Sleep issues

My mac mini sleeps when I turn off my TV though it's preferences are set to not sleep. How can I change this, what com.plist do I have to delete? This is something new that just started on Monday. I swear the thing has a mind of it's own. I would like the mini to remain on in order for the DVR in EyeTV to record when I want the TV off.
Thanks in advance,
Marty

I just wanted to post back about this issue;
Wednesday night I had the DVR set to record at 8:00pm while watching tv shows in FR. Midway through the DVR recording I decided to turn off the TV. When I used the remote (Harmony 880), it powered down the TV and the mini went to sleep mode cutting off my DVR with 30 mins left to record. I had gotten used to the sleeping and tried to work around it. After trying the SMC tip and it not working, I figured this is just the way things are going to be, not perfect. I considered it might be an HDMI thing but found no answers anywhere. Last night I had an epiphony. It's got to be a default command in the 880's macro setting. I checked it out this morning and sure enough I'm not the only one, and considering how smart these Logi remotes are, there's luckily a workaround. I'll give it a shot tonight and fill you in tomorrow. I'm pretty sure this is the answer. The link to the forum is here;
http://forums.logitech.com/t5/Harmony-Remotes-Programming/Harmony-880-puts-Mac-m ini-to-sleep/m-p/383310
Marty

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Mac book pro 10.5.7 sleep issue..... not even sydney genius bar can help me

ok hey guys, this is my first ever post on a support forum so please help me out!
I'll give any specific hardware info if needed later on but this is the basics:
i have had my mbp for over a year and 6months into it my mbp started going into sleep mode for no reason ...and no im not simple the energy settings are set to never sleep so its not that. Since then i have tried and tested everything under the sun to resolve the issue i have been to the genius bar and booked it in several times, each time they tell me they can not find any problem. I have had the logic board replaced - i have tried removing the p.list files, resetting pram thingy the battery test thing....everything...i have looked on endless forums for a resolution but nothing works!, it will go to sleep at random times generally when im doing alot of things on it it can run fine for days maybe sometime weeks but then its starts playing up again. When it does sleep the screen goes blank and the power light pulses but worst it cuts the internet connection which is terrible coz i have a time capsule and it cuts that link as well and messes that up entirely! sometimes it will just keep cutting out every 20-40 seconds untill i wake it by tapping the space bar or moving my mouse sometimes it just shuts down completely - i have done a compete erase & reinstall but ill b honest i still reinstalled some programs from my backups that cant be downloaded anymore (isquint etc) coz the genius guys said maybe a program is corrupting the hardware but if anyone has any ANY ideas or has the same problem please! tell me - im sure i could add more info n stuff but if u want 2 ask me specifics then i will answer anything to help
thanx again guys.
i should say at this point the only relief im getting to stop it from sleeping is if i disconnect the power adapter and use the battery that seems to stop it, but it has crashed(slept) on battery power as well but as of today doing this seems to help ....hasn't crashed since writting this! LOL

Has anyone got any assumptions on suspect software that may cause my problem??
I see that louie has a possible response for you. I had forgotten about that problem.
lastfm, transmission or handbrake. Can anyone confim issues after installing these apps?
if not these softwares then im convinced im dealing with a power issue.
I would be doubtful (although not completely dismissive) of anything like these being the source of your problem.
the genius bar has said it may b an enviromental issue. this also may be the case, tho not so much recently. They said perhaps magnectic fields may cause it 2 go 2 sleep and its true moving my MBP around does seem to settle it for instance if i move it out of my room im yet to see any of my sleep issues occur
The movement sensor might be involved, as also louie's excellent suggestion of the temp sensor. It is difficult to know how to test these effectively and might need more tools than the GB can muster.
But i dont live in a electricity tower and i did move my MBP to the other side of my room where it worked for a good month - and then started again with the sparatic sleeping.
It is hard to disprove a negative. The only way to bring some sort of evidence to the table if there were some such interference would be to use the computer for an extended period away from where you are using it now. If it works without problem in (say) Starbucks or some other neutral area, and then fails within a few minutes of returning to your home, then there is something stronger to work with. Then you can start to track down some external source, I would guess.
So i will try a safe start as graham had suggetsed as this seems as a simple enough fix - but i do run a time capsule, ext 1TB HD, Wireless mouse etc ..which i presume will not work in safe mode .... and is the idea to just keep safe mode on untill it does crash again or will just starting up on safe mode then restarting solve the issue?
Time Machine ought to work in Safe Mode; and I would not suggest working that way for a lengthy period of time: just to start it up perhaps to clear something that is interfering. But what you write here is of interest: (A) The HD -- what is it (brand, etc, and how formatted) and how connected; plus the wireless mouse? What brand is that (and I presume you mean Bluetooth)?
As for A weak diode..I dunno what that is or how 2 check it
Right. I couldn't either, and most shops won't: they would just replace the board. There is a shop here . . . but that is too far for you.
i think the battery is ok ..as i said it performs better at this point when i disconnect the power...but not always... i had a terrible day yesterday when it would keep going to sleep everytime i reconnected the power, if i try 2 persist it will keep going back 2 sleep ever 30 seconds untill i eaither just leave it be for a while or untill it just turns off completely!
That suggests, as I mentioned earlier, something awry with the battery/power combination; especially if the performance is not consistent. A battery should deteriorate gradually, not come and go.
If it does turn off when i turn it back on it wont even get to the grey apple logo it just keeps turning off after 2-5 seconds (turning off not sleeping)
so im at a loss why that is!
No power. You have to wait a while until the power level is brought up to a workable level.
The power cord seems fine all the pins spring out - the middle spring is smaller than the others tho.
Mine too. That seems OK.
Do post those logs. Someone might see the answer.

