Putting a device into a low-power mode where only RAM is powered to conserve power at the expense of time to resume operation
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MacBook Air screen turns off randomly
I had my MacBook Air 13" 2011 for almost 2 years now. And right from the start I kept having this weird issue: sometimes while I'm working on it, the screen (and the monitor attached via displayport ...
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2answers
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Macbook Air not waking up from Suspend/Sleep with rEFInd boot manager installed
Having installed both rEFInd 0.6.10 (updated to 0.6.11) via its install.sh and Ubuntu 13.04 on another partition I can now choose on a MacBook Air to boot either MacOS or Linux.
When running MacOS ...
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Logitech Wireless Mouse Non Functional After Sleep?
I have a Logitech Wireless Mouse with Unifying Receiver plugged into my iMac - and when the computer is put to sleep (cmd alt eject), after wake it will not respond to mouse movement. If the computer ...
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55 views
Why does my MBP sleep on Mountain Lion and often not wake up
I recently upgraded my Macbook Pro late 2010 to Mountain Lion (from Snow Leopard). Now it has this problem where it will sometimes sleep and not wake up. However, I hear that the computer is still on, ...
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App windows move spontaneously on display wake (2 monitors)
OS X 10.8.3
Mac Mini Late 2012, 2.6Ghz quad-core i7, set up with 2 displays, like this:
Thunderbolt Port HDMI Port
/*****************|------|**********\_______________
| ...
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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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MacBook Pro main display doesn't sleep after time-out
I have two external monitors in my MacBook Pro - the main one is connected via DisplayPort, and the secondary one over USB. I have the laptop set up to sleep the displays after 15 minutes. (And is the ...
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Quickly dim the iPod Touch by hitting the power button twice on the lock screen?
I've always wondered if this was a feature or not. When I'm on my iPod Touch's lock screen, then I hit the power button twice, the first hit will sleep the device, the second will wake it again but ...
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Keeping the mac awake when running certain applications?
I need to keep my MacBook Air awake when running certain applications. But when I put the display to sleep, often the whole system suspends after a few minutes.
Specifically I run Air Video Server on ...
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1answer
23 views
Finder slow after wake up from standby mode
I have 4 or 5 Network shares in my Favorites bar in the Finder. Any time the Macbook wakes up from Standby, the Finder takes forever to show up.
If I remove the Network shares from the Favorites bar, ...
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2answers
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How to prevent sleep while a Time Machine backup is in progress?
I'm one of those greatly suffering from the problem with TM in which the entire backup sparsebundle on a NAS gets corrupted if the Mac goes to sleep in middle of a backup operation. There's a long ...
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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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Real sleepmode WITHOUT hibernation
As the most people, I also googled after setting the hibernatemode, and found the following command:
sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0
... which should enable the RAM-only sleep mode. I also deleted ...
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2answers
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Mac wakes on scheduled power event that recreates itself every day
At 2:14 every morning, my Mac wakes. Looking at the logs, I see it's a scheduled event, but nothing shows up in System Preferences > Power. When I go to terminal, and run pmset -g sched, I see
...
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Unexpected system crash upon sleep
Last night I put my macbookpro9,1 (running 10.8.3) to sleep by closing the lid; this morning I found out it had been shutdown completely.
I can't explain this behavior; my paranoid side suspects an ...
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2answers
226 views
External hard drive spinning up during sleep
Every time I close the lid on my macbook air, my external hard drive seems to spin up for about 5 seconds every 30 seconds, and this will go on continuously, even for several hours. The noise itself ...
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Macbook pro late 2011 screen dimming
I have a macbook pro 15 late 2011. It is still under AppleCare warranty.
One month ago the screen was blinking, with crazy lines and colors, i returned it and Apple promptly changed the logicboard ...
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My Macbook falls asleep everytime that I pick it up?
If my MacBook is sitting on the desk and I go and pick it up, it will fall asleep and will not wake up regardless of pressing space bar or pressing the power button. Literally the only way I can get ...
