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detect powernap from the command line
I like to plug in my macbook and SSH to it from my Windows machine to take advantage of my 27" monitors, and do work in the shell and in Vim.
Now i know that supposedly the machine is capable of ...
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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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Wake on demand: can't access through internet
I'm using Wake on Demand (not WOL) to access my mac remotely. I can wake it from the sleep state only if I am on the same network using SSH, SFTP or HTTP. I have managed to connect from internet using ...
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While my MacBook sleeps, the network drops off?
I have just moved over to a Macbook Pro from my old Macbook. Thanks to the Migration Assistant, it was an easy task, but I am now having an annoying issue: I have both computers on with all the same ...
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How can I keep my Mac awake AND locked?
I want to leave my Mac awake overnight so it syncs 4GB of data from Dropbox. I need to prevent the machine from going to sleep because that pauses the Dropbox sync
I've been using Caffeine to keep ...
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Sleep / hibernation logic on OS X
I'm wondering what is a logic of sleep/hibernate of the OS X System.
On the lid closing MacBook should go to sleep - it is obvious but.. What if the machine is running only on batteries and it is in ...
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How effective is Deep Sleep Mode?
I got frustrated from turning on my Retina MBP and waiting a few seconds while the systems loads from Deep Sleep Mode.
I disabled it using sudo pmset -a standby 0
However, I would like to know what ...
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How can I determine if the screen is asleep in Mountain Lion, from the command line?
I have a script that needs to run every so often, but only if the screensaver is active or if the screen is asleep (to make sure nobody is actively using the computer first). I need to have a way to ...
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iMac sleeping even when set to never sleep
Running 10.7.5, I've got a fairly new iMac (6 months old) 27", set to never sleep, yet when I got in to work this morning it was asleep. How to fix this?
Output from pmset -g in Terminal:
Active ...
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My Mac show a login screen on a spinning cube which keeps on spinning
My 2009 iMac with Lion keeps on getting stuck everytime my son's limited time ends and the computer subsequently wakes up from sleep.
How to reproduce
In other words, my son has a limited usage ...
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Can any iOS app remotely wake a sleeping MacBook Air when the lid is closed?
I want to be able to access my Macbook Air (Late-2011, Mountain Lion), when the lid is closed (in sleep mode), remotely from my iPhone 4GS.
I have tried using LogMeIn Ignition App but it does not ...
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Freeze issue after installing an optical bay drive
I am having issues after I installed another drive in the optical bay. When I wake the computer from sleep, it randomly freezes within 0-5 minutes. I cannot do anything, the mouse won't move, trackpad ...
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Is it bad or unhealthy to put my Mac to sleep?
I am wondering if it is bad or unhealthy to always put my Mac to sleep or should I shut it down instead? What I mean by putting it to sleep is that the display and hard drive are sleeping.
The reason ...
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Can a TrueCrypt volume be ejected (or the app quit) upon entering sleep?
Is it possible to force all TrueCrypt mounted volumes to eject when my Mac goes to sleep or to have TrueCrypt quit (causing them to unmount)? I'm looking for a little extra "easy" security when I move ...
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Mountain Lion screen crashes after returning from sleep
During the past 3 days I have experienced the following issue: when returning from sleep, I see an extremely garbled version of my desktop. The only thing that seems to help is a reboot.
My first ...
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Icons and other graphics have strange colored strips after waking Macbook
I am running OS X Lion on a late 2008 model Macbook (not pro). From time to time, usually when left on and unattended, the battery gets low and it goes into sleep mode. I kick myself for letting it ...
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Mountain Lion won't wake up after an extended sleep
I've recently upgraded my MacBook Air to Mountain Lion. Now whenever the machine sleeps for a long time (more than two hours or so) while disconnected from the mains, it won't wake up. I had to hold ...
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How to configure OS X for exhibitions
I need to configure a Mac Mini and OS X for use in exhibitions so that it:
boots when power switches on (or wake on LAN)
starts Safari in full-screen mode
suppresses closing Safari and/or showing ...
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Can I continue downloading Mountain Lion In Sleep Mode?
I am downloading OSX Mountain Lion via the App Store however it is taking a while, will it continue downloading in sleep mode?
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Delay in keyboard responsiveness after wake with Mountain Lion?
After upgrading to Mountain Lion, now when I open the lid to my 2010 13" MacBook Air, there is a 3-5 second delay between when the screen powers on and when the keyboard will respond to key presses in ...
