Lid closing option!

i love my MBP but i hate the comp go to sleeps when you close the lid.
insomiax doesn't do the job perfectly. i really hate using it. i wish apple would just release an update to allow us to just turn of the display the laptop when i close the lid.
insomiax has to completely disable the sleep feature which is stupid. if you close the lid and the screen is still running. you can manual turn off the screen but that's tedious.
i like to be able to quickly close my lid to easily transport my laptop for short distance.

Hi. As mentioned in the article http://www.tekserve.com/service/mac-faq/backingup/directory-damage.php, it's best not to move your Mac while the drive is spinning. By closing the lid and giving the Mac a few seconds to go into Sleep mode can prevent damage to the disk from moving it while the drive is active. While you may be skeptical of the dangers of moving a laptop while it's running, I can guarantee you that doing so will shorten the life-expectancy of the hard drive.
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Lid closing options for HP Envy 17

Hello, I have a very simple question that I shouldn't even have to ask.........but I figure an expert in this forum will be able to answer it fairly quickly.
When I shut the lid to my laptop, I want the laptop to 'do nothing'. I have gone to the Power/Battery Options and checked the settings to 'do nothing' when I shut the lid. For some reason, my laptop still goes to sleep. Is there another setting somewhere that I need to change? Or is the only option when I shut the lid to either sleep or hibernate?
I don't need my laptop to sleep every time I shut the lid, especially if it's only for like 5 minutes.
(Oh......it is a Windows 8, touch screen, if that is relevant to the isssue).
I appreciate any suggestions!
Thank you,
Celeste

Hi Celeste,
Welcome to the HP Community Forum.
If you are running the computer on battery -- and you are leaving it alone for five minutes, you may actually want it to sleep. It uses far fewer resources to sleep than it does to stay active. Your system provides for "rapid wake up" and should respond soon after you open the lid when you again need it.
OK -- assuming you cannot wait even a few seconds! Smiling.
You might have missed a secondary setting that puts the notebook to sleep when it is running on battery. The notebook might be going to sleep sooner than you would like.
Control Panel > set icon view > Power Options > Change when the computer sleeps >
On Page: Change settings for the Plan
There are two main adjustments: On battery and Plugged in
You need to adjust the settings for the Display and for the amount of time the computer waits before it goes to sleep.
You can also adjust the brightness to save battery, that is, you can set the brightness to be a bit "less bright" when running on battery.
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Wake/Sleep issue - Lid closed awake, lid open sleeping, wont wake

MBP/Lion - I'm using my MBP in dual monitor mode with an external monitor and power supply connected. If I close the lid and then disconnect the monitor, my MBP won't wake after opening the lid. I know that with Lion a change was made and the power stays on with an external monitor attached and the lid closed (with the adapter plugged in), but if you unplug the display, there doesn't seem a way out of this state. Even plugging the monitor back in, the display wont refresh (just black).
In this state the power managment is confused. When closed, the power light is on, with the lid opened the power light goes off, the display remains blank and I can't wake the device. The only solution is to re-boot.
This *****, as I just want to close the lid, unplug power and the monitor and leave work to go home. I end up running the battery down if I don't catch it before putting the MBP in my bag, and I always have to reboot. Anyone else with this problem? Any solutions out there?

I got a fix for you but you have to follow these instructions exactly:
1. Unplug everything from your Macbook Pro.
2. Open Terminal.
3. Type: sudo nvram boot-args="iog=0x0"
4. Enter your password.
5. Reset your Mac and plug everything back in.
6. Your computer will now be free of one more lion bug.
If for any reason you want the old functionality back Zap the PRAM (Turn on your Mac and hold down the Command, Option, P, and R keys all at the same time)

