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triple-tap

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Feb 18, 2013
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Hello all,

I am having an issue with my 2013 iMac 27" in which the system works fine for a few days, but intermittently decides to freeze when I try to wake it up from sleep.

The system is using an external SSD in a thunderbolt enclosure as the boot drive. It has been on this setup since I purchased it new in mid 2014.

However ... recently, it started giving me this problem: When I try to move the mouse or hit a key on the keyboard to wake the machine, it simply shows a black screen. The login screen never appears, and I am forced to hold the power button and reset manually.

This freezing when I try to wake seems to happen when I leave the machine alone (in sleep mode) for more than 24 hours.

Is anyone else having this issue? Is there a fix?

I have already tried resetting the VRAM, SMC, etc.
 
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