power nap was: Re: Software update on Mountain Lion

2012-08-17 Thread josh gregory
Why didn't they put power nap on mid-2012 mbp without retina display? I looked and don't see it and I honestly think it'd be a nice thing to have. On 8/17/12, Sarah Alawami marri...@gmail.com wrote: You will see it in the notification area. I did when I had an update to some of my softwares

Re: power nap was: Re: Software update on Mountain Lion

2012-08-17 Thread william lomas
and y only the newer laptops? what about all apple imacs and desktops that can run ML? On 17 Aug 2012, at 19:15, josh gregory joshkar...@gmail.com wrote: Why didn't they put power nap on mid-2012 mbp without retina display? I looked and don't see it and I honestly think it'd be a nice thing to

Re: power nap was: Re: Software update on Mountain Lion

2012-08-17 Thread Sarah Alawami
lol. One thing and one word. Money. apple wants you to buy th newest mac. Makes sense from a business perspective. i'd do the same thing. if I were a company. Be blessed. On Aug 17, 2012, at 11:45 AM, william lomas will.d.lo...@gmail.com wrote: and y only the newer laptops? what about all

Re: power nap was: Re: Software update on Mountain Lion

2012-08-17 Thread Paul Hopewell
Hello, Does all this mean that only the latest Macs can automatically download and install software updates while in sleep mode? Does it mean that my 4 year old iMac cannot do automatic download and install of software updates while in sleep mode? If so that is a pity as it would be a nice

Re: power nap was: Re: Software update on Mountain Lion

2012-08-17 Thread Zachary Kline
Hi Paul, the answer to your question is unfortunately no, only the latest macs support this feature. It has to do with hardware as well as software, so no apps would be able to I'm afraid. I, too, would like this feature I believe. Ah well. Yours, Zack. On Aug 17, 2012, at 2:13 PM, Paul

Re: power nap was: Re: Software update on Mountain Lion

2012-08-17 Thread josh gregory
Oh wow, and it says mid-2012. Very, very interesting. On 8/17/12, Zachary Kline zkl...@speedpost.net wrote: Hi Paul, the answer to your question is unfortunately no, only the latest macs support this feature. It has to do with hardware as well as software, so no apps would be able to I'm

Re: power nap was: Re: Software update on Mountain Lion

2012-08-17 Thread Esther
Hi Paul, Josh, Will, Sarah, and Other, Power nap also requires a firmware upgrade to work for the supported models. This is a hardware limitation, because you can't run power nap without excessive heat generation except on the newest processors, which are built with on-board flash memory