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wingad

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Mar 22, 2008
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Is there a way that I can get a true hibernate behavior on a Mac?

I don't want you to tell me that sleep is the same thing. It is amazing how every time a snobbish mac user will suggest this. Yes they are similar in what they accomplish, but there are differences in how they can be utilized.

I want to be able to completely unload the OS so that when I turn the computer back on I can boot from a LiveCD but have my OSX windows retained for when I go back to booting OSX. This is exactly what Hibernate on windows allows you to accomplish.

Is there a way to do this kind of 'save session' on the mac?
 
epochblue:

I read that that is more of a macbook feature. Can I, how do I use this on an imac. Specifically I don't have a battery that will tell the OS that it is at only 4% charge or what not.
 
Deep sleep is not what he is looking for, the moment you wake the computer it will go back to a previous state, not allow him to boot from another drive.

AFAIK, there is no equivalent to it.
 
TEG said:
No. It is not possible with the way the OS operates.

TEG
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So, do you recommend just saving what I can and making all the other necessary preparations, or is there something that can be done? I am switching OS's a lot and many times I'll need to boot into it so even though I use virtual machines, that isn't the solution to everything. I don't want it to be a production every time I need to switch.
 
If you are switching OSes, why not use Parallels or Fusion? I believe Fusion will even support multiple versions of OSX running at the same time and they will both support any Intel/x86 OS.

TEG
 
TEG said:
If you are switching OSes, why not use Parallels or Fusion? I believe Fusion will even support multiple versions of OSX running at the same time and they will both support any Intel/x86 OS.

TEG
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wingad said:
So, do you recommend just saving what I can and making all the other necessary preparations, or is there something that can be done? I am switching OS's a lot and many times I'll need to boot into it so even though I use virtual machines, that isn't the solution to everything. I don't want it to be a production every time I need to switch.
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As stated, I need things that the virtual machine cannot offer, like direct access to the wireless card, not through NAT. Optionally, I could boot into linux and virtualize OSX as I don't really need anything from OSX, but I have never made a virtual machine running OSX, is it tricky?
 
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