After installing everything again I just found out that my iBook will not sleep when the lid is closed. The screen is still on and bright. Any ideas why? Is this dangerous? Any quick fixes?
Cheers,
Jack

Jack,
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
You need to give the Apple Authorized Repair center a call back and let them know what's going on. I've seen this before here on the forums, and it was attributed to a sleep magnet not being put back in. It's most likely this. Apparently, putting this magnet back in can be easily overlooked.
Brian

MB: Won't sleep when lid closed and power connected.

Upgraded to Lion a few days ago and everything seems to be working great besides one thing:
When I close the lid on my Macbook (mid 2009) and the power is connected, the light remains on and the computer won't sleep. When i lift the lid everything is how I left it with no blink of the screen as it fires back up. However, when the power is disconnected, the computer sleeps fine when the lid is closed.
How can this be solved?
Thanks!!

OK, think I found my problem.
I had to send my laptop in for repair due to a faulty screen. When I got it back it all looked OK so the first thing I did was install Lion. Then I noticed the sleep issue so assumed it was Lion causing it. I tried the pram, SMC other settings but nothing helped. In the end I reinstalled Snow Leopard, same problem! I tried from bootcamp and same problem, wouldn't sleep when closing the lid.
Doing some googling I found a post where someone has the magnet in the display fail, which is what contacts a switch in the laptop when you close the screen. To test they suggest placing a paper clip on your screen bezel until it sticks to find the magnet, then finding where it locates when closing the screen on the laptop. Then run a small magnet (i used a small fridge one) over this location on the laptop with the screen up. I did this and instantly went to sleep!!! WOOHOO! remove magnet it wakes up, repeat and OK. Close screen without magnet and nothing.
So its gone back in for repair to have the screen replaced again.

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I have a 2010 MacBook Pro 15" and ever since I got it, the battery indicator lights wouldn't light up (not that big of a deal) and the computer wouldn't sleep when I closed the lid.
I've reset the NVRAM/PRAM, the SMC and verified/repaired my hard disk as needed. But the computer still won't sleep when I close the lid (regardless if the machine is plugged into a charger or not). Is there a known fix for this problem? I've been searching through the forums and troubleshooting from advice that other people have suggested, but nothing seems to be working. Any help is greatly appreciated!

This exact thing happened to me. Resetting the SMC solved all my problems. Here's a link to how to do it: Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC) Hope it works!

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Hi, I came to work today, opened my backpack and found my laptop extremely hot in its sleeve. It appears it had not gone to sleep when I closed the lid. It then failed to run properly for about 20 minutes until it cooled down. Now it is ok, except that it will not run in lid-closed mode. I plug in my external display, put it to sleep, and wake it back up with the lid closed in order to use the external display. The display fires up for a few seconds and then turns off again. I've tried this over and over again, the computer simply won't stay on for more than a few seconds. However, when the lid is opened, it will run the external display in mirrored mode just fine. I think something is toast. Coincidentally, I had just downloaded the keyboard update 1.0 a day earlier... Anybody know why my computer is not sleeping when I close the lid and why it won't work in closed-lid mode anymore?

I've had a similar problem since I first got this a year ago. Sometimes when I shut the lid, the display does not go to sleep, and sometimes it restarts automatically when I shut the lid! I've also found it very hot at times when it should have been sleeping. So far, it's only been a minor annoyance.

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My wife's new MacBook Air has a couple of problems we can't figure out. First sometimes the computer is not going to sleep when lid is closed and when we lift the lid everything is frozen.
Second, the user Library folder is not seeable in her user account. I know it's there because on the side bar there's a short cut to Preferences folder which we can open.
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Ron,
The user library folder (~/Library/) is hidden by default in Lion. I assume Apple doesn't want people mucking around with the sensitive files in there. So this is normal behavior.
As for the freezing issue, I would suggest you reset your power management and perform a safe boot to clear out caches. You should also see if the issue persists after disconnecting USB perhipherals.
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Safe Boot:
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So after the latest update my Macbook pro no longer immediately sleeps after shutting the lid. It also won't sleep when 'sleep' is hit in the apple menu. It's actually really annoying as I need it for security.
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Try Reset SMC. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
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Macbook Pro won't go to sleep when lid closed

