Hi Kaye and All, Though I do not see how my suggestion further down can help in your case, but you could ask your electrician to ensure that the power plug in which your computer is connected is properly wired. If the return or neutral cable is incorrectly connected to the on/off switch, if you have one, it is quite possible that the computer would be continually connected to the live 240V wire.
A proper and safe connection is for the ‘live’ wire to be cut off by the ‘on/off’ switch, then any equipment connected to the plug would not be exposed to the 240V live at all times. Would that explain your ‘spooky’ booting up of the iMac, I am not sure but its worth checking. Wishing you all the best, and if not resolved I may be able to get you an exorcist … 😂 Good night, Philippe Chaperon On 21 May 2020, at 10:14 pm, Daniel Kerr <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Kaye Though it shouldn’t really affect it when it’s “off”, but a couple fo things to try/check - In System Preference - Energy Saver. Untick “Wake for Network access”. If it is ticked. Also try an SMC reset. On the iMac, this is to shut it down, unplug all the cables including the power cable from the back of the iMac. So nothing at all is plugged in. Leave it off for a few minutes, then plug things back in and start it up again. This will reset the Power Management etc. Incase there’s something “playing up” there. Try those two things and see if it helps. Oh, and another thing to check. Do you have any devices in System Preferences - Bluetooth that aren’t being used. I once had a rogue bluetooth keyboard that was in a cupboard that did strange things to a computer as it was still on and connected, but no longer used. Removing it from Bluetooth resolved a lot of “weird happenings”. Just a few thoughts before you go in a ghost remover :) Kind regards Daniel --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Apple** NOTE: Any information provided in this email may be my personal opinion and as such should be taken accordingly, and may not be the views of MacWizardry. Any information provided does not offer or warrant any form of warranty or accept liability. It would be appreciated that if any information in this email is to be disseminated, distributed or copied, that permission by the author be requested. > On 21 May 2020, at 9:47 pm, kaye and geoff <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Time to review the X-Files? >>> ...Where are Fox Mulder & Dana Scully when you need them? >>> > I'll do some experiments - pull out the ethernet connection, for example, or > change the port on the modem. If I find out anything that explains it I'll > let you know. > > Cheers, Kaye > > ------------------------ > 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> -- 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> -- 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>
