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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Mail.app connection errors (offline) after sleep
My 10.8.2 MacBook Air is having constant connection errors in Mail.app when the computer has been sent to sleep or hibernate.
A small alert triangle appears next to all account names (I have several) ...
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Delayed, undesirable sleep on de-powering MBP retina with ML
If my laptop is sitting with the screen open, live, and plugged in, and I unplug it and keep working, a moment later it will go to sleep. Even as I am typing at it.
The only solution is to close the ...
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103 views
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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359 views
Mountain Lion freezes for 20 seconds after waking up from suspend to disk
Is there any way to get a progress bar or whatever when waking up from suspend to disk?
I remember seeing other Macbooks with older versions of OS X which showed a nice little progress bar after ...
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1answer
239 views
Seems like my trackpad is never sleeping/shutting off
I'm experiencing some funny behavior with my Retina MacBook Pro and my Magic Trackpad. There are two symptoms that I believe could be related:
The batteries on my trackpad drain far more quickly ...
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1answer
3k views
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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Macbook Pro intermittently unresponsive/dark screen after waking from sleep
I'm having an intermittent problem in which my Macbook Pro has been working fine for several days and many sleep/wake cycles but then it has a problem waking up from sleep. The disk spins up and the ...
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Hibernate mode 25 for filevault messing with apps on wake
I recently started using Filevault 2 to encrypt my hard drive. I read that due to security vulnerabilities, it was recommended to change the sleep settings via
sudo pmset -a destroyfvkeyonstandby 1 ...
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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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Security continues to ask for password after sleep or screensaver
In Lion, I repeatedly uncheck the option to Require a Password after Sleep or Screen Saver Begins in Sys Prefs >Security Privacy> General but when I return to wake the computer, it requires a password ...
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369 views
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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Sleep mode on MacPro not working after installing a Cinema Display
I am not sure I can connect the two events, but ever since I connected a Cinema display to my 2009 Mac Pro it seems like it is not entering sleep mode after the indicated time has passed. It will ...
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Can I get Google Currents on iPad 2 to update automatically when asleep?
My iPad 2 usually is usually asleep with its Smart Cover closed. Recently, after leaving it asleep for several days, I took it somewhere without network access and used Google Currents, but found all ...
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Optical USB Microsoft mouse stops responding after computer wakes up
I am using Lion, and the usb optical mouse works fine until the computer sleeps. Then when it wakes up, the mouse no longer tracks. The buttons still work, right clicking brings up a context menu, but ...
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Macbook Aluminum wakes up - Lion Updated
I have recently updated my macbook with Lion. Now it keeps on waking up in my bag for some unknown reason. Here is what i get in the console.
An Unknown USB Device (Port 4 of Hub at 0x4000000), may ...
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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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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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Lion sleep (or hibernate) closes all applications [closed]
[Disclaimer: I'm not an avid OS X user so I don't probably use the exact terminology or language]
I had a Mac Pro with Snow Leopard at work and I usually don't turn it off when going home. The next ...
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1answer
185 views
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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1answer
3k views
Why doesn't my MacBook Pro automatically reconnect to the Wi-Fi when resuming from sleep?
I have a 2012 MacBook Pro with Retina display (currently running Mountain Lion v10.8.2).
Every time I wake it up from sleep (open the lid), it doesn't seem to automatically re-connect to the Wi-Fi ...
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2answers
301 views
Applescript (or other Quicksilver accessible thing) for hibernating a snow leopard mac?
Anyone have a quick way, accessible from Quicksilver, to force your mac to hibernate?
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iPhone 3GS never goes into standby
I have noticed a problem with my iPhone 3GS recently. It never goes into standby mode unless I turn on flight mode.
When I have phone mode on it will keep on running something in the background. I ...
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1answer
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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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1answer
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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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143 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 ...
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151 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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1answer
143 views
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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1answer
363 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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Apps that access the internet crash when waking up from sleep
Whenever I wake my 2012 MBA 13" from sleep, all apps that were accessing the internet before going to sleep crash. This includes the streaming software Zattoo.app, Chrome.app, Firefox.app, etc.
None ...
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1answer
331 views
After my MacBook Pro sleeps some gestures don't work anymore
When I wake my MacBook Pro (mid 2012 - with Mountain Lion) from sleep, sometimes some complicated gesture doesn't work anymore with the Trackpad or Magic Mouse.
Changing screens (with 4 fingers with ...
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403 views
Macbook sleep is delayed
I have a late 2011 Macbook pro, and lately it hasn't been sleeping properly. If I close the lid for less than a minute and reopen it, it doesn't go to sleep while the lid is closed. The screen is ...
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301 views
Sound turns off when Mountain Lion sleeps
When my Mac (running Mountain Lion) goes to sleep, it turns off my apps. For example, I was listening to music with VLC, and when it goes to sleep mode, VLC stops playing. What can I do?
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Applescript won't play movie when waking from sleep
I have the following AppleScript, which is triggered by iCal to act as my alarm clock:
set musicPath to the path to me as text
set musicPath to text items 1 thru -12 of musicPath as text
set ...
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2answers
368 views
Flashing folder with question mark, spinning beachball when wakes up
My MacBook is acting weird recently. It starts to show flashing folder with question mark during bootup and spinning beach ball when it wakes up from a long sleep. When these happens, I will have to ...
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2answers
887 views
MacBook Pro (15" mid-2010) crashes upon waking up from sleep sometimes
I have this MacBook for quite a while now. It's been working just fine with the exception of sleep/wake-up issues. Sometimes there's no problem at all, but occasionally it does not.
For instance, I ...
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211 views
Energy Saver preferences keep breaking
This is a new question related to a question I asked previously.
MacBook is sleeping despite being set to "never" sleep
Basically, the MacBook would sleep after 3 hours despite the ...
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Does Lion allow locking screen on computer sleep and screen saver but not display sleep?
In Leopard, you can configure it so that a password is required when waking the system from computer sleep (i.e. close the lid) or returning from the screen saver, but not display sleep. This allowed ...
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1answer
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Mac OS asking for password too early/often
I have a 2008 aluminum Macbook running Snow Leopard, and I have set it to ask for my account's password after 4 hours inactivity. However, it sometimes asks for it much earlier, after just a few ...
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1answer
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Mac OS X 10.8 crashes after Thunderbolt display disconnect and sleep
At work I run my MacBook Pro 15" Retina (with Mac OS X 10.8.3 Snow Leopard) lid-closed with two Thunderbolt displays.
If I disconnect the power and displays, walk to a conference room, and re-open ...
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Block power assertions for specific app
I've been having a problem with my iMac not going to sleep. I've found the culprit, using
pmset -g assertions
and its chrome, specifically when I have any window open that has a video in it, even ...
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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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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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0answers
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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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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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563 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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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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0answers
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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 ...