Battery and Sleep issues. Is this "normal"?

Hey guys, ever since day 1 My new MBP has been experiencing the sleep issue where in sleep the battery would lose about 1-2%/hour. I would go to sleep with the battery at 100%, and wake up to only about 87%. Also, when it was new the battery had about 4650 for full charge capacity, now its showing only 4540 after 10 cycles!!! Is this normal? Please help my MBP is less than 2 weeks old I have owned the previous MBP model, and the battery life during sleep was considerably better than this, and also it took less time to charge the battery!
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 3463
Fully charged: No
Charging: Yes
Full charge capacity (mAh): 4540
Health Information:
Cycle count: 10
Condition: Good
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): 881
Voltage (mV): 12070
*I have also just updated the upgrade to 10.5.6. Will update and report if this will help with the sleep/battery issue.
Thanks for your help!
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Reset the SMC (System Management Controller) and re-calibrate the Battery then see how it behaves ...

10.9.2 update sleep issue with NEC monitors confirmed

After updating from Mac OS10.9.1 to 10.9.2, both my friend, who lives in another city, and I find that attempting to put our MacPros (2010, think his is a 2009 model) attached to a NEC PA 301 (mine) or PA 271 (his) series pro monitors to sleep experience a frozen screen and cursor followed about a minute later with an expected and desired sleep mode. My computer does something slightly different than his in that the background of the dock turns a golden yellow when the screen freezes. Both systems start up from sleep correctly.
If I only use my Apple 30 inch Cinema Display, the sleep mode works as expected.
Spent two hours with Apple Care (level one and level two) people that didn't have a clue what was going on. Called NEC and they had no explaination.
Any thoughts of wisdom of what is going on with the sleep issue that occurred right after we put the 10.9.2 update?

Andrew,
This is not an AppleCare issue, it is an Apple bug that you didn't want and will be addressed by AppleCare representatives. Your are helping out the communnity. If they don't believe you, refer them to this discussion. They never tell you about the 90 day software exception clause for free techsupport when one updates to a major MacOS change. I found that sending in a known bug where many people are experiencing it through AppleCare where they end up uploading your OS data to their engineers gets more attention than going to Apple.com/feedback. The more people who report it, the quicker it gets addressed.
As far as going back to 10.9.1, didn't you do a back-up before you did an Apple "fix" that you can go back to? My problem is that every day my calendar, documents, email, etc change a lot so I am reluctant to go back to my back-up which I hate to say is only on TimeMachine now. My other backups (mirror copies) occur nightly and I didn't notice this bug till a day later.
You pay good money for only quality equipment so a wierd bug like this should not occur on a little update.
I have reported this to Apple and NEC but need others to light a fire under those in charge to make a change and not have us wait for one or two updates later.
If you want to request NEC to jump in to getting this fixed, send a message to the NEC monitor product manager (Art Marshall): [email protected]

Macbook Pro and external monitor sleep issues.

