Yes, Powernap is that new ML feature that will do some updates while your computer is in sleep mode. I understand this will only be available with machines with SSD drives so it is probably not available on Macs with spinning hard drives and even if SSD installed, I think the machine needs to be plugged in.
I'm basing this on what I've heard so far. Sorry I don't have more concrete facts to go on. On Aug 2, 2012, at 8:18 PM, Christopher-Mark gilland <[email protected]> wrote: > Power nap? What is that exactly, and where does one find it? > > Chris. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: wayne coles > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2012 9:10 PM > Subject: RE: Automatic updates > > Hello i think it could be the new function called power nap > in ml > > From: [email protected][mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Chris Gilland > Sent: 01 August 2012 02:50 > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Automatic updates > > I am on sure of there being a way to have it automatically update. I know > that you can have it automatically download updates, but I do not believe > that it will literally installed them. > > I stand to be corrected however. If anyone knows away, biome means, please > let me know. I suppose that you could always go into Terminal and somehow > make a chron job to do it including the installation, but who the heck wants > to do that?! certainly not me, thank you very much! > > LOL! > > Chris. > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 31, 2012, at 9:08 PM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Chris. > I don't know if we're talking about the same thing. Maybe, but maybe not. I'm > talking about the new one in Mountain Lion where you can tell your computer > to update itself when you're not using it. I'll try what you said and see > what happens. when I heard about this, I heard that in a MacBook Pro it would > awake itself to do this. > > Eugenia Firth > [email protected] > > > > On Jul 31, 2012, at 7:35 PM, Chris Gilland <[email protected]> wrote: > > > When you say the automatic update, are you talking about Software Update? It > should already be set to alert you. Remember though, it isn't going to pop > up another window like it did before to alert you. It'll put a notification > inside your Notification Center. > > To verify the settings though, go to system prefs, then software update. > > Chris. > > On Jul 31, 2012, at 5:08 PM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi guys > I don't know if I want to do this, but does anybody know how to set up the > automatic update that you can do in Mountain lion these days? > > Eugenia Firth > [email protected] > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
