ote:
>
> Hi Ronni
>
> All of the usual things are not working to get it to go to sleep.
>
> However, I have just worked it out. In Activity Monitor, the list of things
> preventing sleep included “cupsd”.
>
> I went to the print queue and there are a number of failed pr
Hi Ronni
All of the usual things are not working to get it to go to sleep.
However, I have just worked it out. In Activity Monitor, the list of things
preventing sleep included “cupsd”.
I went to the print queue and there are a number of failed print jobs. I
cancelled them and sleep works
Hi Adam,
Are you able to sleep it manually using the sleep command in the Apple Menu or
is that also not working?
In system preferences > Energy Saver - “Computer Sleep” slider. If a slider is
set to ‘Never’, sleep is disabled for that feature.
Check :
Turn display off after is not
Hi Ronni
I do have Time Machine backing it up hourly. But even when the time machine
disk is ejected (and there has been a restart), still no sleep.
Begs the question though, is there anything other than 1 hourly time machine
backup? I would be happy to extend the time period.
Thank you
ing 10.15.4) to go to sleep.
>
> I have tried the usual things like ejecting external drives, unplugging them
> and plugging them back in.
>
> Zapping the PRAM.
>
> I had this problem a year or two ago and the ejecting and reconnecting the
> drives did the trick but not
Hi all
I am having trouble getting my 27 inch late 2013 iMac (running 10.15.5, but was
happening 10.15.4) to go to sleep.
I have tried the usual things like ejecting external drives, unplugging them
and plugging them back in.
Zapping the PRAM.
I had this problem a year or two ago
Hi wamuggers
For a few weeks now (starting before I upgraded to 10.15), when I wake my iMac
from sleep it comes alive normally, then goes black for about 2-3 secs then
lights up again, very bright, then gradually fades back to the normal
brightness setting.
After looking at various forums I
Yes, we have ours to not sleep at all (i.e. the screen sleeps but the computer
and 9TB external drive that all the media is on doesn’t sleep.
But then that’s so we (or more so me) can access it at any time of the night
when I’m up working at 3am and watching a movie or something while working
That is how I have iTunes set up, Daniel.
I am sure that Computer Sleep is the key in my case. I have several external
drives and the spin down disks setting is for their benefit and my out disk
with iTunes introduces a slight pause if the iMac has been idle for a long
time before I go
iTunes have to be open in order to connect the ATV to contents on the
>>>> iMac (music, movies etc.)
>>>> On my system it has never worked without opening iTunes first.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Walter
>>>>
>>>>
lter
>>>
>>> *******
>>>
>>>> On 18 Feb 2016, at 11:32 , Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Severin,
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t has never worked without opening iTunes first.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Walter
>>
>> ***
>>
>>> On 18 Feb 2016, at 11:32 , Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Severin,
>&g
2016, at 11:32 , Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Severin,
>>
>> Deselect 'Put hard disks to sleep when possible'
>>
>> I haven't experienced the problem you mention in El Capitan and I use ATV.
>> I leave iTunes open (just click red dot)
>&
For the iMac I think the relevant bit is Computer Sleep Never. iTunes is
always open.
Many thanks
Severin
> On 18 Feb 2016, at 11:32 AM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Severin,
>
> Deselect 'Put hard disks to sleep when possible'
>
> I haven't
***
> On 18 Feb 2016, at 11:32 , Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Severin,
>
> Deselect 'Put hard disks to sleep when possible'
>
> I haven't experienced the problem you mention in El Capitan and I use ATV.
> I leave iTunes open (just click
Hi Severin,
Deselect 'Put hard disks to sleep when possible'
I haven't experienced the problem you mention in El Capitan and I use ATV.
I leave iTunes open (just click red dot)
Close the lid on my MBP (it then sleeps)
On my MBP & MBA- In System Preferences > Energy Saver > Pow
I regularly use Apple TV with linking to iTunes. Until recently there has
been no problem and the link to iTunes came up always. I recently discovered
that it now requires the iMac computer, where iTunes lives, has to be awake.
This used not to be the case and sleep by the iMac
Hi Ronni … and thank you once again,
I have not used the sleep function since I discovered that was ejecting my
Backup Drive.