I recently upgraded to a new 13 inch MacBook Pro to replace my previous one. With the upgrade, I'm now on the latest OS and I have a Thunderbolt instead of Mini-displayport output. I have a Dell U2410 monitor which has worked great up until now, but I now have the following behavior:
When the laptop sleeps (or puts the display to sleep) the monitor begins to turn on and off. It goes to powersave mode and immediately wakes up, realizes there's no signal, and goes back to powersave mode, etc etc etc.
When I wake the computer up from sleep, the monitor's behavior stays the same. The laptop never detects the display and begins sending a signal.
If I unplug and replug the adapter, all is well.
There seem to be two separate issues: whatever signal the computer continues to send down the display cable after sleep seems to confuse my monitor, secondly, the computer never again sends a real video signal down the line after it wakes up.
I'm on the latest 10.8.3. My adapter is the same adapter I have been using for years, an apple mini-display port to DVI adapter. Supposedly this adapter is still compatible with the Thunderbolt port.
I've seen lots of issues online about wake up issues with the latest OS. Is there a workaround for this yet or do I have to uplug my monitor anytime I sleep the computer?

Hi Steve,
I have had the exact same issues after adding a WD Thunderbolt Duo external drive to a Mid 2011 iMac and then daisy chaining the Dell U2410 monitor off that.
My Mini DP to DVI cable ceased working properly - sleeps issues.
After buying one of these adapters of Ebay:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/3-in-1-Mini-Displayport-to-HDMI-with-audio-DVI-DP-ada pter-3in1-convertor-Macbook-/110861703462?pt=US_Audio_Cables_Adapters&hash=item1 9cfdf5926
I then tried all the different cables that came originally with the Dell U2410 with that adapter, and none of then would put the U2410 to sleep properly. The backlight would stay on, or "No Displayport Cable" would float around the Dell display with the backlighting still on. Or otherwise the Dell would try to go to sleep and then wake up again and cycle like you found.
Apples Mini DP to VGA adapter was sleep successful with the VGA cable (Analogue) but the output picture was not as sharp as DVI or Displayport, plus there was RF interference with the cable.
After lots of internet searching I have found a near perfect solution:
A HDMI to DVI cable with the HDMI end connected to the Ebay 3 in 1 adapter, which then connects to the Thunderbolt port.
Connect this to DVI-D 1 on the Dell U2410.
On the Dell in Menu - Other Settings, disable DDC/CI
Now in OSX Settings - energy Saver you will have to tick:
"Put Hard Disks to sleep where possible" and select a short time frame for "Computer Sleep"
I have found that the display would go black but the backlighting on the Dell U2410 would stay on, when the display went to sleep on the Mac as per the Energy Saver "Display Sleep" setting.
The backlighting on the Dell would only turn off when the time for 'Computer Sleep" has elapsed and the external Thunderbolt hard disk went to sleep as well.
The Dell U2410 would then wake up correctly as well when my iMac woke, with this setup.
Cheapest solution for you would be to try an Apple or Ebay HDMI to DVI adapter and then use the DVI - DVI cable that came with the Dell.
If that fails get the 3 in one Adapter and use my Mini DP/Thunderbolt to Ebay Adapter to DVI-DVI cable setup.
I'm assuming your new Macbook Pro comes with the HDMI port ?
I believe the Sleep Issues with this monitor are all related to appropriate signal on the cable, and only the HDMI to DVI solution will work correctly on Mac's connected to the Dell U2410.
Good Luck. :-)

Waking from sleep issues

Hi, I have a 17" G-5 i-sight imac, running os 10.4.8, and have been having wake from sleep issues similar to what others have posted. These first showed up in late August. About 25 % of the time, when waking the computer from sleep the screen remains black, and after about 10 seconds the fan starts running at full speed, The only way to stop this is to hold in the power key until the computer shuts down, and then restart. What's interesting is that this only seems to happen using my apple wireless keyboard and mouse; when using a usb keyboard and mouse there is no problem. Could this be a bluetooth-related problem? The bluetooth settings are all correct (allow bluetooth device to wake computer, etc). The apple care guy basically said he didn't know how to help me, and it's driving me crazy! The only wired keyboard/mouse I have is from my 233 bondi blue imac, so just using that to avoid the problem is not a good option. Please help!
Jerry

If your Mac happily goes to sleep but won't wake up--Hold down the power switch to force-reboot your machine and get it running again.
Don't worry-your Mac isn't narcoleptic. Its Open Firmware system or NVRAM (nonvolatile RAM) is likely corrupt, and your Mac can't remember how to wake up.
Restart your Mac and immediately hold down the Command-Option-O-F key combo until you see a somewhat intimidating command-line display that ends with the Open Fimware prompt. Type the following line:
reset-nvram
press the return key on your keyboard
set-defaults
press return
reset-all
press return
Your Mac will reboot. Once it's running, put it back to sleep to test. If the problem recurs your Energy Saver preferences may be the culprit. Delete the com.apple.PowerManagement.plist file (go to Finder/Hard drive/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration)--don't worry, your Mac will regenerate a new one--and then restart to see if that rights the wrong.
Still didn't work? Might be time to call AppleCare or see an Apple Genius or a technician.
Cheers!
DALE

