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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Scrambled screen when going out of sleep
With my 2011 MBP, when connected to my external screen I always encounter an issue when waking up from sleep mode, if the lid was closed (and only if lid is closed from what my tests show).
To ...
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Why doesn't my MacBook recognize my USB keyboard when it wakes from sleep?
I have 13-inch, early 2008 MacBook running OS X 10.7.3, and recently, the trackpad started developing some problems, so I attached an external keyboard and mouse.
It works great, except that when ...
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How can I get OS X to challenge me for password after sleep?
I'm running version 10.6.8. Where do I go to enable password challenge after sleep?
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Prevent MacBook Pro from going to sleep [duplicate]
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Is there any way to set a MacBook Pro to not sleep when you close the lid?
I would like to prevent my MacBook Pro (2009 version) from going to sleep when I close it. I ...
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SSD Sleep or Shut Down?
I have a MacBook Pro with SSD drive. I am concerned that leaving it on (closing the lid when not in use) will wear out the SSD drive quicker than fully shutting the system off. The boot up time is ...
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How to fix a Macbook that does not always draw its internal screen after waking from sleep and having unplugged external display while asleep?
I have a 2012 MacBook Pro (Retina) which I mostly use on my desk. The computer is "docked" via a Thunderbolt display, and additionally a third-party DVI display, which I have hooked up via an Apple ...
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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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Any way to put Mac mini to sleep remotely?
I use a Mac mini as a music centre connected to my stereo system (among other things). I control it remotely using apps such as Remote by Apple, Rowmote, and Remoteless (for Spotify), both on my ...
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Transporting from home to work (~10 min by car), should I just make my MacBook Pro sleep, or shut it completely down first?
I just got a new MacBook Pro, and is looking at how the power modes work, and according to this article: About Energy Saver sleep and idle modes in Mac OS X, making it sleep by closing the lid (say) ...
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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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How do I prevent my iMac from sleeping while media is being played or streamed?
I know this problem has been around for a while. With the release of Mountain Lion Macs got the bad habit of falling to sleep when they are not used by a human.
My iMac falls to sleep when I walk ...
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Can I prevent a remote Mac from entering sleep via a remote ssh connection?
Since I upgraded to Mountain Lion, i've the feeling my Mac (early 2008 iMac) goes to sleep randomly when i'm connected through SSH.
It's there a way I can prevent my Mac to go to sleep when i'm ...
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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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Mid 2010 MacBook Pro Won't Wake Up
I recently purchased my first Mac. It's a mid-2010 MBP (bought it off craigslist). At first, I absolutely loved the simplicity of the OS. When I decided to upgrade to Lion, I began to loathe the ...
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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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MacBook Air (mid 2011) running OS X 10.7.2 won't stay asleep
I'm running OS X 10.7.2 on a MacBook Air (mid-2011). The computer seems to be waking itself up from sleep. If I go from the black apple in the menu bar and set it to sleep, it wakes up in about 10 ...
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Should my iMac hibernate automatically
I've got a 2009 iMac (Intel Core 2 Duo) and I've noticed that the disks never sleep. I ran a power monitor and the iMac is using a third of our electricity every day!
I've checked via pmset that ...
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sleepimage file size
I'm planning a clean install of my MacBook Pro with OS X 10.6 and I want to make a partition (among others) only for the sleepimage file.
Here's the problem: the partition's size.
I know that this ...
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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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Force hibernate (deep sleep) in OSX 10.8(.2)
How can you force the computer (in this case a laptop [rMBP]) into the "hibernate" state where it writes the RAM to the HDD/SSD so that the battery can last for the advertised 30 days.
I know that ...
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Keep backing up when I put machine to sleep?
I use Time Machine, with an external hard drive connected by USB, to back up my MBA. If Time Machine is in the middle of backing up my drive and I close the lid of my computer, Time Machine will stop ...
