alanterra;649681 Wrote: > > > Is there a definite answer to "How do I keep my Mac from going to sleep > while Squeezebox Server is running, but let it go to sleep when no music > is playing?" It would be much easier than "trying" and "having a look" > at various solutions and discussions. > > Thanks!
How is the music set up on your Mac? Is it on your internal drive or on an external one? The simple answer is that what you want *should* be automatic if you are playing music from the internal drive. Energy Saver is supposed to kick in after a period of time without mouse or keyboard access OR READ OR WRITE ACCESS TO THE HARD DRIVE. I say "should" and "supposed" because on some Macs (nobody had a definitive answer as to whether it is software or peripheral that causes problems), the Mac simply does not go to sleep at the assigned time even when the conditions are met. I ran into this issue, and used a third-party program to make my Mac sleep. But this (and other similar programs) rely on mouse or keyboard access only and ignore hard drive access. So I had to find a solution to keep the Mac awake when music was being played. If you look in the very long thread for my posts and nearby replies to them, you will find answers. But the developer produced a simpler approach by a plugin called Really Prevent Standby (probably without the spaces). Try to find that. -- danco ------------------------------------------------------------------------ danco's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=210 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89403 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
