Suddenly won't go to sleep right!

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The other day I closed the LCd and it didn't go to sleep right and when I opened it the screen wouldn't come back. I ended up losing some important data. I was hoping it was an isolated incident, but it happened again last night.

What could be causing this? Is it a sign of a possible worse problem I need to deal with?
 
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Generally a background daemon causes the system to refuse to sleep when the lid is closed. If you run all system updates, and run Yasu (freeware utility), that generally straightens things out.
 
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Osiris22x said:
Generally a background daemon causes the system to refuse to sleep when the lid is closed. If you run all system updates, and run Yasu (freeware utility), that generally straightens things out.
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I'm not criticizing your advice, but I tend to get the run updates response every time I have a problem with my MBP. One of the selling points Macs users always made before I switched was that you don't have to deal with constant updating with Macs. I admit it's not as often as Window,s but it is very prevalent in Macs as well, to the point where I don't see it as a major difference.

I will give it a shot, but I always update when prompted, so I don't know if there's any need. Plus, I don't see how a new problem can be fixed by an update. If it was a problem since I bought it, I could understand. The only way I could see update helping a new problem is if the problem was caused by an older "update".

Anyway, just a little rant. Thanks for the advice. I hope it works.
 
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fleurya said:
I'm not criticizing your advice, but I tend to get the run updates response every time I have a problem with my MBP. One of the selling points Macs users always made before I switched was that you don't have to deal with constant updating with Macs. I admit it's not as often as Window,s but it is very prevalent in Macs as well, to the point where I don't see it as a major difference.

I will give it a shot, but I always update when prompted, so I don't know if there's any need. Plus, I don't see how a new problem can be fixed by an update. If it was a problem since I bought it, I could understand. The only way I could see update helping a new problem is if the problem was caused by an older "update".

Anyway, just a little rant. Thanks for the advice. I hope it works.
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Never heard that. Updates are good, and it is much easier/cleaner to update a mac. Everytime I update, the computer runs faster and smoother.
 

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