I recall yourself or someone else at WAMUG suggesting that later iMacs sleep
using so little power that USB Hard Drives tend to eject because of this. The
suggestion
Should we be worried about this ?
http://www.cnet.com/news/symantec-confirms-existence-of-unpatched-rootkit-mac-security-flaw/?tag=nl.e703s_cid=e703ttag=e703ftag=CAD090e536
go to sleep.
Or shutdown your Mac.
Symantec mention in their report:
Affected Mac users are advised to keep their software up to date since remote
exploit of this vulnerability needs to be performed in conjunction with another
vulnerability that will provide remote root access.
Updating
Thanks for that input, Ronni. Yes, we have had the charger connected and
“ON”. Will check the Energy Saver Setting
Severin
On 6 Mar 2015, at 2:13 pm, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
Hi Severin,
In System Preferences Energy Saver - is Put Hard Disks to sleep when
possible
and
“ON”. Will check the Energy Saver Setting
Severin
On 6 Mar 2015, at 2:13 pm, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
Hi Severin,
In System Preferences Energy Saver - is Put Hard Disks to sleep when
possible?
Another point the MB could be going into Hibernate Mode (Deep Sleep).
Is the MB connected
Hi Severin,
In System Preferences Energy Saver - is Put Hard Disks to sleep when
possible?
Another point the MB could be going into Hibernate Mode (Deep Sleep).
Is the MB connected to power cable that is turned ON while sleeping?
Why I ask is... After some hours sleeping, the computer appears
it is immediately ready
for work again. Unfortunately at some stage the Macbook goes from sleep to
shutdown. Is there a built in time for this and is it changeable. The
alternative is to leave the lid open and turn the brightness right down.
Suggestions welcomed.
Severin Crisp
mains powered drives for Time Machine backups.
But I found a USB drive less obtrusive on my desk and saved one outlet on my
power board.
Also a little less cable clutter.
I am happy to just stick with the “no sleep” method.
I am used to it now and powering off at night is not an issue either.
I
I thought you had a Time Capsule for Time Machine Backups awhile ago?
Power Nap will make ONE TM backup to catch any changes between the last time TM
ran and the time it went to sleep. It works this way on the MacBook Air.
You will see in your logs that Power Nap does indeed run every hour
Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
I thought you had a Time Capsule for Time Machine Backups awhile ago?
Power Nap will make ONE TM backup to catch any changes between the last time
TM ran and the time it went to sleep. It works this way on the MacBook Air.
You will see in your logs that Power Nap
Hi folks …. FYI
I emailed Imation to ask if any of their portable external drives had been
configured yet to handle the later Mac’s low powered sleep mode. They eject
when Mac is in sleep mode.
Following is their reply and my response to their reply.
Dear Stephen,
Thank you for taking
Hi Stephen,
Power management in newer Mac products use a VERY LOW POWER sleep mode, almost
to hibernation state. Most external drives can only detect a connection to a
computer when the computer is sending a line level signal via connection cable.
When newer macs enter sleep mode the power
Hi Ronni - you must have been the WAMUG member who gave me this info about a
year ago.
And I thank you for that.
I have sleep mode switched off on my iMac since then, so not a problem.
However I always power my iMac off each night and power on again in the morning.
This does not seem
So as far as we are aware there are not yet any portable hard drives that
have the sleep issue covered ?
As far as I am aware Power Nap will not power on a USB drive. When your Mac is
plugged into AC power, Power Nap can perform things like Time Machine backups
to an AirPort Time Capsule
Many thanks for that Ronni, now I see it all!
Severin
On 08/07/2013, at 1:17 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
Hi Severin,
In past versions of OS X, the system would not enter sleep if applications
were running and writing files to disk or running lengthy computational
tasks
Annoyingly my iMac (OSX 10.8.4) goes to sleep during a long unattended upload
and pauses the upload. I can not understand this.
Severin Crisp
Assoc Prof R Severin Crisp, FAIP, FIP, CPhys
15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany
Hi Severin,
Change your setting in System Preferences Energy Saver - Computer Sleep - to
'Never'.
Change it back to what setting you wish after uploading.
Cheers,
Ronni
Sent from Ronni's iPad4
On 07/07/2013, at 5:36 PM, Severin Crisp sevcr...@westnet.com.au wrote:
Annoyingly my iMac (OSX
Also DON'T have put hard disks to sleep when possible selected.
Sent from Ronni's iPad4
On 07/07/2013, at 5:57 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
Hi Severin,
Change your setting in System Preferences Energy Saver - Computer Sleep -
to 'Never'.