Thinkpad X220: bad wlan connection when docked and lid closed

Dear forum
I use a Lenovo ThinkPad X220. I have no trouble with the wlan connection when i use the notebook alone. The wlan connection is also stable when i use the notebook plugged in the dockingstation with the lid open. But when I use the notebook plugged in the dockingstation with the lid closed my wlan connection drops regularely to about 2 Mbps and gets very unstable.
The ThinkPad uses the Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 wlan network controller:
$ lspci | grep 6205
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Centrino Advanced-N 6205 [Taylor Peak] (rev 34)
The network controller uses the iwlwifi driver, that comes with the current linux-firmware package:
$ pacman -Ss linux-firmware
core/linux-firmware 20150206.17657c3-1 [Installiert]
Firmware files for Linux
I didn't change any options of the kernel module, everything runs in default mode:
$ modinfo -p iwlwifi
swcrypto:using crypto in software (default 0 [hardware]) (int)
11n_disable:disable 11n functionality, bitmap: 1: full, 2: disable agg TX, 4: disable agg RX, 8 enable agg TX (uint)
amsdu_size_8K:enable 8K amsdu size (default 0) (int)
fw_restart:restart firmware in case of error (default true) (bool)
antenna_coupling:specify antenna coupling in dB (default: 0 dB) (int)
wd_disable:Disable stuck queue watchdog timer 0=system default, 1=disable (default: 1) (int)
nvm_file:NVM file name (charp)
uapsd_disable:disable U-APSD functionality (default: Y) (bool)
bt_coex_active:enable wifi/bt co-exist (default: enable) (bool)
led_mode:0=system default, 1=On(RF On)/Off(RF Off), 2=blinking, 3=Off (default: 0) (int)
power_save:enable WiFi power management (default: disable) (bool)
power_level:default power save level (range from 1 - 5, default: 1) (int)
fw_monitor:firmware monitor - to debug FW (default: false - needs lots of memory) (bool)
At first I thought, the problem could be caused by the KDE power saving settings. I changed the settings, so nothing happens when I close the lid (no hibbernation or screen lock or something like that), but without success (the wlan connection is still unstable under the described circumstances).
Also dmesg shows nothing that points out a problem (as far as I can see):
$ dmesg | grep iwlwifi
[ 19.688522] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: can't disable ASPM; OS doesn't have ASPM control
[ 19.688679] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: irq 31 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 19.696095] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: loaded firmware version 18.168.6.1 op_mode iwldvm
[ 19.718023] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG disabled
[ 19.718027] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUGFS disabled
[ 19.718028] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING enabled
[ 19.718029] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6205 AGN, REV=0xB0
[ 19.718145] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
[ 19.753757] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0 wlp3s0: renamed from wlan0
[ 20.128443] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
[ 20.128652] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Radio type=0x1-0x2-0x0
[ 20.403905] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
[ 20.404212] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Radio type=0x1-0x2-0x0
[ 68.922975] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: L1 Enabled - LTR Disabled
[ 68.923192] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Radio type=0x1-0x2-0x0
So I have no idea where this strange behaviour comes from (only wild guesses: buildfactor, antenna orientation,...).
Any help would be really appreciated.

hmmm...
how about checking both your wired and wireless nic drivers in device manager to make sure that the "allow computer to turn off this device to save power" checkbox on the power management tab is deselected.
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Lid Closed Mode on an 867?

I am surethis has been covered in these forums somewhere, but I must be using the wrong search terms, b/c I can't seem to find a conclusive answer. So here it goes:
Can I run my 12" aluminum 867MHz Powerbook with the lid closed while attached to an external display? Or is that an option only on the newer (newest) PBs? I know iBooks need the keyboard clear to help dissapate heat. Is that an issue with my PB as well?
Thanks!

Hi,
I've been using my 867 Mhz PowerBook with the lid closed and connected to an external display, keyboard, and mouse ever since I bought it in March, 2003. I've had no heat-related problems at all. However, whenever I have a chance, I prop up the back end of the PowerBook on somethat that will raise the rear of the machine off the table about an inch or so to allow for better air circulation underneath it, where it seems to get the hottest. I didn't do this as a response to any problem, but when I realized how warm the underside of the machine gets, I figured it was a prudent thing to do.
Ken

Wakes from sleep while lid closed

I got my MBP three weeks ago and I have noticed that when I have the lid closed and it is sleeping and I set it down it begins to make noise and when I open the lid I see that has already come out of sleep mode. I know that the MBP's have a motion sensor that shuts off the hard drives when it senses that the computer is falling or something. When I'm putting it down and it does this, it is always on a hard surface but it's not like I'm dropping the computer down, I'm gently placing it. Any thoughts?

