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  1. peanutismint

    Odd Question: Anyway to 'Wake On LAN' but without activating display output?

    So this probably sounds like the inverse of a problem lots of people might have, but I was wondering if there was any way to wake my MacBook from network access without it actually fully waking up/ enabling the display output? This is because I use my Mac closed with an external display, but...
  2. C

    Does sleep mean sleep on iMac?

    Sorry: this is really the same question previously posted but no answer received:' Why type of events can wake up a sleeping iMac? Obviously, a keyboard press and mouse wiggle will, but what else? e.g. antivirus scans, event activity in the photos app, etc.? Thanks, Mike
  3. C

    Can Sophos AV wake-up sleeping iMac? (or Photos app)?

    My sleeping iMac suddenly woke up. It was on the Photos app (on the first folder - activity folder). There was a Sophos warning about 3 items being detected. I've never seen my sleeping imac ever wake up before. The exact same thing happened one day later. 1) Did sophos do a scan while...
  4. G

    A1226 Sleep indicator not working

    I was recently given a broken 2007 Macbook Pro and while i have it working, when i put it to sleep, the light does not come on. Does anybody have any ideas on how I could fix this?
  5. RichardF

    Unresponsive Login Screen after wake from sleep

    This is on a rMBP 13" running 10.11. I never had that issue prior to El Capitan and I don't know how to interpret what I see in the system logs to understand what's going on. Is anyone else experiencing this issue? When waking my rMBP from sleep, I am on the login screen with one filed to...
  6. WhatAmI

    iMac won't wake up once screen goes to sleep

    ok, so I've had my 2015 iMac 5K now for a couple of weeks and have run into something, which doesn't seem too uncommon but nevertheless there doesn't seem to be a firm fix for it? If I choose to turn off the display after a certain time once the screensaver kicks in, I can not wake the darn...