Change it back to what setting you wish
Thanks for both those two suggestions, Ronni. I had already figured that out
as a workaround. But why? Surely with a long upload, apart from anything
else there are disk reads, so why does it still sleep.
Cheers
Severin
On 07/07/2013, at 5:59 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote:
Also
Hi Severin,
In past versions of OS X, the system would not enter sleep if applications were
running and writing files to disk or running lengthy computational tasks, but
this has changed in the latest releases of OS X, (Lion Mountain Lion) where
programs must invoke a power assertion
then tried
to play back the 19 minute recording and it went to black in under a minute.
It doesn't go to sleep with the screen saver showing as usual but to a blank
screen.
Yvonne
On 09/12/2012, at 12:53 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Yvonne,
Try resetting thePMU (Power Management Unit) first
Hi Yvonne,
My Warning first... Make sure you have CURRENT BACKUPS!
Are you able to complete Time Machine backups and a bootable backup without the
PowerBook going to sleep?
What did the system.log show... Did the system logs report: Power
Management received emergency overtemp signal. Going
my powerbook G4. 1.67Ghz, 10.4.11 is going to sleep every couple of minutes for
no apparent reason. [Noted first when running eyetv playback or recorded prog,
suddenly went to black screen and the sleep light came on. Thought it might
just be that particular recording being strange but same
to sleep! a whole
bunch of times it is possibly the touchpad temperature sensor.
Cheers,
Ronni
Sent from Ronni's iPad4
On 09/12/2012, at 12:16 PM, wyv...@iinet.net.au wrote:
my powerbook G4. 1.67Ghz, 10.4.11 is going to sleep every couple of minutes
for no apparent reason. [Noted first when
then on the left, under Log Files click system.log.
In the upper right search field type Overheat.
If you see PowerManagement emergency overtemp signal. Going to sleep! a
whole bunch of times it is possibly the touchpad temperature sensor.
Cheers,
Ronni
Sent from Ronni's iPad4
On 09/12
Good evening All
When I wake my MacBook Pro from sleep and move the cursor, it leaves a trail of
small grey 7 mm squares, separate, if quick movement, overlapping, if slow. It
is no big deal, I just scribble enough to expose the admin icon and place for
the password, enter the latter
, at 9:21 PM, Ian Reid ianre...@westnet.com.au wrote:
Good evening All
When I wake my MacBook Pro from sleep and move the cursor, it leaves a trail
of small grey 7 mm squares, separate, if quick movement, overlapping, if
slow. It is no big deal, I just scribble enough to expose the admin icon
- for the
purposes of clearing all the gibbledygook, is a restart the same as
a shutdown?
best
alastair
On 13/09/2010, at 5:08 AM, Vladimir James wrote:
I only occasionally shut down (thunderstorms, outages); I use a
UPS. The computer is on 16-17 hours daily; manually put to sleep
at night. I
On 13/09/2010, at 12:41 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Alastair,
James Devenish perhaps can answer more technically than I.
Short answer, no effective difference.
A restart (at least in a Unix environment, which the Mac is), dumps
EVERYTHING, and boots fully from a zeroed state.
ALL
On 14/09/2010, at 8:24 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote:
On 13/09/2010, at 12:41 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Alastair,
James Devenish perhaps can answer more technically than I.
Short answer, no effective difference.
A restart (at least in a Unix environment, which the Mac is), dumps
Good morning all,
Indulge me in another chapter in the ongoing debate about sleeping computers,
if you will.
My home iMac is turned on in the morning and shut down at the end of the day.
In between, I set it to sleep manually when I'm away for more than a few
minutes.
What practice do you
computers, if you will.
My home iMac is turned on in the morning and shut down at the end of the
day. In between, I set it to sleep manually when I'm away for more than a
few minutes.
What practice do you follow? I know the user guide says to shut down when
the computer is not in use for more
On 13/09/2010, at 10:36 AM, Clinton Ducas wrote:
Good morning all,
Indulge me in another chapter in the ongoing debate about sleeping computers,
if you will.
My home iMac is turned on in the morning and shut down at the end of the day.
