Re: Can't Wake Mac from USB Keyboard
If the non-generic keyboard is compatible with your iMac, you should be able to press any key to wake the iMac. To wake your iMac from sleep, do one of the following: Press any key on the keyboard. Click the mouse. Press the power button on the back of your iMac. Press any button on the optional Apple Remote. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 26/10/2012, at 12:54 PM, Alan Smith sma...@iinet.net.au wrote: How can I wake my iMac from sleep with a non-standard keyboard? I replaced my iMac Bluetooth aluminium keyboard and Magic Mouse with a standard wireless USB keyboard/mouse combo. I still have the Bluetooth Preferences setting allow Bluetooth devices to wake this computer checked. As a workaround I can use the AppleTV Remote to wake the iMac. I can also leave the Magic Mouse activated (in parallel with the USB mouse) and click the MM to wake the computer. Is there a more elegant solution? A Preferences setting or key combination perhaps? iMac vintage is late 2009 with Mountain Lion. The recalcitrant keyboard is much older - a MS Wireless Multimedia Keyboard 1.1 model 1014. Cheers Alan Smith -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20121026/826d806f/attachment.htm -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Can't Wake Mac from USB Keyboard
Hi Ronni Thanks for your response. Any key (or mouse click) did not wake the Mac. But problem probably solved - I'll go through another auto-sleep cycle to prove it. The keyboard is from the people who brought us the operating system whereby you need to press the Start icon to close down the PC. It is obvious, isn't it, that I should press the Sleep button on the keyboard to wake the computer. Cheers Alan On 26/10/2012, at 4:37 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: If the non-generic keyboard is compatible with your iMac, you should be able to press any key to wake the iMac. To wake your iMac from sleep, do one of the following: Press any key on the keyboard. Click the mouse. Press the power button on the back of your iMac. Press any button on the optional Apple Remote. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad On 26/10/2012, at 12:54 PM, Alan Smith sma...@iinet.net.au wrote: How can I wake my iMac from sleep with a non-standard keyboard? I replaced my iMac Bluetooth aluminium keyboard and Magic Mouse with a standard wireless USB keyboard/mouse combo. I still have the Bluetooth Preferences setting allow Bluetooth devices to wake this computer checked. As a workaround I can use the AppleTV Remote to wake the iMac. I can also leave the Magic Mouse activated (in parallel with the USB mouse) and click the MM to wake the computer. Is there a more elegant solution? A Preferences setting or key combination perhaps? iMac vintage is late 2009 with Mountain Lion. The recalcitrant keyboard is much older - a MS Wireless Multimedia Keyboard 1.1 model 1014. Cheers Alan Smith -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- next part -- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20121026/826d806f/attachment.htm -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Can't Wake Mac from USB Keyboard
How can I wake my iMac from sleep with a non-standard keyboard? I replaced my iMac Bluetooth aluminium keyboard and Magic Mouse with a standard wireless USB keyboard/mouse combo. I still have the Bluetooth Preferences setting allow Bluetooth devices to wake this computer checked. As a workaround I can use the AppleTV Remote to wake the iMac. I can also leave the Magic Mouse activated (in parallel with the USB mouse) and click the MM to wake the computer. Is there a more elegant solution? A Preferences setting or key combination perhaps? iMac vintage is late 2009 with Mountain Lion. The recalcitrant keyboard is much older - a MS Wireless Multimedia Keyboard 1.1 model 1014. Cheers Alan Smith -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
