Hi Kaye, Are you very sure that the iMac does shut down completely?
Kind Regards, Ronni Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > On 21 May 2020, at 12:09 pm, kaye and geoff <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > This isn't a problem, but a rather puzzling behaviour from my iMac. We have > recently connected the NBN to a house we are building, so I have the modem > and an old (~2007) iMac in the house, connected by ethernet. Because we > aren't living there I turn both computer and modem off most of the time. > > Right from the start I noticed that if I turned the modem on first the iMac > booted itself up without being touched. OK, I can accept that. But one day I > reached out to turn on the modem, changed my mind and didn't touch it, but > the iMac booted anyway. The next time I was on site I tried an experiment, > and just walked over to the modem and waved my hand in front of it. Sure > enough, the iMac booted. Yesterday I got Geoff to try (in case I had a high > static charge and it was me doing it). He never even got to wave his hand - > he just walked briskly over to the modem and the iMac booted! > > It does seem to be associated with the modem - I can go to the desk and sit > in front of the iMac and nothing happens unless I get close to the modem. > > Any ideas? > > Cheers, K > ------------------------ > Kaye and Geoff > [email protected] > > > > > > -- 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> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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