Light in right hand corner when putting MacBook Pro to sleep

Can someone explain the purpose of the light in the bottom right corner of the Macbook Pro (late 2009 model) that comes on when you put it to sleep? First it becomes a solid light and after a couple of minutes it starts to blink. Is there anything specific I should know about those indicators?

When you first put the computer to sleep, the light should be on. You should not physically move the computer until the on light begins to pulsate. Once the light begins to pulsate, your hard drive has stopped spinning. If you move the computer when the light is on, you could lose data, because the drive is still spinning even thought the computer is asleep.
This is described in a notice in the manual. See page 15.

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I'm having this issue too when using a MacBook Pro 13", so it's not a single issue.

I got similar Problem, my external monitor will go to standby mode and then switch on immediately, and the go to sleep , and the monitor will show no signal detect

Problems putting macbook pro to sleep and waking up

Having trouble putting my macbook pro (early 2011) to sleep. Whether I close the lid, hit the sleep tab from the apple menu or just keep the computer idle long enough to allow it to fall asleep, the computer screen goes black and the green indicator light comes on, but never pulsates. When I try to "wake" it up, nothing happens. I have to manually turn off then restart the computer.

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Having 15GB left I would be worried of possibility to start loosing files not talking about general computer performance.
if I were in this kind of situation, I would avoid installing any applications being that much limited in disk space. I hope that you have your data backed up. I would use external disk to move important data along with big files (not an applications) to that disk. As well, most probably there are many files that might live on external disks only and be accessed whenever you want by connecting an external storage. In another words, provide more free space on your disk for computer to breath easier. Then install 3rd party disk utility i.e. one I mentioned above and run disk health tests, fragmentation tests and defragment it.
I believe that this not only makes you Mac going to sleep faster but it will improve its general performance as well.
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Recently, I have noticed that when I put my mac to sleep there is an extreme latency in terms of the time it takes for the computer's screen to go blank and for the actual unit to go into sleep mode. I do not seem to be able to account for the occurrence, and was wondering if anyone had suggestions as to why it may be taking so long. Hopefully, this is not too ambiguous, but I cannot pinpoint as to what may be causing it.
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I do not know how to check disk fragmentation wihout 3rd party tools. I use http://www.prosofteng.com/products/drive_genius.php, however there are more programs to check disks and fix errors or defragment ones.
Having 15GB left I would be worried of possibility to start loosing files not talking about general computer performance.
if I were in this kind of situation, I would avoid installing any applications being that much limited in disk space. I hope that you have your data backed up. I would use external disk to move important data along with big files (not an applications) to that disk. As well, most probably there are many files that might live on external disks only and be accessed whenever you want by connecting an external storage. In another words, provide more free space on your disk for computer to breath easier. Then install 3rd party disk utility i.e. one I mentioned above and run disk health tests, fragmentation tests and defragment it.
I believe that this not only makes you Mac going to sleep faster but it will improve its general performance as well.
P.S here it seams there is a possibility to get demo version http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/systemdiskutilities/drivegenius.html
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I lose connection with network (router: Airport Extreme, latest firmware) whenever MacBook Pro put to sleep. Have to use diagnostics to reconnect. Tells me network configurations have changed, then reconnects me to network. What is the fix?

Try the following, in order, until (hopefully) resolved:
1a. Delete Preferred Network(s)
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Under "Preferred Networks," delete the network(s) you regularly use from the list.
1b. Delete AirPort Keychain Entries
Launch the "Keychain Access" application located in Applications/Utilties.
Click on the "Kind" filter at the top, and look for any "AirPort network password" entries...and delete them.
1c. Add Preferred Network(s)
System Preferences > Network > AirPort > Advanced > AirPort tab
Add the preferred network(s) using the "+" button.
Restart or log out then back in.
2. Move System Configuration Files
(Note: You will have to reestablish your network connections settings.)
Go to /Library/Preferences
Move the SystemConfiguration folder to the desktop.
Restart your Mac. (Note: OS X will rebuild the files that are now sitting on your desktop. If this doesn't resolve the issue, you can move the folder back to it's original location.)

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Trying to launch elements. Adobe ID required. Enter info. Then I get a grayed out screen with swirl in bottom right corner. Never lets me into program.

Hi lospesca,
Thanks for posting on the Adobe forums.
Please follow these steps :
Go to following location:
for Win
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for MAC
Finder> Go > Go to Folder
\Library\Applicaiton Support\Adobe
~\Library\Applicaiton Support\Adobe
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Adobe - Adobe Application Manager : For Windows : Adobe Application Manager
Adobe - Adobe Application Manager : For Macintosh : Adobe Application Manager
After the installation
Try to Open Adobe Application Manager / Creative Cloud App.
Log in that with Adobe ID and Password.
If it does not work first try couple of times more.
Let me know if this resolves the issue.
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Welcome to the Apple Community.
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[email protected]

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It seems like this happened recently. When the mouse is moved and pointed to the upper right hand corner of the screen everything displayed goes off-screen to the right and left sides. The edge of the window is shown on the right side and a shadow on the left side- when I click on those everything pops back on-screen. I have a bad habit of moving my mouse quickly and this has become annoying.
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Steve

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