Hello,
I'm sorry if this issue has been raised elsewhere, but despite numerous searches all I can find is people who want to stop their MacBook from going to sleep when the lid is closed. I have the opposite problem, I want my machine to go to sleep when the lid is closed, but it won't. I have a 2011 model MacBook Pro, with Yosemite installed. A couple of months ago the logic board failed and had to be fixed. I installed Yosemite before the failure, and the problem with the machine not going to sleep occurred then as well, so I don't think the problem is related to the hardware repair. Does anyone have any idea how I can make this machine go to sleep when I close the lid?
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David.

I had the same issue on a Macbook Pro mid-2012. In my case when the display would go to sleep it would turn itself back on, display the login screen, go back to sleep and then repeat.
Reading through multiple posts I ended up with following observations/actions:
I ran pmset -g assertions and saw that the only thing that was set to keep my laptop awake was UserIsActive.
I checked my logs and noticed multiple entries for WindowServer: handle_will_sleep_auth_and_shield_windows: Deferring.
None of those gave me much information about what I can do. After that I read the post that fixed the problem:
I booted the laptop into safe mode. Waited for the display to sleep, woke it up and then restarted in normal mode. This seems to have fixed the problem for me so far.
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IBook won't sleep when cover is closed

When I close the cover it will not sleep. Only after a time it will sleep per settings in the energy saver. When I open the cover, it will not automatically awaken. Have to hit apple key a few times to awaken? Not the end of the world but would like to know why.

The reed switch is the likely culprit. It's in the right side of the display bezel, and is activated by a magnet in the right lower edge of the iBook. Unless you are rolling in dough, it's likely not to be worth the cost of repair. Probably money would be better spent toward a new MacBook if you can't tolerate the situation as it now exists.
Sometimes the reed switch sticks in the off position. At least, you can consider yourself lucky that the one in your iBook has stuck in the on position, so it's on all the time instead of off.
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I found another similar post, however it was resolved by the individual reinstalling the operating system.
My issue is more complicated. I have made sure everything is up to date, all the settings that tell the system to sleep when the lid is closed are turned on. I have even turned those settings off off, just so I could turn them back on to make sure there wasn't something quirky about it.
I have tried restoring the system to factory settings using the recovery partition, as well as discs burned from the program that came with the computer. I have tried clean install from Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 discs.
The unit still does not sleep. I don't ever remembering it being able to. I once closed the display thinking it would sleep (power was plugged in). Woke up the next day, went to work for 8 hours, came back and felt that the system was really hot. Opened the lid and the screen was exactly as I had left it the day before.
When I first got the system in 2012, the screen did not work, so I actually had to send it to Atlanta, GA for repairs. It came back quickly, and it still did not work, so I actually sent it back to Atlanta, GA's repair center a second time in the same week. It came back working and I left it alone. I never tested the sleep/wake because I always just turned the system off when I was done with it, but now I am back in school and this little computer comes in handy, but I don't want to turn off the system manually going from class to class when I need to pack it away in my bag.
Could there be a hardware issue? Something inside not connected? This laptop works perfectly EXCEPT for the fact that it will not sleep when the lid is closed. It is out of warranty but had I known this was an issue while it was still under warranty, I would have inquired. This unit is in pretty fantastic shape, looks brand new too. No damage, never been dropped, and only ever handled by me (never loaned out).
How can I fix this?

Thanks for the reply, gat0gelat0.
Yes, those settings were the first things I checked. I also tried changing it to "Do nothing", then changing back to the sleeping option. It still does nothing when I close the lid.
I would like the functionality of it going to sleep when I close the lid for the convenience, like when class ends, I have to rush to my next class, I just want to close the lid, put it in my bag and run to the next class. Keyboard shortcuts like Fn-F4 work, but this laptop should have the functionality I am describing, and I want to figure out why it isn't working and how to fix it.
I suspect there is an issue with whatever is used hardware wise to sleep the machine. Either it's not being triggered, or it's not there, or it's broken. I've tried running a magnet around the bezel of the LCD screen as well as around the palm rest bezel and there is no activity as I've read that many laptops trigger sleep by interaction by a magnet. Still nothing.