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Preventing Remote Desktop from reconnecting to lost connections after waking
Throughout a given work day, I alternate between my Windows 7 desktop and MacBook Air, using my PC via Microsoft Remote Desktop on my Mac. When I swap from my Mac to my PC, I simply close my Mac's lid ...
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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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MBP Mid 2009 thinks the lid is closed permanently
As the title suggests I have a mid 2009 MBP that has started behaving as if the lid is permanently closed.
It started happening while the machine was on with the AC plugged in, it was in use and ...
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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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Keyboard stays lit during sleep
When I put my computer to sleep the keyboard stays lit. It is a July 2012 rMBP. I always have to turn down the brightness manually which is really annoying. Does someone know how to fix this?
Also ...
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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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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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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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226 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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Is it ok that a MacBook turns on from sleep with the lid closed when MagSafe is connected/disconnected?
I have a mid-2012 MacBook (non-retina). Recently I've noticed that after closing the lid to put it to sleep, once it's sleeping if I pull or attach the MagSafe connector to it it will turn on from ...
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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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Keyboard and Mouse freeze after deep sleep (Mountain Lion)
I got a mid 2011 MacBook Air 13.6" and its keyboard and mouse freezes very often after I leave it in sleep mode for some time and it wakes up. Only the power key and the lid detector are still ...
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How to fix Mountain Lion that is very slow after sleep by timeout?
I have updated to Mountain Lion on Mac Mini (mid 2011), and now my Mac is very slow after sleep. I am waiting for several minutes before the next selected program is working properly.
I have tried:
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MBP won’t wake up from sleep
I have this strange problem with my early-2011 MacBook Pro, running on OS X 10.6.8: as of a month or so, sometimes it does’t wake up from sleep unless I press the power button for a longer period ...
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How long before Standby/Deep sleep mode is activated?
I recently learned that I can modify the time at which Standby mode is activated automatically when the laptop is sleeping. However, I would like to know the default value before changing anything. ...
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Mountain Lion drops internet when waking
Since updating to Mountain Lion I lose my internet connection every time that my 24 inch Mid 2007 awakens from sleep. It doesn't occur when going to sleep or during but only on activating it again. ...
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Why does Chrome prevent my Mac from sleeping?
I don't mean browsing the Internet is preventing us from sleeping, that's obvious. I've disabled Safe Sleep to reduce sleep times from 20 seconds to 2, but Chrome doesn't want to play nicely.
Here's ...
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Macbook Air does not automatically connect to known networks after wake up
I have a new 2012 Macbook Air (with 10.7.4) which doesn't connect to my own local network automatically after it wakes up. I have to choose my network manually and it works instantly.
Any ideas how ...
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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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Can I manually put an external hard disk to sleep?
Is it possible to manually put an external hard disk to sleep? Right now, I've already got "Put the hard disks to sleep when possible" checkmarked in the Energy Saver preference pane, and so they ...
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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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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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Wake-up issues with Macbook Pro (late 2011)
I recently bought a new Macbook pro to replace my last one, and since I got it, it has been having some issues when I wake it up from sleep.
a) The display freezes for three seconds each time, so ...
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Multiple Screen Standby/Resume Problems
I have a large widescreen monitor plugged into my Macbook which is running Lion. Since upgrading to Lion I've noticed that I can't resume from standby if my other monitor was plugged in when I closed ...
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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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MacBook is sleeping despite being set to “never” sleep
My 13" MacBook (late 2006) is set to never sleep but after about 3 hours the whole computer still goes to sleep.
Lid is always UP.
Power Adapter is plugged in and indicator light is green when ...
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What is the position of HD Heads during a spin down?
So I'm debating between powering down and sleep mode when toting my macbook around in my backpack. Apple says the HD 'spins down' when in sleep, which obviously means is not spinning. But are the ...
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How is it possible that my Macbook Pro with a failed logic board works just fine?
Some weeks ago, I went to a client's site to install a new router (Macs rock for IT work!) and when I opened my MacBook Pro (5,1) it didn't return from sleep; the screen stayed black and the indicator ...
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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 ...
