Urgent: Shut down when lid closes problem

My Mabook pro / mid 2010 / Yosemite 10.10 shuts down when lid closes. This is new in the last few days, not after any system updates. It wont restart after lid opens again, unless repeatedly holding down power button for long periods. Strangely, the sleep light is on before I open the lid, but once lid is open, it's completely off.
Does anyone know the cause and/or fix for this? I'm really worried it's the beginning of the end, and I rely on this machine for work and need to travel in a few days! Thanks in advance for any trouble shooting tips.

Just to clarify; when I say "this is new" I mean the problem, not the laptop.

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Laptop shuts down when lid closes

My 15" powerbook has been acting up the last few days ever since I downloaded the last group of updates. When I close the lid to put it to sleep the entire computer shuts down. When I open it and start it up it gives me the message that the computer was unexpected shut down. Any ideas?

Sorry, then I have to give up
Hopefully an other user can provide more assistance to you.
I would give Apple a phone call and ask for support, since it seems to be affiliated with the replacement battery (at least I would state so to get support).

MacBook Pro shuts down when I close lid. How can I prevent it?

MacBook Pro shuts down when I close lid. How can I prevent it?

Power or other problems related to unexpected system sleep, shutdown, lights or fans call for an SMC reset. Read all the steps.
Before Resetting the SMC
Try each of the following steps in this order before you reset the SMC. Test the issue after completing each troubleshooting step to determine if the issue still occurs.
Press Command + Option + Escape to force quit any application that is not responding.
Put your Mac to sleep by choosing the Apple () menu from the upper-left menu bar and then choosing Sleep. Wake the computer after it has gone to sleep.
Restart your Mac by choosing the Apple () menu from the upper-left menu bar and then choosing Restart.
Shut down your Mac by choosing the Apple () menu from the upper-left menu bar and then choosing Shut Down.
Resetting the SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own
Shut down the computer.
Plug in the MagSafe power adapter to a power source, connecting it to the Mac if it's not already connected.
On the built-in keyboard, press the (left side) Shift-Control-Option keys and the power button at the same time. The power adapter indicator light may cycle off / on once.
Release all the keys and the power button at the same time.
Press the power button to turn on the computer.

My macbook wont shut down when I close lid, how do I prevent this?

My macbook wont shut down when I close lid, how do I prevent this?
This had happened before and I seem to recall having to disable blue tooth.
Is this correct?
Charles

It's not suppose to shut down when closing the lid, it's supposed to sleep.

MacBook Pro shuts down when i close the lid

Hey,
My MacBook Pro shuts down when i close the lid.
It started to do this one or two times, but now it is every time.
I have the latest battery update, so this should not be the issue here..
Any sugestions??
I have started to suspect the it might be some faulty conecctions or somthing..

If it's unable to go into the proper sleep state for some reason then it will do that.
Run /Utilities/Console and click 'All Messages' top left then close the lid, wait a minute then open it again - if it's shut down then reboot and open Console again and check the latest log lines looking for 'sleepimage' - it should give you an indication of what happened/didn't. If you're not sure what it all means post _just those lines_ here.

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Whenever I close my MacBook, it shuts down instead of going into sleep mode. At first, I thought it was a problem with my MacBook not waking up from sleep at all, but if I use the Sleep function from the drop down menu, it will wake up normally.
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Triple-click anywhere in the line below to select it:
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Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window (command-V).
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Is my pre screwed or is it OS?
It shuts off, not the version that other people have had where you have to pop the battery (the power button still works to turn it back on) out to get it to restart. Anyway, it shuts off when I slide it closed. I thought maybe something loose so I did it very slowly, not allowing it to even go all the way, the minute that the sensor tripped it back into "no keyboard" mode it turns off.
It's especially bad when on bluetooth...happens every single time.
Is there a solution for this. Please palm, a lot of people are having this problem and there is no answer yet?
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2. Pre turn off or shuts down for no apparent reason and the only solution is to remove the battery, wait a second, put the battery back in, then turn it back on. This takes forever. Plus, because I have removed the back so often, my Pre squeaks when I am typing (from the plastic). It is very annoying.
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4. The navigation system voice is usually very clear, but sometimes, the voice will skip over the names of streets as she is calling out the directions. Ex. "Turn right on ________ Drive."
5. Sometimes the keyboard will stop working. I have to remove/replace the battery. Again, this is time-consuming and further contributes to the squeaking problem when typing because you have removed the back so many times.
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The new version of firefox does not shut down when I close the browser it continues running in the background. In addition it opens Adobe Reader for a brief time and then that closes. Everything worked fine before this new version.

Firefox automatically loaded a new version recently. The new version does not shut down when I close the browser it continues running in the background. In addition it opens Adobe Reader for a brief time and then that closes. Everything worked fine before this new version.

See "Hang at exit":
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firefox_hangs
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Firefox+hangs

Shuts down when I close my MB. What's the crack?

