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Any to know what wakes an Mac up?
Regularly while sleeping my Mac wakes up and i'd like to know if there is some kind of log of what trigged the waking. (Mouse click ? Keyboard ? WOL Magic Packet ? Something else ?)
I'm on late 2012 ...
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How to select which disks are allowed to sleep?
There is an option "Put the hard disk(s) to sleep when possible" in Mac OS X's preferences:
Is it possible to configure which disks Mac OS X can put into a sleepy state? For example, I want to ...
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Connecting USB devices wake Mac running Mountain Lion only temporarily
On Snow Leopard (10.6), I could wake my Mac by connecting a USB device - in my case, switching on a USB external HDD.
Now, after upgrading to Mountain Lion (10.8), when I connect the USB device, the ...
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Enable “standby mode” for MacBook Pros
I can't get my 2012 13" MacBook Pro to standby (note: NOT regular sleep, see http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4392).
My pmset -g results are:
Active Profiles:
Battery Power -1
AC Power -1*
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how to find out the start time of last sleep
Is there a command to find the date and time at which a Macintosh computer last entered the sleep mode?
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double password entry to access account
I have the Require password 4 hours after sleep ... option in Security and Privacy System Preferences set and am running a script with launchd to suspend my session at a certain time of day (see this ...
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lock account and sleep
Is there an easy way to lock my mac and then immediately sleep, all in one command? I know I can show the login window and then choose the sleep button, but I'd prefer one step rather than two (and a ...
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How can I tell the difference between display sleep vs. computer sleep on my MacBook Air (Late 2010)?
How can I tell the difference between the entire computer sleeping and only the display sleeping?
I'm trying to diagnose sleep problems, and one of the basic things I need to know is the difference ...
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Keyboard shortcut to sleep a MacBook Air with Lion
I am looking for a quick way to sleep without closing the lid, or using the mouse.
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Triggering an alarm on MBP while the lid is closed
I would like to use an alarm clock application on my MacBook Pro. The thing is, that I need to close the lid on the MBP while sleeping. Now I know this is a common issue, but after moderate amount of ...
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How to store sleepimage on secondary HDD on Mac OS X 10.6?
I have a MBP 2010 with Snow Leopard on it. I put an SSD in the place of DVD Drive and am using an awesome SSD(80GB)+HDD(500GB) combo for speed and efficiency for the right price.
All I want to do is ...
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Why does my MacBook Pro take so long to go to sleep?
My Macbook Pro takes an awful long time to go to sleep when I close the lid. Considering that I generally want to close the lid and then carry it somewhere, I want it to be fully asleep so I don't ...