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3answers
216 views
Is it necessary to eject an external drive before sleeping?
I have a question similar to a previous one about ejecting before shutting down.
Is it necessary or recommended practice to eject external drives before putting a Mac to sleep, whether it be via an ...
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2answers
55 views
How to cut message “This computer has been scheduled to go to sleep automatically” and send it to sleep immediately?
It's about a Mac mini connected to a touchscreen running at public school, displaying a browser in kiosk mode. I want the Mac to go to scheduled sleep after school is over. Energy Saving PrefPane lets ...
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1answer
628 views
16GB of RAM makes MacBook Pro's fans go wild before sleep?
I recently:
installed 16 GB of RAM (1600 MHz);
on my late-2011 15-inch MacBook Pro;
running OS X 10.7, aka Lion;
with an Apple SSD drive.
According to Apple my MacBook Pro only supports a ...
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1answer
125 views
How can I make the power button on my MacBook run a custom script?
I'm running OS 10.7.5 on an October 2008 unibody MacBook, and I would like to somehow get my computer to run a script whenever I press the power button, instead of prompting me if I want to turn my ...
2
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0answers
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Sleep mode problems with external Monitor
after the latest update (10.8.3) i encountered a problem. When my external acer monitor is connected (via hdmi) while trying to put my macbook pro into sleep mode everything works fine, but suddenly ...
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1answer
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Do I need Hibernate option ON for my Retina Macbook Pro?
I have a Retina MBP and have the following settings using pmset -g
As you can see below, standby is 1 and hibernationmode is 3, meaning that I have DEEP SLEEP turned on, after 7200 seconds.
Do I ...
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2answers
516 views
External monitor resolution setting is lost after MacBook “wakes up” from sleep
I have recently purchased an external monitor that I am connecting to my MacBook Pro (Late 2009) using the MiniDisplay-to-VGA adapter. I have both the external monitor and the MacBook's monitor set to ...
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0answers
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Coming out of screen-lock, sometimes my machine will sleep/lock 30 seconds after
I haven't pinpointed any potential triggers yet, but sometimes when I come out of sleep or from having a locked screen, after typing my password in and re-entering the OS, about 20 or 30 seconds ...
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0answers
553 views
External hard disc not ejected properly - Mac OSX
I have a late 2012 Mac Mini running OSX 10.8.2. My iTunes library lives on an external Seagate drive, which has its own power supply. When my Mac Mini goes to sleep it will frequently wake up with ...
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1answer
144 views
Sleep button broken. How do I find out which part is affected?
The sleep/power button of my iPhone 4 is broken; it suddently didn't really "click" anymore and just hardly reacted on my actions. For some hours by clicking really firm it still worked, but then the ...
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3answers
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Mac Mini won't wake after sleep with Mountain Lion
I have a late 2012 Mac Mini with Mountain Lion installed. I have had the Mini for around 6 weeks and am using as a media server.
When the Mini goes to sleep (either automatically or by manually ...
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0answers
273 views
Disabling Hibernation AND DeepSleep mode on Retina Macbook Pro reduce battery life?
I am currently on 90%, HDMI connected to 2nd monitor, about 5-6 links open in Safari, terminal running (coding on python), Stickies, Messages, and Mail are running.
My battery has 2h of remaining ...
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1answer
115 views
Switch from sleep to hibernate after set time
Is there a way to set a MacBook Pro (10.8.2) to go into normal sleep when I close the case but then switch to hibernation after, say, 15 minutes? It's clearly capable of going from sleep to hibernate ...
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Mountain Lion loses wallpaper
I'm running Mountain Lion on Mac Mini and when I go out for a long time (sleep, walk) it turns into sleep mode and logs out. It's ok, but very often wallpaper is lost and I'm getting a blue filled ...
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Crash after sleep when Bluetooth Trackpad and Keyboard are used
Since I am using the Bluetooth Keyboard and the Magic Trackpad, my MacBook Pro crashes during the sleep (it doesn't wake up and becomes very hot). Then I need to switch it off using the hardware ...
