gharris999;609072 Wrote: > OK, I'm struggling with getting even basics (like getting the system to > sleep on its own) to work after updating to OS X 10.6.6 10J567. With > the advent of the App store, suddenly, I hate my mac. Basic, open > source utilities like lingon suddenly are paid apps. > > Am I just an old curmudgeon, or are computers becoming a whole lot less > fun? > > Anyway, I can't test ReallyPreventStandby until I can get my mac to > sleep on its own. Give me a little more time here..
My Mac has never been able to sleep on its own. It is known that Energy Saver doesn't work for some people, but there have been various suggestions for the cause, none of which seemed to be my problem. I use a third-party utility (Please Sleep, but there are others)) to force sleep after the time set in Energy Saver. Server Power Control, with Jiggler or Caffeine, than prevents sleep when my Squeezebox is playing, and Really Prevent Standby used to work. As for apps becoming paid, that's the developers' decision. Apple does permit free apps on the Mac App Store, and I have several. I guess that the developers now feel that they can charge a very small account and make a decent amount of money. Previously it might not have been worth their while to charge. -- danco ------------------------------------------------------------------------ danco's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=210 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