That's cool.. It's good to see they fixed it on the latest revision. The college ordered these right before apple's last upgrade to the MBP. These are the 2.33 GHZ Core 2 Duo machines. The tech did mention that I could take these to the nearest Apple store.. a 2 hour drive, and one of the people at the store could evaluate them and then decide if they should be fixed. No guarantee they would.. and according to him and my description.. "the behaviour is expected.."
While it would be worth popping them into a fedex shipper to know they'd get fixed.. I guess I have to decide if it's worth a two hour drive to maybe get it fixed. The sleep sensor is such a simple and small part.. I'm reasonably confident I can fix it. I'll weigh my options in the next couple of days. Now that I know what's causing it.. I'm not as worried about it as I was. I had envisioned bare wires shorting out in the lid or something.
I will contrast Apple's support with Dell's though. I really despise Dell.. but, when the college has a problem with a machine, they send a part out no questions asked. The college has it's own tech support team and Dell will either send a tech immediately, or send the part to one of our team members. I'd really like to see the college choose more apple products. But, their response to our repair request has hurt that effort. Can you see us with a lab full of macs driving them two hours to an Apple store because of some hardware problem? We don't pay any extra for the Dell support, it's part of the product warranty. Apple could learn a thing or two...
I may stew on this a few days and call tech support again..

Frozen when lid closed

My laptop is Win8.1, I have set it to do nothing when lid is closed and power options are set to stay alive.
I close the laptop lid and go to work. At work I TeamViewer onto my laptop but I cannot control Firefox (I can control the rest of the OS).
Today I left my laptop open and now at work I have full control of Firefox, as well as everything else.
Its like Firefox freezes with the lid closed switch

Ok, if it works ok in Safe Mode, then an add on is causing this issue. [[Configuration Options for Add-ons]]
The Reset Firefox feature can fix many issues by restoring Firefox to its factory default state while saving your essential information. <br>
'''Note''': ''This will cause you to lose any Extensions and some Preferences.''
*Open websites will not be saved in Firefox versions lower than 25.
To Reset Firefox do the following:
#Go to Firefox > Help > Troubleshooting Information.
#Click the "Reset Firefox" button.
#Firefox will close and reset. After Firefox is done, it will show a window with the information that is imported. Click Finish.
#Firefox will open with all factory defaults applied.
Further information can be found in the [[Reset Firefox – easily fix most problems]] article.
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Thank you.

Using the GT70 with external monitor and lid closed

I wasn't sure where to post this question.
I have several laptops and use external monitors. I close the lid on the laptops and the display continues to work.
On the GT70, the system shuts down. It won't allow me to use the external keyboard and mouse or display the session.
Any suggestions if there is a configuration option to allow the GT70 to continue to function with external monitor and lid closed.

Yup. This is a windows setting. You need to go into your control panel -> power options -> "Choose when the computer sleeps" and "Choose what closing the lid does"
That should solve the problem. I currently have my GT70 hooked up to a 42" TV and I can close the lid and it stays on and the TV continues displaying as well. No problems. =]

MBP keeps waking up (for a few seconds) with lid closed and in sleep.

My macbook pro, with the lid closed and hence in sleep, will periodically turn on. As in, ill be laying in bed trying to sleep, ill hear the sound of the fans and hd etc turn on, and then ill see the lcd light up.. itll do this for 4 secs, then go back to sleep. Every 20 mins or so it will do this.
What the hells wrong with it ?

Do you have any USB devices attached? Any Bluetooth devices tethered and nearby? Both of those can wake the MBP... Bluetooth can be set not to wake (System Preferences > Bluetooth), but for USB the only way is to unplug them before you close the lid. If you have Ethernet connected, uncheck the box to wake for ethernet administrator access in System Preferences > Energy Saver > Options tab (in Power adapter settings) .
Hope this helps...

Dell Inspiron 9400 not suspending on lid closing

I am currently running arch linux 64 bit with LXDE. I aslo have loaded modules acpid, howvever when I close the laptop lid it does not suspend to ram. After using google, I did not doscover any solution that worked for me. According to one site, I added tthe following code to /etc/acpi/events/lid
event=button/lid
action=/etc/acpi/actions/lid.sh
/etc/acpi/actions/lid.sh contains:
#!/bin/bash
sleep &
sudo /usr/sbin/pm-suspend
acpid is runnig, however, when the lid is closed and acpi_listern is running there is printed to the terminal.
Would appreciate any help that help me solve this problem.

