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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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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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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0answers
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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
59 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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1answer
234 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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2answers
329 views
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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1answer
43 views
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 ...
4
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1answer
177 views
Fix Better Touch Tool so that it doesn't prevent sleep?
I noticed that the application Better Touch Tool is preventing my Mac from going to sleep. The screen will shut off, but the computer won't go to sleep. Is there a way to disable any of the settings ...
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2answers
2k views
MacBook display backlight doesn't turn on after waking from sleep
I have a 2009 white MacBook that doesn't seem to be waking from sleep properly. I close the lid at night to put it in sleep mode, and when I open it the next day, the display backlight doesn't turn on ...
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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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2answers
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How to not let the system sleep when putting display to sleep with Ctrl+Shift+Eject in Mountain Lion?
In Lion I always used Control ⌃+Shift ⇧+Eject ⏏ to put my display to sleep when I walked away from my computer. The system would continue running and not go to sleep.
Now in Mountain Lion when I put ...
3
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2answers
528 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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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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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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1answer
368 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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1answer
771 views
iCal DAV The Server Responded with an Error (HTTP 302) after sleeping
Often when my Macbook Pro Retina has been asleep, I get the following upon waking up:
It is irritating because I get the bouncy iCal icon in my doc and have to dismiss the error message every time. ...
2
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3answers
1k views
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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0answers
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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 ...
9
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3answers
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What are the “sleepimage” and “swapfile” documents?
I was using Disk Inventory X and found a file called sleepimage in /private/var/vm/ It takes up 4 GB! I also found numerous other files in the same folder called swapfile0 swapfile1, etc. What are ...
6
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1answer
224 views
Can a MacBook Pro reliably wake a Cinema Display when both are sleeping?
I use a MacBook Pro with a Cinema Display and every time when I wake the MacBook Pro, the cinema display wakes first and the MacBook Pro display seems to stay in a sleep mode until I press the Detect ...
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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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0answers
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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 ...
41
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7answers
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Why won't closing the lid sleep my MacBook Pro with external monitor attached after upgrading to Lion?
Up until yesterday (with Snow Leopard), closing the lid would cause my MacBook to sleep whether or not the external monitor was connected.
Since upgrading to Lion last night, closing the lid when the ...
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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, ...
2
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4answers
397 views
What is the correct way to prevent MacBook Pro (mid-2010) from sleeping on lid close?
I have MacBook Pro 13" mid-2010 (MacBookPro7,1), and sometimes I need it to work with the lid closed (long compilations, etc. while I'm on the go). I have tried InsomniaX, but it has no effect. I ...
3
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1answer
2k views
Why can't I run my MacBook Pro in clamshell mode?
I'm following these instructions to use my mid-2009 MacBook Pro in clamshell mode with a Bluetooth keyboard and trackpad. The keyboard and trackpad are paired with the computer and I've got the ...
3
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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 ...
7
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2answers
4k views
How to fix DNS resolving issues on Mountain Lion after waking from sleep?
After I installed Mountain Lion the other day I've noticed something very annoying. Almost every time I wake my iMac (27", mid-2010, CI7) from sleep: it seems that something DNS-related is broken. ...
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4answers
3k views
Mountain Lion aggressively hibernates
Recently, my MacBook Pro (mid 2012, 15 inch, 10.8.2) has started going into what seems to be hibernate mode after several hours asleep, whether it's plugged in or on battery. When I unplug it, it ...
2
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1answer
633 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 ...
2
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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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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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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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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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0answers
554 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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0answers
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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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0answers
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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 ...
2
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2answers
56 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 ...
2
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3answers
222 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 ...
7
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3answers
4k views
How to store sleepimage on secondary HDD on Mac OS X 10.6?
I have a MBP 2010 with Snow Leopard on it. I put an SSD in the place of DVD Drive and am using an awesome SSD(80GB)+HDD(500GB) combo for speed and efficiency for the right price.
All I want to do is ...
0
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1answer
130 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 ...
4
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2answers
662 views
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 ...
2
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1answer
233 views
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 ...
2
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0answers
262 views
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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3answers
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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 ...
2
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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
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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 ...