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Enable standby mode / deep sleep on SSD macs with mounted SD-card
This question arose from the comments page of The Nifty Minidrive's Kickstarter page
The Nifty Minidrive is essentially a microSD card adapter that fits perfectly into the SD-slot of the MacBook Pro ...
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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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My Mac mini's computer name keeps changing when it resumes from sleep
When I wake my Mac mini from sleep, it occasionally comes up with a dialog saying "The name of your computer "whatever" is already in use on this network. The name has been changed to "whatever (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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MacBook Pro: long time to wake from sleep, what could it be?
I have a 2011 13-inch entry-level MacBook Pro, which was upgraded almost straight away to Lion.
I consider myself a careful, conscientious user, not installing things I don't need. However, recently, ...
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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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Disable sleep mode for a specific app?
Can I disable the sleep mode for a specific application so that my mac won't go on sleep until the app is closed?
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Which popular apps prevent sleep on Mac OS X?
The main reason a Mac won't go to sleep is because of a 3rd party app. If there was a list of popular apps that have been known to cause sleep issues, it would make debugging this issue easier.
Which ...
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Mac does not sleep automatically in Lion!
My Macbook Pro will not sleep even though it is set in System Preferences → Energy Saver.
I do not have any sharing options enabled (System Preferences → Sharing).
I do not have "Wake ...
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Why do I have to reboot my iMac and Wacom Cintiq after sleep?
I have an iMac and a 24 inch Wacom Cintiq. When I put the iMac to sleep, it freezes and I have to restart both the iMac and the Wacom Cintiq.
How can I get around this?
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Does closing the lid put a MacBook Pro to sleep? Would it hurt the computer if I carry it around without shutting it down?
When I first got my MacBook Pro, it took less than 30 seconds to start up. Now, after several months, it takes about two minutes to startup and I can tell that it is not as responsive when using some ...
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What happens when I close the lid on my MacBook Pro running OS X?
I'm a new Mac user. What happens when I close the lid on my MacBook Pro running OS X Lion?
Is it sleeping? Or hibernating? Something else?
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My MacBook seems to be an insomniac (won't sleep)
As of several days ago, my MacBook refuses to go to sleep either automatically or manually. I have taken the following troubleshooting measures to no effect:
Reset PRAM
Rest SMC
Boot in SafeMode
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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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External HDD Unmounted After Sleep
I have the new iMac 21,5" and a Samsung G3 Station 1,5TB external HDD. When I plug my HDD, connecting to energy and via USB, no problems, Mac OS recognizes it and I can use it normally. The problem ...
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Applications stop responding when waking up from sleep
Lately when I walk away from the computer and it goes into sleep mode, I come back and try to us the computer, all the applications are stuck "not responding".
I can use the computer and browse ...
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When waking up my MacBook Pro, the external monitor unpredictably displays “snow flakes”
I can't seem to pinpoint a specific cause for this, but sometimes when I wake my MBP the external screen gets fuzzy, like a TV with no reception, but I can faintly see my desktop behind the noise. If ...
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mouse move wakes up sleeping mac.. how to prevent?
When the cleaning man has been by my desk then my computer wakes up from sleep. How can I make it insensitive to mouse movements?
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What processes run while my Mac is asleep?
What processes, if any, run while my computer is put to sleep (not hibernation mode)?
For example, if there's an application which prints a line every second to a file, will it print lines while the ...
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Can I schedule startup and shutdown with different settings for weekdays and weekends?
Everyday, I usually start my Mac Mini at 16:00 and shutdown it at 2:00 using the Energy Saver schedule settings.
I would like to be able to set a different behavior on the Weekends starting Mac Mini ...
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Is there any way to set a MacBook Pro to not sleep when you close the lid?
The most common use case I have for this is when I'm playing music over AirTunes, but don't want an open laptop laying around. Or when I'm syncing or downloading something.
This isn't the same as ...
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How do I change Mac OS X's sleep behavior with respect to USB plugging/unplugging?
If a USB device is plugged or unplugged, my MacBook Pro wakes up from sleep. Can this behavior be changed somehow? That is to say, I do not want my Mac to wake up when a USB device is unplugged.
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Can I change the action that occurs when I close my laptop's lid?
Is there any way to change what happens when I close the lid of my laptop?
Do macs have the option of hibernating vs. sleeping like PC's do?
If so, which of these is the default behavior when I ...
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How can I get Snow Leopard to properly reconnect to my Windows network drives after it goes to sleep?
My mac goes to sleep. It wakes up. The volumes mounted to a Windows server in my house all work. I can see pictures and listen to music. Until I can't. After two or three sleep/wake cycles, I can't ...
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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 ...
