Hi I had no end of problem with my old MBP 15" with sleep. It would often not awake from sleep and at times when I put it to sleep it would stay on. This was particularly bad when I placed it in its sleeve without knowing that it was on. I'd get home and the MBP would be hot enough to cook an egg on it. I went to every internet help site to no avail I had the problem and it would not be cured.
I thought my problem would be gone when I got my new MBP 17". It inherited the
problem no doubt when I used migration assistant. I think somewhere a
preference file regarding sleep or energy saver was corrupt. There was a
solution that required using Unix commands in terminal but I shied away from
attempting this.
I SOLVED my problem though!!!!!
I downloaded a system preference called SmartSleep - it has quite a few
features but I think one thing it did was overwrite the corrupt file. When I
moved this file to my MBP 15" it fixed that also.
Worth a try.
Regards,
Eugene
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On 14/05/2010, at 12:25 PM, Rob Phillips wrote: > > The trouble I regularly have with my 17" MacBook Pro is that when I put it to > sleep by closing the lid, it often (but not always) will not wake from sleep. > The screen stays black even though it still seems to be operating. I have > to hold down the power button for 10 secs and then it shuts down. > > Has anyone else experienced this? > > Rob > > On 14/05/10 12:09 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: >> >> On 14/05/2010, at 11:40 AM, mince and pud wrote: >> >> >>> Hi all >>> >>> We've had six macs between us now, 3 still current, and not one has ever >>> done what we asked as regards sleep. They don't sleep when they should, >>> doze off when they shouldn't, refuse to wake.... My G5 is usually ok after >>> a restart for a few days, sleeping after 15 mins, then it forgets and stays >>> awake the whole time. Then a few minutes ago (the last straw that made me >>> write this) I was typing and it went to sleep - no sign of the screen >>> sleeping first as per settings. >>> >>> Not a huge deal but it would be nice if things just worked - any >>> experiences? >>> >> Hi Alastair, >> >> Well, I've had a lot of Macs and have never experienced any 'Sleep Issues'. >> All my Macs have gone to sleep when I have either set Energy Preferences or >> closed the lid (on Laptops), or used the Menu to Sleep the Mac. >> >> There are reasons why your Mac doesn't go to sleep or wakes at the set >> times. Have you had a read here? >> >> Mac OS X: Why your Mac might not sleep or stay in sleep mode: >> <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1776?viewlocale=en_US> >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core i7 >> 2.66GHz / 4GB / 1067 MHz DDR3 / 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200rpm >> >> OS X 10.6.3 Snow Leopard >> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives -<http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines -<http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe -<mailto:[email protected]> >> >> >> > > -- > Associate Professor Rob Phillips > Educational Development Unit > Room 4.42 Level 4 Library North Wing, Murdoch University > [email protected] Phone: +61 8 9360 6054 Mobile: 0416 065 054 > Fellow, Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia > Currently on sabbatical leave > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> >
