Holding down the power button for about 5 seconds is the equivalent to
yanking out the power plug on a desktop. It's a last resort but
sometimes it's needed when things go pear shaped. I've had trouble where
opening and closing the lid on my laptop too quickly got it confused and
it would no longer wake up. Usually I never shut down but instead just
close the lid.
CB
David Poehlman wrote:
how did you get it towake up?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chelsea" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by
theblind" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 1:49 PM
Subject: Backup Your Mac
I learned a hard lesson today when i went to wake up my Mac. It
wouldn't wake up. Even when i pushed the power button, nothing. I had
a feeling that I'd have to bring it in to Apple, and probably end up
losing all data. Well, thankfully my mom was talking with someone who
is a Mac geek, and got it to wake up. Lesson learned. You never know
when your computer will decide to quit working. If you can, backup as
often as possible. The sad thing is, I had learned about that in my
business class, but didn't do anything about it until my computer went
crazy.
I hope this doesn't happen to anyone else. If it does, just hold down
the power button, and it will beep at you. Let up from the button and
you will be in the log-in screen. :) I'm thankful it was just taking a
longer sleep!
Have a great day,
Chelsea