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1answer
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iMac black-screened, wouldn't wake up; here's the error message
I put my 1 year old iMac (running OSX 10.8.2 with all updates) to sleep in San Diego. I then tried to wake it up from Vegas using my other iMac (same OS) using the following command:
Cmd-K >> ...
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Find My Mac while the machine is sleeping and no known networks?
If my 2012 Macbook is in sleep mode in a place where it does not know any Wifi networks (but there are unsecured SSIDs in range), will Find My Mac be able to locate it or perform any actions?
Or more ...
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2answers
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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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1answer
166 views
Why does my mac take 60-90 seconds to wake up?
Recently (in the past month or 2) my Mac (2012 Macbook Pro 13 inch) will take at least a minute to 90 seconds to wake up from being asleep. It usually happens when it is asleep overnight and. When ...
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1answer
352 views
Takes a long time for my macbook pro to wake from sleep
Ever since I first started using my brand new Macbook pro (mountain lion, 10.8.2) it has taken a long time for it to wake up from sleep (several minutes). When I open the macbook it first shows a ...
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1answer
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MacBook Air - random start/wake up times
I have a 3yo MacBook Air running Lion. When I open it to start using it again it seems to sometimes have trouble 'waking up'. Sometimes this is instantaneous, sometimes I get a blank screen for 30 ...
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1answer
212 views
Builtin VNC stops working after waking headless Mac mini from sleep (black screen)
I'm running a Mac mini (late 2012) with OS X 10.8.2 as a media center PC and streaming server. It's not running 24/7 - instead I'm using a schedule to wake it up in the evening and putting it back to ...
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2answers
357 views
Why Does My iMac Wake Itself Up?
I have an early 2009 24" iMac. Lately, when in sleep mode it will occasionally wake up for around ten seconds with the screen off, then go back to sleep. Wake on LAN is turned off so I can't figure ...
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1answer
193 views
Can't use keyboard when resuming from sleep
On a Macbook Pro, with Lion: I usually set it to sleep at the end of the working day, and resume from sleep in the morning. Sometimes, I can't type the password after resume, and I have to reboot it ...
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5answers
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MBP 17" (2010) goes to sleep and can't wake it up
My laptop goes to sleep and when I open the lid it wakes up just fine (or I move the mouse if I didn't close the lid).
Now sometimes when I open the lid, it doesn't wake up. The status light which ...
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0answers
143 views
Will my Mac continue to backup if I put it to sleep?
I have a Macbook Retina with the Power Nap feature enabled. I know that Power Nap is supposed to back up periodically when asleep but will it continue a backup that was started when awake. Just ...
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1answer
380 views
Keeping MacBook Pro on Sleep Mode for days
I usually use my MacBook Pro for programming purposes and is mostly open about 14 hours a day, with 2-3 hours being plugged in until the charging is complete and then I disconnect from power ...
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1answer
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Ipod Nano wake screen sometimes shows music instead of Clock
I've recently purchased a band from Lunatik to use my Ipod Nano as a watch.
To do this, I've gone into Settings > Date and Time > Time on Wake and put this ON.
At first, this worked as expected, ...
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0answers
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macbook pro randomly going to sleep
I have a early 2011 macbook pro with mountain lion 10.8.2 installed in it, I have sleepawake installed and disabled energy saving option all set to forever.
the problem is the system is still going ...
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1answer
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Can I disable Mac sleep mode even when lid is closed? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there any way to set a MacBook Pro to not sleep when you close the lid?
I have a Macbook Pro (early 2011) with Mountain Lion installed.
Is there a way to prevent my ...
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Macbook Air waking from sleep
I have Macbook Air (mid 2011). I closing it to sleep, but it doesn't sleeps (or maybe sleeps some time). After couple hours it becomes hot and starts fan extremly.
I'm using Mountain Lion 10.8.2. ...