I tried that first, but it did not work.
/etc/acpi/handler.sh contains:
#!/bin/sh
# Default acpi script that takes an entry for all actions
minspeed=`cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_min_freq`
maxspeed=`cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_max_freq`
setspeed="/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_setspeed"
set $*
case "$1" in
button/power)
#echo "PowerButton pressed!">/dev/tty5
case "$2" in
PBTN|PWRF) logger "PowerButton pressed: $2" ;;
*) logger "ACPI action undefined: $2" ;;
esac
button/sleep)
case "$2" in
SLPB|SBTN) echo -n mem >/sys/power/state ;;
*) logger "ACPI action undefined: $2" ;;
esac
ac_adapter)
case "$2" in
AC|ACAD|ADP0)
case "$4" in
00000000)
echo -n $minspeed >$setspeed
#/etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode start
00000001)
echo -n $maxspeed >$setspeed
#/etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode stop
esac
*) logger "ACPI action undefined: $2" ;;
esac
battery)
case "$2" in
BAT0)
case "$4" in
00000000) #echo "offline" >/dev/tty5
00000001) #echo "online" >/dev/tty5
esac
CPU0)
*) logger "ACPI action undefined: $2" ;;
esac
button/lid)
case "$3" in
close)
#echo "LID closed!">/dev/tty5
sudo /usr/sbin/pm-suspend
logger -s "ACPI lid closed";
open)
#echo "LID opened!">/dev/tty5
logger -s "ACPI lid opened"
esac
logger "ACPI group/action undefined: $1 / $2"
esac
According to one site I give member of the power group the ability to shutdown and restart the system without the requiring a password.
/etc/sudoers contains:
## sudoers file.
## This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
## Failure to use 'visudo' may result in syntax or file permission errors
## that prevent sudo from running.
## See the sudoers man page for the details on how to write a sudoers file.
## Host alias specification
## Groups of machines. These may include host names (optionally with wildcards),
## IP addresses, network numbers or netgroups.
# Host_Alias WEBSERVERS = www1, www2, www3
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## or netgroups.
# User_Alias ADMINS = millert, dowdy, mikef
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# Cmnd_Alias PROCESSES = /usr/bin/nice, /bin/kill, /usr/bin/renice, \
# /usr/bin/pkill, /usr/bin/top
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## You may wish to keep some of the following environment variables
## when running commands via sudo.
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# Defaults env_keep += "LANG LANGUAGE LINGUAS LC_* _XKB_CHARSET"
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## .Xauthority file. Note that other programs use HOME to find
## configuration files and this may lead to privilege escalation!
# Defaults env_keep += "HOME"
## X11 resource path settings
# Defaults env_keep += "XAPPLRESDIR XFILESEARCHPATH XUSERFILESEARCHPATH"
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# Defaults env_keep += "QTDIR KDEDIR"
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# Defaults env_keep += "XDG_SESSION_COOKIE"
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## this may allow users to subvert the command being run via sudo.
# Defaults env_keep += "XMODIFIERS GTK_IM_MODULE QT_IM_MODULE QT_IM_SWITCHER"
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## sudoreplay and reboot. Use sudoreplay to play back logged sessions.
# Defaults log_output
# Defaults!/usr/bin/sudoreplay !log_output
# Defaults!/usr/local/bin/sudoreplay !log_output
# Defaults!/sbin/reboot !log_output
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## User privilege specification
root ALL=(ALL) ALL
## Uncomment to allow members of group wheel to execute any command
%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL
## Same thing without a password
# %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
## Uncomment to allow members of group sudo to execute any command
# %sudo ALL=(ALL) ALL
## Uncomment to allow any user to run sudo if they know the password
## of the user they are running the command as (root by default).
# Defaults targetpw # Ask for the password of the target user
# ALL ALL=(ALL) ALL # WARNING: only use this together with 'Defaults targetpw'
## Read drop-in files from /etc/sudoers.d
## (the '#' here does not indicate a comment)
#includedir /etc/sudoers.d
%power ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/pm-hibernate
%power ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/sbin/pm-suspend
%power ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /sbin/halt
%power ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /sbin/reboot
%wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/yaourt -Sy
%jupiter ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/lib/jupiter/scripts/bluetooth, /usr/lib/jupiter/scripts/camera, /usr/lib/jupiter/scripts/cpu-control, /usr/lib/jupiter/scripts/resolutions, /usr/lib/jupiter/scripts/rotate, /usr/lib/jupiter/scripts/touchpad, /usr/lib/jupiter/scripts/vga-out, /usr/lib/jupiter/scripts/wifi
The pm-suspend does work, I can suspend from lxde menu and the suspend button but not when the lid is closed.
Last edited by amcollie (2012-04-16 13:15:36)

