For my iMac Apple Care told me to turn it off, unplug all the cables (AC Power cable, keyboard, USB cables etcetera) from the computer and leave it for a minute before plugging it all back in and turning it on again. This fixed some strange issues I was having (can't now remember what they were) but I was really surprised that something so simple could fix such strange behaviour.
On 17 Jan 2014, at 10:43 am, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > The Mac Mini is a desktop, so the same procedure should hold. To be sure, > though, do a google search for "reset SMC on [your mac's model]" and find the > Apple Knowledgebase article covering your type of computer. > On Jan 16, 2014, at 6:18 PM, Caitlyn and Maggie <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> How would you reset the smc on a desk top? >> Thanks! >> Cait >> >> On Jan 6, 2014, at 5:17 PM, Chris Blouch <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The PRAM reset stuff happens as part of the hardware self-check, long >>> before any boot loaders and other software is executed. What are the >>> advantages of resetting the PRAM? PRAM is used to hold a lot of little >>> details semi-permanently. Things related to which drive/partition to boot, >>> speaker/sound settings, display settings and more. If they get mangled >>> somehow your machine can start behaving badly while it goes on a fruitless >>> search for a drive which doesn't exist or route sound to nowhere. So doing >>> a resent puts things back to factory fresh. Exactly what is stored on PRAM >>> varies between Mac models. There is also the SMC for System Management >>> Controller on Intel Macs. The SMC controls things like power, fans and >>> system performance so you might want to try resetting that as well. On a >>> laptop you'll have to unplug it, pull the battery and hold down the power >>> button for 5 seconds to drain the last bit of juice. That resets the SMC to >>> factory. >>> >>> CB >>> >>> On 1/6/14 4:56 PM, Alex Hall wrote: >>>> What if you have a boot manager? I have Refit installed, so will this work >>>> for me or do I need to boot into Mac and then hold down the keys? Also, >>>> what exactly are the advantages of doing this? I've heard a lot about it, >>>> but am not sure why one might actually need to do it. >>>> On Jan 6, 2014, at 12:53 PM, Chris Blouch <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Power down your machine, hold down command+option+P+R and keep holding >>>>> them while you power up the machine. You should hear the startup sound >>>>> after a bit. I usually keep them down until I've heard the startup sound >>>>> a couple time - maybe three or four - and then let off the keys to allow >>>>> a normal startup. >>>>> >>>>> CB >>>>> >>>>> On 1/6/14 12:13 PM, Les Kriegler wrote: >>>>>> Can someone explain the procedure to reset the Prams on a Mac? My >>>>>> system has slowed down and I think this might help. I tried to search >>>>>> the archives, but could not do so as I didn't find a link in the e-mail >>>>>> message to do so as is the case with the iPhone list. 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