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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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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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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 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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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. ...
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Macbook Air 2011 only wakes from sleep if plugged in
I've had trouble getting my macbook air (with 10.7) to wake up. Sometimes, when I open the laptop, it doesn't wake up - no matter what buttons I press, how many times I open or close it, or what I ...
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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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MBA mid 2011: Artifacts on screen after wake from deep sleep
I'm using Macbook Air (mid 2011) and there is one problem with it. After macbook waking from deep sleep, it has some "artifacts" (i don't know how to name it correctly) on the screen:
Artifacts on ...
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Macbook air: Close lid and lock features
I wonder if there is some way to customize the lock screen feature of my macbook air (running Mountain Lion) in such a way that:
1: When I close the lid, and then open it, the screen is not locked ...
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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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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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MacBook Air display turns off right after opening lid
This started happening a few months ago on my 2011 MacBook Air.
I close the lid. I can see the screen going off just before I close it.
I open up the lid at a later time and the screen comes on ...
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How to find out why it takes so long for the sign in form to appear after opening the lid on my Macbook Air
Whenever I open the lid on my Macbook Air running Lion and and try to sign in, it takes a really long time for the sign in form to appear. (This is the sign in form you see when the Mac is on but the ...
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MacBook Air has delay when waking from sleep
I have a MacBook Air (11-inch, Late 2010).
Ever since I purchased it, I have noticed that it has quite a delay waking from sleep. It takes sometimes up to 5-10 seconds to fully wake up and allow me ...
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Macbook Air (13" 2012) Fails to wake from sleep
The Air doesn't wake up from sleep mode when the lid is closed. Have to do a hard restart by pressing the power button for 5 secs which isn't nice. Tried to select the startup disk from system ...
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How to fix MacBook, not reconnecting to wireless network on wakeup?
MacBook Air 11" - Mid 2011
My MacBook is not reconnecting to the wireless network on wakeup.
Is there a setting or something that I'm missing?
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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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MacBook Air takes an eternity to come out of sleep
For the past few years I've been using a 2008 aluminum MacBook. The day the new airs came out I decided to switch so I purchased one to replace my well used MB. Lion has had its bugs, most of which ...