Using only an Apple Cinema Display connected to MBP (w/ the lid closed)

Hi,
Could someone please help me on a small but rather annoying problem?
I have a Mac Book Pro 17" connected to an Apple Cinema Display 24". All I would like to do is to just use the Cinema Display, close the laptop lid, and for the MBP not to go into sleep mode (taking the Apple Display away with it).
I've looked in the Display and Energy Saver settings and have trawled through the online forums but as yet have not had any luck.
Can someone point me in the right direction?
Many thanks, M>/.

Apple supports using an external keyboard/mouse to wake the MBP in clamshell mode.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3131
The other option is 3rd party software to disable lid-closed sleep:
InsomniaX
SleepLess

Satellite 'Won't Wake' Up With the Lid Closed

This may not be a Toshiba problem per se since it has been reported for other brands as well.
I want to run backups overnight. This requires my backup programs to 'wake' the computer from sleep. This works perfectly well for my desktop. It does not work for my laptop if the lid is down: the laptop does not wake, so backups do not run
Some details:
Model L955-S5370, Windows 8, UEFI
Power settings for a closed lid, whether on-battery or off battery, are: Sleep (not hibernate)
Makes no difference whether the power options are to sleep or not to sleep when the lid closes; in neither case does the computer wake up.
When the laptop is set to not sleep when the lid is closed, the laptop eventually goes to sleep in accordance with my general sleep settings ('sleep after 30 minutes')
The same issue has been reported in the user forums for other brands, and in those instances the problem was neither obvious or easy to diagnose. The problem seems to be in the interface between the lid closing mechanism and the operating system. Dell says they'll include a resolution in a BIOS update.
Can Toshiba help with this?
Solved!
Go to Solution.

No, you're not dense. Lacking in appreciation of subtle humor, perhaps.
"Allow wake timers" was disabled. When I changed the setting to "Enabled" my backup ran. So I am .
That said, I have read in other OEM forums that running scheduled tasks with the lid down can be a problem. Something to with the interface between the lid (hardware) and the operating system. Apparently, I don't have that problem.

Turn on by itself with the lid closed

I have a Lenovo v100 0763 laptop and I have this problem:
When I close my laptop lid, it goes to standby mode (I don't activate the hibernation mode) but it only lasts for 20-30 minutes when I can hear the (humming) sound of the machine starting again even with the lid closed.
When I open the lid, it shows the login page directly like it has always been on (left standby with the lid on)
I had this problem around a year ago, and then I brought the laptop to a service (along with many other faulties - like the screen) and they fixed them (it was under guarantee back then) but now the problem suddenly came back around a week ago and this applies for both condition when it's plugged onto electricity or when it's under battery power only.
My setting for the power is Lenovo Standard
                                  Power                      Battery
Close the screen:                       after 25 mins             after 5 mins
Shutdown the harddisk:              after 30 mins            after 5 mins
System standby    after 25 mins    after 5 mins
Does anybody know why my laptop behaves like this? Because sometimes I left my instant messenger on (It automatically went off when I closed the lid) but it went right online again when the laptop was turned on by itself.
Thanks in advance
Eva

Sorry, but I cannot find it the one that you meant.
Is it the boot from network setup? Because there's no such thing as Power Management Setup in the boot menu. It's just bunch of options on from where to boot and since my laptop is turned on from standby by itself, does it have anything to do with booting?