I've read a bit about this on other threads but I just don't get it.
My MB has done this about 30 times since I've had it. It's 6 months old.
For the last 3 days it has done it every day. Is it getting worse?
There is no pattern to follow. Just sometimes when I close the screen I hear the chime and I open up to the blue start up screen.
Is there any known remedy to this? It's doing my head in.

When you close the lid, the MacBook should go to sleep. If you choose "sleep" from the Apple menu, does the MacBook shut down then as well?
If so, it's unlikely you have a hardware problem (since no hardware is involved with the selection of the menu option). You might try try restarting and holding down the "shift" key to startup in "safe" mode. Does it behave the same way in "safe" mode? If not, then you may have a third-party software conflict.
If it doesn't shut down when you choose "sleep" from the Apple menu, it's possible that you have a hardware problem with the switch that tells the MacBook when you've opened or closed the MacBook. Does the MacBook shut down if you put it to sleep first from the menu before you close the lid?
-Doug

Laptop shuts down when I close the lid

I just recently purchased an HP Pavilion x360. It was working fine until HP did an update and now everytime I close the lid, the computer shuts down and has to restart when I open it. I've checked all of the power settings, including the one that allows you to specify what it should do when I close the lid but having found nothing that helps. Any suggestions? Robby

Hi Robby, Welcome to the HP Forums!
I would like to take a moment and thank you for using the forum, it is a great place to find answers. For you to have the best experience in the HP forum, I would like to direct your attention to the HP Forums Guide First Time Here? Learn How to Post and More. I understand that before you did a HP update you were able to close the lid and reopen without Windows restarting, but no longer.You have checked the power management setting and the option for what happens when you close the lid, but no change. I suggest you do a scan for corrupted files. This process will also try to repair any corrupted files it locates.Go to the command prompt and right click on it and run as administratorType sfc /scannow and press enterWait for this to complete and restart your notebook. Windows 8 has a built in troubleshooter you could also try.Press the Windows key + C to open charmsType troubleshoot performance and press enter.Follow the on screen prompts. If that did not help. you can do a restore back to before you installed the update. You also have the optiion to do a Refresh Your PC to Resolve Problems (Windows 8). To be on the safe side I would backup your personal data first, to ensure no personal data is lost. You could also do a recovery back to factory. Performing an HP System Recovery (Windows 8). You will receive a prompt to backup your personal files to prevent data loss, if you have not done one recently, I suggetst you do one now.Restoring Files that were Backed Up Using HP Recovery Manager (Windows 8) With the notebook being a fairly recent purchase, you could also contact HP support for assistance. They can remotely log onto your system to aid with locating and resolving issues. Please call HP technical support at 800-474-6836. If you live outside the US/Canada Region, please click the link below to get the support number for your region HP Technical Support Sitemap.

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I have tried to switch on the function that shuts down my lap top when I close the lid but am either dumb or lazy and gave up too quickly.... any help would be greatly apprecated.

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My mac goes to sleep when I close the lid pretty quickly but when I open up the lid it opens up again where I left off.
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Re: Satellite L650-108 WLan shuts down when lid is close

Hey, so it's all in the title people :)
I got this wireless card ; RTL8191SE. Everything is great, internet is going fast etc ...
But when I close the lid, is shuts down the internet :( which is not great when I wanna download someting pretty big
How do I fix this ?
I got the latest driver, I think : 21/05/2010 ... 2016.2.521.2010
thx

Hmm strange
Did you check the settings in device manager -> Wlan card -> Properties -> Advanced tab?
Here are also some drivers:
Realtek page:
http://www.realtek.com/downloads/downloadsView.aspx?Langid=1&PNid=21&PFid=48&Level= 5&Conn=4&DownTypeID=3&GetDown=false
Toshiba Wlan proptal:
http://aps2.toshiba-tro.de/wlan/

Why does my macbook pro shut down when I close it?

For about a week, SOME of the time when I close my lid, my laptop will shut down. It doesn't happen all the time, maybe about 50%, but when it does I have to hold down the power button for about 5 seconds, and then let go, then hold it down again for about 15 seconds to get it to turn back on. Has anyone else had this problem? I've had this laptop for coming up on 2 years.

Reset your SMC, as described here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964

Browser shuts down when I close a window, even if other windows are open

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Java program shuts down when I close Terminal.

I use following:
Java: 1.3.1_01
Platform: Solaris
Shell: bourn
I've a java program in which, I've implemented shutdown hooks (Runtime.addshutdownhook()) for proper shut down of my application.
I've a shell script to start & stop this application.
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I tried using 'nohup' command but its not working. I also tried starting it in background by appending '&'. It is not working either.
Can someone pls give me solution?
- Samir

I don't think there is a solution to your problem (other than not to close the terminal window) because according to the documentation:
addShutdownHook
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Registers a new virtual-machine shutdown hook.
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2) The virtual machine is terminated in response to a user interrupt, such as typing ^C, or a system-wide event, such as user logoff or system shutdown.
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