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		xuki on Sept 11, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 2012 MacBook Pro Powers on By Itself on Rough Road... OP might have a faulty unit. I never experience this with my Macbook Air, which has similar design of the power key as the new Macbook Pro.

mcmillion on Sept 11, 2012 [–]

If the laptop is powered on and the screen gets closed, the laptop should sleep, unless an external monitor and keyboard is connected to it.

I've had a few applications (Evernote being one of them from time to time) that prevents my rMBP from sleeping. Maybe there's something related?

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