In between, I set it to sleep manually when
Ronny's suggestion is a good one
i have set go to sleep if no activity 10m (battery powered) 1h
(mains powered)
most of the nights my powerbook is just at sleep (lid closed)
once a week i shut down for the night to clear the system reports, ram
and also it reloads the settings (which can go
I only occasionally shut down (thunderstorms, outages); I use a UPS. The
computer is on 16-17 hours daily; manually put to sleep at night. I sometimes
put the unit to sleep during the day if I know it will be several hours before
I use it. The display is set to darken after 3 minutes. I pretty
is on 16-17 hours daily; manually put to sleep at
night. I sometimes put the unit to sleep during the day if I know it
will be several hours before I use it. The display is set to darken
after 3 minutes. I pretty closely follow the guidelines in the
article cited by Ronni. I have have
as a shutdown?
best
alastair
On 13/09/2010, at 5:08 AM, Vladimir James wrote:
I only occasionally shut down (thunderstorms, outages); I use a UPS. The
computer is on 16-17 hours daily; manually put to sleep at night. I
sometimes put the unit to sleep during the day if I know
On 09/06/2010, at 1:52 PM, Severin Crisp wrote:
We have a Macbook, used principally by my wife, and currently she is studying
an eBook. Annoyingly the Macbook screen darkens after a short interval of
inactivity, while reading, prior to the eventual onset of sleep as set in
Energy
interval of inactivity, while reading, prior to the
eventual onset of sleep as set in Energy Saver. I have not been
able to find any way to stop or lengthen this. I realise it is
there for a very good battery conservation reason but would like to
circumvent it temporarily.
Any
We have a Macbook, used principally by my wife, and currently she is
studying an eBook. Annoyingly the Macbook screen darkens after a
short interval of inactivity, while reading, prior to the eventual
onset of sleep as set in Energy Saver. I have not been able to find
any way to stop
idea. Thanks Ronni for the apple link - nothing jumps out at me on a
quick read but I shall look more closely at it
best
alastair
On 14/05/2010, at 5:25 AM, Rob Phillips wrote:
The trouble I regularly have with my 17 MacBook Pro is that when I
put it to sleep by closing the lid, it often
Hi all
We've had six macs between us now, 3 still current, and not one has
ever done what we asked as regards sleep. They don't sleep when they
should, doze off when they shouldn't, refuse to wake My G5 is
usually ok after a restart for a few days, sleeping after 15 mins
, mince and pud wrote:
In case it's of interest..
I was having a lot of sleep problems with my mirror door G4 1.25
10.4.11 (thanks to Bob et al for suggestions but nothing really
fixed it). Freezing instead of sleeping, refusing to wake, kernel
panic on wake, you name it.
Much more recently
In case it's of interest..
I was having a lot of sleep problems with my mirror door G4 1.25
10.4.11 (thanks to Bob et al for suggestions but nothing really fixed
it). Freezing instead of sleeping, refusing to wake, kernel panic on
wake, you name it.
Much more recently I was trying
On 26/11/2009, at 3:31 PM, mince and pud wrote:
In case it's of interest..
I was having a lot of sleep problems with my mirror door G4 1.25 10.4.11
(thanks to Bob et al for suggestions but nothing really fixed it). Freezing
instead of sleeping, refusing to wake, kernel panic on wake
Evening Lloyd,
There shouldn't be a difference in which sleep mode is activated (as they
should be the same) but I bet that you have login security on. (Your laptop
prompts for your credentials before waking from sleep). If you were to disable
that you may/should find that the laptop stops
Is there a difference between letting the computer go to sleep (say after 15
minutes of inactivity) or putting it to sleep from the Apple menu? I am
finding that when I put it to sleep I get a freeze on waking , but this does
not happen when I let it sleep after 15 minutes.
Is there some
Hi Dave,
I'm experiencing the same issue I believe it to be driver related, hopefully
10.5.6 will fix it. My temporary solution is to disable sleep. I've had no
problems since doing this - apart from the electricity bill...
Regards,
Chris.
My new MBP (late 2008) MacOS 10.5.5 and my Apple
Hi
My new MBP (late 2008) MacOS 10.5.5 and my Apple 20in cinema display
do not like each other at times - the display will not wake up from
sleep frequently or will only give brief flashes of a disjointed
screen. This is fixed by disconnecting then reconnecting the display.
It would seem
Likewise, my G5 2.0 DP won't sleep without manual intervention.
I've tried removing everything I could from actively running,
including startup items, and it didn't make any difference.
If anyone has any ideas I'd like to know also.