Wake on wireless possible? Disable sleep when lid closed?

I just bought my first Mac & am still trying to figure some things out.
Is there a way to have it wake on wifi? I like to be able to connect to my machines when I'm at the office. My Macbook goes to sleep & then I can't remotely access it. Wake on LAN works fine, but I don't want to keep an ethernet cable plugged in.
Another thing I can't seem to get is how to disable the Macbook sleeping when I close the lid. On my old Windows laptop, I'd often put on a podcast & listen while falling asleep & have one start as an alarm clock in the morning. I like to keep the lid closed to keep out dust, etc.
I found a 3rd party app InsomniaX, but would rather find a supported way of doing this.

Insomniax is your best bet. The only other way would be have an external monitor, keyboard, and mouse hooked up.

Macbook Pro not sleeping when lid closed

Since upgrading my late 2011 13-inch Macbook Pro to Yosemite, I've noticed that it does not go to sleep properly when I close the lid. While the screen does turn off, the white LED remains on at full brightness and the fans spin up to maximum speed. When I open the lid again, the fans slow down but the screen doesn't turn back on until I press a key. This suggests it wasn't sleeping at all and the display saver simply activated.
If I use the Apple menu (top left) to enter Sleep mode, wait for it to go to sleep then close the lid, it sleeps properly with the white LED glowing slowly.
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MacBook Pro does not sleep when lid closed

Hi there. I recently upgraded my MacBook Pro from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion. Before the upgrade my mac would sleep automatically when the lid closed. However, ever since I've upgraded, when I close the lid, my mac doesn't go to sleep. However, if my mac isn't plugged in (running off the built in battery) it goes to sleep. I looked through system preferences and I can't seem to find any settings relating to this, does anyone have any suggestion on what's happening and how I can fix it? Many thanks in advanced.

Test after each of the following steps that you haven’t already tried: Step 1 Apple menu > System Preferences > Print & Scan > Open Print QueueCheck all printers for unfinished jobs. Deal with any you find. Step 2 Apple menu > System Preferences > Energy Saver > Power Adapter > Wake for network access: uncheck. You may need to unlock the preference pane by clicking the lock icon in the lower left corner and entering your administrator password. Step 3 Apple menu > System Preferences > Energy Saver > Schedule > Start up or wake: uncheck. Step 4 Apple menu > System Preferences > Sharing: uncheck all boxes. Step 5 Disconnect all wired peripherals except keyboard, mouse or trackball, and monitor, if applicable. Step 6 Launch the Activity Monitor application. Select All Processes from the menu in the toolbar of the Activity Monitor window, if not already selected. Enter “powerd” (without the quotes) in the "Filter" text field. Select the powerd process and click the Quit Process button in the toobar (stop-sign icon.) In the sheet that opens, click Force Quit. You’ll be prompted for your administrator password. The process will be relaunched immediately. Step 7 Reset the SMC. Step 8 Boot in safe mode and log in. The instructions provided by Apple are as follows:
Shut down your computer, wait 30 seconds, and then hold down the shift key while pressing the power button.
When you see the gray Apple logo, release the shift key.
If you are prompted to log in, type your password, and then hold down the shift key again as you clickLog in.
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin. Note: If FileVault is enabled under OS X 10.7 or later, or if a firmware password is set, or if the boot volume is a software RAID, you can’t boot in safe mode. Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal. Don’t launch any applicationsat first. If sleep still doesn’t work properly, back up all data and reinstall the OS. After that, if you still have the issue, make a “Genius” appointment at an Apple Store to have the machine tested. If sleep now works as expected, go on to the next step. Step 9 Still in safe mode, launch the usual set of applications that are running when you have the problem, including your login items, one at a time, testing after each one. Some applications may not work; skip them. You might be able to identify the cause of the problem this way. Step 10 If sleep is still working after you’ve launched all the usual applications, reboot as usual (not in safe mode) and test again. If sleep still works, you’re done, at least for the moment. If you still have the sleep issue after booting out of safe mode, post again.

IBook won't sleep when lid closed

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