Sleep Indicator Light?

[donawalt]

Sorry for the stupid question, but I can't find the answer anywhere - I have a 2019 MacBook Pro, does it have a Sleep Indicator Light (SIL)? None of the Apple support articles show it, or indicate what models have it. I know what the SIL looked like in MacBooks from about 10 years ago. I don't think my MacBook has one, does it? Does anything replace the SIL functionality of indicating the sleep state of the laptop when closed?

Thanks!

 

[craigy2302]

There's no Sleep Indicator Light on 2019 MacBook Pros. I can't remember exactly when they got removed, but it was around the time of the first Retina MacBook Pro coming out.

 

[FHoff]

My 2015 MbP doesn’t have one so it’s been a while.

 

[chabig]

Does anything replace the SIL functionality of indicating the sleep state of the laptop when closed?

Yes. When the lid is closed, it’s asleep unless you explicitly shut it down.

 

[flipin]

My new mbp m1 14 doesn’t have one. It also is booby trapped with starting up if you touch it to check. This is the sort of nanny make the decision for you attitude that has become the norm. Was a time when the extreme customizing of your own Mac was a selling point. Having squeezed over a decade out of my last MacBook Pro, I was taken aback at losing the status light. Pointless removal. And on a machine that delights me every time I use it. I’m glad I waited for Apple silicon in a new PowerBook and missed butterfly keyboards with touchbars, so I guess losing the sleep light must be tolerated.

 

[maerz001]

My new mbp m1 14 doesn’t have one. It also is booby trapped with starting up if you touch it to check. This is the sort of nanny make the decision for you attitude that has become the norm. Was a time when the extreme customizing of your own Mac was a selling point. Having squeezed over a decade out of my last MacBook Pro, I was taken aback at losing the status light. Pointless removal. And on a machine that delights me every time I use it. I’m glad I waited for Apple silicon in a new PowerBook and missed butterfly keyboards with touchbars, so I guess losing the sleep light must be tolerated.

I’m sure after 2 years he got over the loss

 

[flipin]

Oh. I didn’t realize there was a shelf life date on the current hardware concern.

 

[curnalpanic]

does it have a Sleep Indicator Light (SIL)?

Nope. Starting with the early retina models (cirka 2012) they blurred the line between sleep and awake with Power nap, and the light became pointless.