Cheers
Mike Fuller
On 09/11/2008, at 4:20 PM, Susan
Hi Severin Mike,
Usually it is an external USB or FireWire peripheral that causes sleep
problems, or in a majority of cases it has been a software issue with
either drivers and / or software to peripherals ... mainly printers.
OR
Short on RAM.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1776?viewlocale
Sorry Susan, I apologise for not including you in my reply ... it
certainly was not intentional!
My BAD!
Ronni
On 09/11/2008, at 5:19 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Severin Mike,
Usually it is an external USB or FireWire peripheral that causes
sleep problems, or in a majority of cases
in my reply ... it
certainly was not intentional!
My BAD!
Ronni
On 09/11/2008, at 5:19 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Severin Mike,
Usually it is an external USB or FireWire peripheral that causes
sleep problems, or in a majority of cases it has been a software
issue with either drivers
... it
certainly was not intentional!
My BAD!
Ronni
On 09/11/2008, at 5:19 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Severin Mike,
Usually it is an external USB or FireWire peripheral that causes
sleep problems, or in a majority of cases it has been a software
issue with either drivers and / or software
peripheral that causes
sleep problems, or in a majority of cases it has been a software
issue with either drivers and / or software to peripherals ...
mainly printers.
OR
Short on RAM.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1776?viewlocale=en_USlocale=en_AU
You could try this:
Set an aggressive sleep
Hi Severin,
Some programmes perform periodic activity which (intentionally or not)
will restart your Mac's time-to-sleep timer. For example, downloading
a large file will prevent your disk from going to sleep and thus
prevent your computer from going to sleep. Continuous file sharing and
internet
Hi all, the problem with all of this diagnostic stuff is that I have
had, and still have, other Macs, which are connected to networks,
printers and external hard drives. All of my other Macs go to sleep
when I'm not using them, unless I have something obvious happening,
such as a file
are connected to networks,
printers and external hard drives. All of my other Macs go to sleep
when I'm not using them, unless I have something obvious happening,
such as a file downloading.
This is unique to this computer - in my case a G5 1.8 SP, and I know
its unique because of using
Hi Susan,
Yes, the G5s are well known for having sleep issues.
I've had another thought (yep, I have them occasionally). Try going
into System Preferences Security Firewall - click Advanced and
turn OFF (take the tick out) Enable Firewall logging.
See if your G5 will sleep now.
Cheers
Hi Ronni, I get home from China on Saturday, so have made a reminder
to myself to try this. Thanks, Susan.
On 10/11/2008, at 9:57 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Hi Susan,
Yes, the G5s are well known for having sleep issues.
I've had another thought (yep, I have them occasionally). Try going
Hi David, I looked into this, but could find only the original
firmware update which fixed the serious unreliability of this model.
This was back in 2005.
My thinking that the ongoing inability to sleep without manual prompt
is probably another bug that is perhaps related to the odd way
Severin Crisp wrote:
3GB RAM. I do have three printers always alive, two on a USB hub and
one via Airport Extreme. No way I can not have them.
I shall just live with it
Thanks as always Ronni!
Severin
Hi Severin,
Have you tried switching off but not disconnecting the two USB printers?
I
Hi Susan
Hate to add a sour note, but I've recently replaced a 3+ year old 20-
in G5 iMac with a cooked motherboard. The first symptoms were odd
behaviour with sleep patterns and mysterious awakenings and shut-
downs. Apparently this is a known issue.
The new 24-in is great.
Cheers
Mike
. All of my other Macs go to sleep
when I'm not using them, unless I have something obvious happening,
such as a file downloading.
This is unique to this computer - in my case a G5 1.8 SP, and I know
its unique because of using a wide range of Macs. I can live with
it, but thought it useful
Hi again Susan,
If turning off Enable Firewall Logging doesn't solve your sleep
issue (as suggested in my previous email).
Try System Preferences Energy Saver - Sleep and uncheck Put the
Hard Disk(s) to sleep when possible.
Let's hope one of these allows you to see the soft pulsating glow
with all of this diagnostic stuff is that I
have had, and still have, other Macs, which are connected to
networks, printers and external hard drives. All of my other Macs
go to sleep when I'm not using them, unless I have something
obvious happening, such as a file downloading.
This is unique
Susan
Hate to add a sour note, but I've recently replaced a 3+ year old 20-
in G5 iMac with a cooked motherboard. The first symptoms were odd
behaviour with sleep patterns and mysterious awakenings and shut-
downs. Apparently this is a known issue.
