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  1. SaltedsnakE

    My iMac's sleeping issue

    Since 3 days ago whenever I put my iMac to sleep, its display is not turning off smoothly. The display goes dark but not completely dark, and freezes a sec so that I still can see the screen on display dimly, and then the display goes to full black. However, when it is waking up, the display's...
  2. Heliotropen

    Sleep when booting from external Thunderbolt SSD

    Hi guys, So I'm now booting very successfully from a Transcend StoreJet500, and I really like the speed and everything. But since I never turn my imac off always just let it sleep on it's own - I'm a bit worried about the drive. It seam to run a bit warm / it's warm not burning when i put...
  3. S

    Internet Sharing Enable/Disable on Sleep/Wake

    Hi all, Hope this first post makes sense. I want to watch TV on my Mac whilst editing/working on it. USB TV cards are hard to find so I found a Tvman streaming device on ebay for £7. This device allows you to stream to any devices connected on the network...
  4. K

    iMac Pro iMac Pro Sleep Issues

    Hi, Is anyone else experiencing dirty shutdowns/restarts when putting your iMac Pro to sleep? I'm having to restore apps, files and browser windows every time I reawaken from sleep, or the same happens when I get back to the office in the morning and the computer has shut down completely over...
  5. A

    Operating temperatures, Sleep or shutdown

    Hey there, in my office, I heat during winter all day but ofc. not over nights. So when I get back to office the aluminium is cold (normal). I predict that the temperature in the morning there could be about 15 degrees celsius. Then per day about 20-22 degrees celsius. Is that really a problem...
  6. X

    macOS Disable kext for external optical mouse by terminal without causing kernel panic

    Hello everyone, I would like to know if there's a way to disconnect external mouse support on the MacOs High Sierra 10.13 for some testing purposes. The test needs to do 10 sleep cycles, leave the computer awake for 30s and sleep it by 60s. When the mouse is connected to the mac, by some...
  7. Bexina94x

    Battery playing up. Advice?

    I normally fall asleep with my Macbook on, however after some time it sleeps automatically. When coming to use it the following day it wakes up as normal, battery is not drained. It functions for a few seconds, then freezes momentarily and shuts down. If I clip on the charging cable and leave it...
  8. haralds

    5,1 w.Radeon back to Sierra /High Sierra 10.13.1 on HFS+ - sleep and boot time

    I decided to set up a Sierra boot SSD from a partial clone of my Sierra spinner and parking my main boot SSD with High Sierra beta 2. While using it, the system is stable as long as I do not use the USB 3 ports on the CalDigit FASTA cards. I can live with that. But the inability to sleep and 3...
  9. finalfrontierapps

    Apps Sleep Pulse 3 Motion - Newly updated sleep tracker for Apple Watch

    New Significant Update to the Original Sleep Tracker for Apple Watch, with a Complete Redesign of the iOS 11 and watchOS 4 apps. Brings new features such as live Resting Heart Rate tracking, and new graphics for visualizing your sleep. *Now supports Sleep Talk recordings* Sleep Pulse 3 Motion...
  10. tinghe17

    Sleepyhead-track sleep app for apple watch

    Sleepyhead-track sleep app for apple watch Use Apple Watch to monitor sleep, monitor automatically, draw a sleep chart, and help you record the exact data of each sleep. Detailed analysis, deep sleep, curve chart gives detailed status. Calendar mode, you can directly see sleep start stop time...
  11. C

    Mac Pro 4,1 / 5,1 sleep issues with RX 560 graphics card

    I’ve installed a MSI Radeon RX 560 in my Mac Pro 4,1 (5,1 firmware). Seems to be working and performing well straight out of the box I just have a problem when I put my Mac to sleep. The hard drives spin down, the power light starts pulsing but the system fans continue to run and it’s impossible...
  12. O

    High Sierra 10.13.2 Broke Sleep

    I have been running my 2010 Mac Pro 5.1 all original except for a ram upgrade to 64gb and changed the GPU to a Gigabyte RX 460 4gb. I have been running this setup since Sierra with no problemas whatsoever. With the most recent 10.13.2 update... it broke the sleep function :( :( what the heck...
  13. S

    Macbook Pro has it's own life when closed

    Hi, I have a Macbook Pro 15" Mid 2014 running currently High Sierra. Whenever I close the macbook it seems like it doesn't go to sleep. Instead it will randomly open the browser and play youtube videos with the sound turned on or open a bunch of different message windows on facebook in case...
  14. vapourtrails

    Is the Apple Watch good at sleep tracking?

    I know there are some watch capeable Sleep apps and I’m interested in getting the watch for this purpose. Is anyone using it for this function? How well does it work?
  15. U

    MBP (mid 2012) - battery drain during sleep

    Hi, I have a MacBook Pro 13" mid 2012 (non retina) - 16GB RAM (Crucial) and 1TB Seagate SSHD (all changed last year). My battery is 3 years old - original, cca 90% of capacity and 570 cycles. My problem started a few months ago when I've been experiencing a significative battery draining during...
  16. B

    Downloading stops due to /? Sleeping mode

    Dear friends, could you plz help with this issue: When I need to update any Apple related products (MacOS/xCode) etc the MBP never sleeps or cancels them, but when I leave my MBP while downloading large files via Chrome I frequently find that downloads were cancelled - I suppose it happens...
  17. Tucker28

    Mac Pro pauses when I close ARD

    I have a peculiar issue. When I close the ARD window, my Mac Pro (server) will sometimes just completely pause whatever it is doing. It seems to also happen when I use the built in screen sharing. I don't know if it goes to sleep, or what it's doing. But when I log back into it a day or two...
  18. H

    Macbook Not Sleeping When Clossed

    I have a first generation Macbook and sometimes I've noticed that when I close it and open it hours later the battery has died which is leading me to think it's not sleeping when I close the lid. Anyone else experiencing this?
  19. apfelartig

    Sleep Wake Failure: MacBook Pro crashes instead of going to sleep

    Recently my MacBook Pro from 2011 refuses to go to sleep. Regardless if I have my Cinema display attached or not. Regardless if I close the lid or chose the sleep command in the menu bar. The Mac always restarts after some time it was trying to go to Sleep Mode. Then the system shows me the...
  20. J

    Need help! MBP16 TB loosing battery life while sleeping

    Tried every method under the sun, SMC/PRAM, editing PLISTS, turning off dropbox, reducing standby wait time, etc. My config: MBP16 13"TB (base model) MacOS Sierra Any advice ? Any news on High Sierra fixing the sleep issues with these new Intel chips ? I can't have my laptop loosing 10-15%...