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    mba m1 waking up from sleep and draining a lot of battery

    hello ! when i go to sleep with my mac unplugged, i notice that i lose a lot of battery . using log show --predicate 'eventMessage contains "Wake reason"', i got those 2 results that occur EVERY minute , even while asleep 1) 2023-04-07 08:03:34.409481+0200 0x42406 Default 0x0...
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    Wake via WiFi from another computer

    Hello, I did some search around but cant fine an up-to-date answer to the following question. My Mac is connected to my home network via WiFi. Is there a way to wake it from another computer over the internet? Lets say i am at the office and i want to access some files that are on my mac back...
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    Can't get MacBook Pro to wake for access

    I have an early 2008 MacBook Pro running El Capitan. I am trying to use Back To My Mac to connect to it remotely. It works 100% perfectly if it is already awake. However if it is asleep I cannot seem to connect. I have "Wake for network access" checked in the energy settings. I have my...
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    Macbook Pro Hot, Blank Screen and Unresponsive

    I have had a problem of putting my Macbook Pro to sleep then coming back to it a couple hours later to find it hot with a black screen and totally unresponsive requiring a forced shutdown. Some outside advice led me to try disabling "Wake for network access" and this did seem to fix the problem...
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    HELP! Wake for network access causes crash.

    I made a post some time ago about a problem with putting my MacBook Pro to sleep, leaving it alone for hours and coming back to find that it was blazing hot, the screen was blacked out, and it was totally unresponsive requiring a forced shutdown and restart. I received some suggestions that it...
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    OSX 10.11.4 broke wake for Network access

    Hi all, I have a Macbook Pro 13 2009 which for years has awoken when a Wake on Lan packet is sent. My Logitech Squeezebox has had no problem in waking it. ditto Mocha VNC. It has ALWAYS WORKED! The 10.11.4 update has broken it. It is connected via ethernet. Have checked all settings. IP...