24" iMac intel--Sleep issues--simple as widgets

Had major sleep issue with brand new new gorgeous 24" intel 2.8 imac. It wouldn't autosleep no matter what I did--reset PRAM, SMU, archive and install, checked console logs, etc. After some common sense thought, I figured it might be a really simple thing. So, I turned off three of the animated widgets (the aquarium, the CPU monitor, and the beach scene). I tried each one individually, and any one of the three had sufficient CPU activity to prevent sleep. After deleting the three of them, everything was fine, and it now sleeps like a baby.

My pleasure--one of the dead giveaways was that my Macbook Pro 15 Core duo had the same apps and files, but she lacked some of the widgets, and it slept perfectly from day one. This is my 5th Mac, and I know that some third party applications are often more damaging than they are positive. Widgets are not necessarily tested for compatibility with the system files of all models.
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Pb 12" 1.3 GHz sleep issues

To any and all that may advise:
pb 12" 1.3 GHz 512 MB
OS 10.4.2
Recently my pb has been having intermittent sleep issues. I have tried resetting the power manager, and this has not resolved this issue. AHT gives all green lights for hardware operation, so I'm thinking this is a software/open firmware issue. When I close the display to sleep the machine, it appears to sleep normally, with the flashing led indicator in the latch, yet when trying to wake from this state sometimes I get a blank screen with no action at all, i.e. it will not wake normally. This issue seems to be time related, in that I can sleep the machine momentarily i.e. close the lid, sleep the computer and within 5 minutes it behaves normally. In other cases i.e. longer than 5 minutes, it wakes to the black screen.
I have had colleagues that have complained of similar issues with their pb's and I curious as to how I might resolve this issue, and if there are many of us out there with a similar issue. So far, I've had 5 people who have complained of similar problems in my small circle of mac using friends! Any help and advice on how to ascertain if this is hardware or software would be appreciated. Thanks in advance for your time and efforts here.
Sincerely,
Sean

Unless you are no longer under warranty, I would suggest calling Apple Care. Ask to speak to a product specialist, and they should have a good idea of how to fix the issue. I have never encountered this issue myself so I cannot help you directly, but usually if anyone has a solution it's going to be Apple.
1 (800) APL-CARE

Odd iMac sleep issues

I first noticed the issues a couple of weeks ago - mid-2007 iMac, running SL.
The iMac will sleep fine if I use the command in the apple menu or the power button.
But it won't sleep automatically as suggested in the Energy Saving preference pane. If I select the 'sleep' keyboard combination (option, command, eject), the iMac sleeps but instantly wakes again.
I've tried everything! These problems aren't due to peripherals - it was working fine with the same peripherals connected. Wake for LAN isn't selected, nor is the wake for BT option (and I don't have any BT devices). I've looked in Activity Monitor and Console and can't find any obvious process that might be keeing the Mac awake. I've tried restoring plists from a TM backup, deleting plists, resetting the PRAM and SMC. One of these measures (not sure which one) worked ONCE. But when I went into the energy saving preference pane, it stopped sleeping automatically again.
My main concern is the lack of auto-sleep. I've scoured the forums and no one seems to have this problem together with the mac waking instantly after the sleep keyboard combo. I'm hoping this peculiar combination of probems might shed some light on what's causing them.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Can be very hard to impossible to track down auto sleep issues. Just get PleaseSleep.
http://www.dragonone.com/products/macosx/pleasesleep/

RAM Riser A is unrecognized + Sleep Issues

I've had my Mac Pro for a good month now & it's been one of the best computing experiences of my life. Sadly, within the past few days two problems emerged.
1. When waking from sleep, the Mac Pro just restarts.
2. Only RAM Riser B is being recognized with 2x515 MB sticks. I have another 2x512 MB sticks on RAM Riser A. There is 2 GB installed, but only 1 GB is shown when in "About This Mac."
I don't know if the sleep issues are caused from the RAM issues. I re-seated and swapped the RAM from the risers with no avail. I think the problem started occurring after the 10.4.8 update, but I'm still unsure. Has anyone else seen any of these problems?