The new 24-in is great.
Cheers
Mike
On 10
I am puzzled at the Sleep habits of my G5 1.8, 10.5.5.
If I select Sleep from the Apple menu it goes unambiguously into full
sleep to be awakened by hitting a key.
Energy saver is set to put displays to sleep after 7 mins (which it
does) and to put the computer to sleep after 10mins
Hi Severin, this doesn't help, but my G5 1.8 SP doesn't go to sleep by
itself either, I have to do it manually. Hence, its not the best
computer for using with my EyeTV, my mac mini will go to sleep when
its finished recording a program, but the G5 keeps chugging on.
cheers, Susan
Lol - Funny co-incidence, I just bought a cheap USB 2.0 card (brand:
Shintaro) that doesn't support deep sleep.
I'd hoped (without checking first) that the issue had been fixed since the
last time I tried it with my old G4.
Card makers still claim its Apple's fault, and Apple claims the fault
I have a 20 iMac running 10.3.9 and on ADSL broadband.
I am downloading, via FTP, a large file that will take considerable
time to finish. I want the display to go to sleep while this happens
but my Mac doesn't want to do it. I am assuming the FTP access is
preventing it because it has
on 06/03/05 20:26, Robert Howells at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello everyone,
Hope you are having a good weekend.! ?
I had never tried or used the Panther Sleep function , but needed it to
work this weekend.
Seemed easy enough ! Look under the Apple and click on Sleep .
It does
Hello everyone,
Hope you are having a good weekend.! ?
I had never tried or used the Panther Sleep function , but needed it to
work this weekend.
Seemed easy enough ! Look under the Apple and click on Sleep .
It does cause a prompt shutdown screen and harddrives .. but
abour 10
Hi Bob
I have had similar experience with my computer waking from sleep within
seconds of being put to sleep. I found that the main culprit with my
machine were the USB devices hooked up to the computer, especially an
over sensitive optical mouse.
Trying unplugging the mouse once you have
I notice that my external Firewire disks are not spinning down when I
put my G4/400 to sleep though the internal drive does. I am sure they
used to but am not sure when this started. Currently OSX10.3.5 with
all patches installed.
Severin Crisp
Hi All
I finally got a copy of Jaguar it's running on my iMac 233 rev A.
at the moment doing lots of updates.
The question is that some times the iMac goes to sleep and won't wake
up, (just like me some time ;-) I have to hit the reset to reboot it .
Has some one come across this problem
On 4/09/2004 3:51 PM, Bart Raffaele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi All
I finally got a copy of Jaguar it's running on my iMac 233 rev A.
at the moment doing lots of updates.
The question is that some times the iMac goes to sleep and won't wake
up, (just like me some time ;-) I have to hit
Hello
Of late I have been getting a freeze after I wake up from sleep.
Normally sleeping takes just a second or two, but I have been noticing
that sometimes the mac may take quite a while to go to sleep, sometimes
in the order of minutes. The wake from sleep freeze seems to occur
after
Any ideas about what might be happening would be appreciated.
Try shift booting and see if the problem still occurs.
There have been various reports of this under Panther, and I've
noticed it happening on my machine occasionally.
Thanks,
Shay
--
=== Shay Telfer
I notice that my G4/400 has two distinct sleep modes. When I put it
to Sleep from the Apple menu everything goes off and the disks spin
down as it should. If I let time take its course the screen darkens
and the disk spins down but the mouse tablet bezel remain illuminated
indicating
Hi Severin
My TiBook did this recently and with much appreciated help from Daniel
Kerr, we finally found the culprit was fax software running, unknown to
me, in the back ground. To check if this is happening on your's, go to
Applications, Utilities, Process Viewer and end of the process of
Recently my G4/400 OSX10.2.6 has displayed strange Sleep habits.
When put to sleep from the Apple Menu there is now a pause of perhaps
30 secs before it goes off and everything shuts down. It used to be
almost instantaneous. On pressing a key to awaken it the screen
comes on in about 5 secs
to time when
put to sleep.
When I close the PowerBook the 'sleep' light on the lid latch does not light
up: on opening the PowerBook the screen is blank (black) and regardless of
which keys I hit it does not wake up. I have to do a force quite to restart
the computer.
This doesn't happen every time I
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