Using MBP with with the lid closed

I have done some searching for tips on using the MBP with the lid closed and there is some conflicting information. I'm hoping people who use their Apple laptops in this way can help clarify a few things.
First, as I understand it, the MBP will operate with the lid closed if there is a connected power cord, mouse, keyboard, and external display. I plan to use mine with a Bluetooth mouse/keyboard. (More details from Apple can be found here.)
These are my questions:
1) I've heard people issue warnings about laptops overheating when running closed, but it seems Apple endorses using the MBP this way. Is heat really a problem, or are people just spreading misconceptions by predicting an early demise for a laptop used in this way?
2) Can the MBP be turned on/off when closed, or only put to sleep? I want to keep my MBP on a shelf that makes it inconvenient to open every time I want to shut down or power up. I suspect putting it to sleep will be good enough, but if I can shut down and power up without opening the lid, that would be preferable.
3) I've read that the MBP can be glitchy when waking from sleep in the closed-lid configuration. According to some people it sometimes won't wake up and requires at restart. Am I fooling myself into thinking sleep can replace shutting down?
Thanks.

1) As long as you don't place anything between the keyboard and screen, you should be fine. There have been worries about display damage due to heat rising up from the keyboard, but no substantiated reports of real damage occuring.
2) You can obviously turn the MBP off while closed by choosing Apple > Shut Down; powering back on requires pressing the power button. Another option would be enabling the Wake on LAN feature in Energy Saver preferences.
3) AFAIK, the problems are with deep sleep and occur regardless of whether the lid is closed or not. I've not had any problems waking my MBP from sleep, but I always shut it down for the night.

Mac book pro is very very slow/it hangs for even the smallest tasks/even with the lid closed it is still running if it is not completely turned off. Dose any one know what may be wrong ? and how to fix it?

More details about the problem : My computer is a Mid 2012 Mac Book pro 2.9GHz i7 processor with 8GB RAM updated to OS X v10.8.5
- I ran a compleet scan of my computer for any threats ( I used virus barrier express ) and there was nothing identified
- When I oppened the Activiti Monitor there are about 20-30 processes which I do not undersatand they are run under the user "root" 2 in perticular ( Kernel_task & fseventsd ) they both take up a lot of threads and kernel_task is constantly using 1.2 GB of "real memory" which is at least 20 times any other process that is running espesially the ones that run under the user "Apple" I do not know if this is causing the problems on my mac but i tryed to forces close it and it dose not even let me click the button, the others close but reopean immideatly. I will attach a screen shot of what i have mentioned here.
- The problems I am facing are mainly performance :- To state a few examples, my mac dose not seam to be able to handile even the smallest tasks like switching tabs on safari, typing any thing, playing a movie withought stopping inbetween, etc.. ( let me elaborate on why I said its not able to handil these tasks, it is because when I am trying to do any one of the afformentioned tasks inbetween the cursor becomes a rainbow collered spinning disk and I am unable to do anything for about 10 seckonds after which it starts to work again for some time before it happens again. )
- Another concern of mine is that my mac seems to be on even with the lid closed if I do not shut it down compleetly, if i just close the lid after some time the computer starts warming up, and the fan starts running. the battery is drained at the same rate or slightly less rate than it would have if i was using it normally with the lid opean. ( altough this is happning the screen dose not turn on untill the lid is opean again )
- I have only 300+ GB full out of my 750GB so i believe these are not issues caused by my mac's memory being full ( BUT THE FIRST TIME I NOTICED THIS WAS HAPPNING WAS WHEN MY MEMORY WAS ABOUT 720GB FULL WHEN THESE ISSUES FIRST AROSE I IMMEADITLY DELEATED 400+GB OF MY USELESS FILES THAT I HAD BEEN HORDING ALL OF WHICH WERE MOVIES ) that about covers it all PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF ANY ONE KNOWS WHAT TO DO.
Ps: I apoligize if I have given too many unrelevant details, not enough usefull information and or if i was just all over the place with my explanations but I am really frustrated and was hoping not to miss anyting. Please let me know if any information at all is required and ill do my best to provide it.
Thank You

Start with this comprehensive troubleshooting article:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3521
Look at this one for possible solutions:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3353
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