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I use a MacBook Pro with a Cinema Display and every time when I wake the MacBook Pro, the cinema display wakes first and the MacBook Pro display seems to stay in a sleep mode until I press the Detect Displays button in Displays Preferences. The most annoying part is that I need to rearrange all open apps' widows every time I wake my Mac.

Does anybody have any idea how to fix this problem?

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What MBP and what Cinema Display models are you using? I have trouble with the 15" MBP Retina Display and the 21" Cinema Display (but not with the 30"). With that combination, I've heard using the HDMI port instead of the Thunderbolt port resolves the issues although I haven't been able to test that. – Dominique Jan 16 at 0:39
Did this get resolved? It may have been related to the SMC chip on the Mac, which controls many power-related hardware components: support.apple.com/kb/ht3964 – bispymusic Mar 3 at 0:42
@bispymusic It's not been solved yet. I've heard this problem is solved in ML but I still have Lion on the laptop. Thanks for the link but it's corporate MBP and I am quite reluctant to remove the battery on my own ... – Dmytro Mar 3 at 10:26
Are you still having issues with this? I've tidied up the title to see if fresh eyes can help. – bmike♦ Apr 24 at 14:19
@bmike Yes I still have this problem and I think the solution would be to upgrade to ML. – Dmytro Apr 24 at 16:22

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Try unchecking the "Automatic adjust brightness" in the System Preferences Display control panel.

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