Thanks to all who responded to my plea for help. Al Poulin's pointer
to The Insomniac Mac hit the sweet spot:
http://www.macworld.com/article/48345/2005/12/nonightnight.html
After deleting some little bitty, but hard-working Bluetooth pref
files, safe and restful sleep has been restored.
And for The Insomniac Mac, look here:
http://www.macworld.com/article/48345/2005/12/nonightnight.html
Al Poulin
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At 11:35 PM -0400 6/16/2010, Bill Connelly wrote:
On Jun 16, 2010, at 10:04 PM, Michael Emery wrote:
I brought home a Quicksilver from work for use on my wife's desk.
It won't sleep, despite setting it to do so. When I select *sleep*
from the Apple Menu, it pretends to sleep for a beat, then
I brought home a Quicksilver from work for use on my wife's desk. It
won't sleep, despite setting it to do so. When I select *sleep* from
the Apple Menu, it pretends to sleep for a beat, then wakes up, eyes
wide open and hard drive spinning, not to mention that famous
Quicksilver fan
On Jun 16, 2010, at 10:04 PM, Michael Emery wrote:
I brought home a Quicksilver from work for use on my wife's desk. It
won't sleep, despite setting it to do so. When I select *sleep* from
the Apple Menu, it pretends to sleep for a beat, then wakes up, eyes
wide open and hard drive