I've had my Mac Pro for a good month now & it's been
one of the best computing experiences of my life.
Sadly, within the past few days two problems
emerged.
1. When waking from sleep, the Mac Pro just
restarts.
2. Only RAM Riser B is being recognized with 2x515 MB
sticks. I have another 2x512 MB sticks on RAM Riser
A. There is 2 GB installed, but only 1 GB is shown
when in "About This Mac."
Reset-PRAM !
William
I don't know if the sleep issues are caused from the
RAM issues. I re-seated and swapped the RAM from the
risers with no avail. I think the problem started
occurring after the 10.4.8 update, but I'm still
unsure. Has anyone else seen any of these problems?

Power/sleep issues after upgrading to 10.8.5

mac mini
2.6 GHz intel core i7
512 SSD
16 GB RAM
everything was working beautifully for quite a long time, in fact, i've never had any issues at all. upgraded to 10.8.5 build 12F37 last night and now the computer won't wake from sleep. it has to be forced off and then restarted in order to get it to "come back".
reset the PRAM and the SMC, i'm hoping that resolves the issue, but i'd love to hear if anyone else is having the same issue and how they solved it.
thanks!

Also it happens without the MBOX 2 connected, which is USB audio interface by the way, and with just a Seagate external USB 3 Drive connected, which I use for backing up and has worked fine without these sleep issues up to 10.8.4.
So it is like this...you put the computer to sleep, it goes to sleep, external drive spins off, after a few seconds external drive spins on again for no reason, display stays in sleep, but not rest of the system, as when you wake up a good indication to see whether it has woken up from deep sleep or just display sleep is that if you had wifi on and connected, when it wakes up now it is always connected to wifi, whereas when normally the imac wakes up from deep sleep the wifi connection(just the connection not the wifi interface) is off and is looking for it and connecting to it after you have woken it up. Something totally going wrong with the power management since 10.8.5, no doubt. Ι initially had installed 108.5 from the software update window, done the combo update on top now, and still no change in this behaviour. Strange that it let's me install the 10.8.5 combo, as before, if you had installed the update, it would not let you do it again...Not sure about what this is...
I had different but still sleep issues with an imac late 2009 i7 27inch, after a certain update in Snow Leopard, where again I had done the update through the software update window, instead of downloading the combo one...back then it was that it wouldn't actually go to deep sleep, just display sleep.
It is so frustrating that this happens. The biggest issue is that if you leave the computer supposedly at this sleep for a long time it does not wake up from the mouse or elsewhere...!!!!
And another update, removing the Seagate MyBackup(USB 3) or whatever it is called, putting the computer to sleep, and waking up, it does actually behave as it should, it wakes up and the wifi is looking for the connection and connects after a few seconds, it is not connected as when you have a USB device connected(the MBOX 2 or the Seagate external USB 3 drive in my case) which it seems wakes up the computer from deep sleep(which means it is on and the wifi connects in the background)immediately after a few moments you put it to sleep(observation is that MBOX keeps on going on and off sleep as led's go off and on at regular intervals and the same seems to happen with the external drive....).
The cure...in Snow Leopard with the sleep problems after an update, was to re-install leopard and do the combo update, meaning re-installing the whole system, which is quite a pain in the back side. I hope this is not the case in Mountain Lion otherwise we should be compensated for Apple ruining our system and organisation. The only cure I see for the minute and I am not sure if it will work is to revert to an earlier Time-Machine Backup which was made when the system was still in 10.8.4. And if this works, I will not do the 10.8.5 stnadalone or combo update until Apple start becoming serious with us, and not mess with our work and computers which they sold to us as the perfect machines...
On another note my 27" i7 2012 imac had also these backlight uniformity problems, where part of the screen is slightly darker(on the right hand side, nothing major but noticeable as the same colour has a different hue in the brighetr area of the screen) so I am quite fed up with this drop in QC at Apple, not only in hardware but in software...I am currently waiting for a replacement, but this is nothing to do with this update.
I seriously hope that they release 10.8.6 soon and that it will solve these issues which people who installed 10.8.5 already are experiencing. In fact even their suggestion, if it will be one, let's see, for people to consider going to an earlier backup where the system worked fine(what I am considering to do now), will be unreasonable and undermine their ability to create problem free updates and software which affect basic functions of the system such as sleep, and they will have no excuse, as it is not us who did something wrong to our system, it is their update which they fed to our systems through their software update, and let's say as the ordinary mac user thought it would be good to do...so there is an element of fooling people there as well...What if someone just bought their mac recently and did not have a backup but had already set up(customised) their system to a signinicant degree before the 10.8.5 update? I believe that we should be covered and compensated for such things, as I have lost time and money dealing with these issues in the past.
Don't they properly test these updates, with all their fleet of different mac models, testing them with general peripherals connected to them, that people normally use, such as USB DEVICES, Audio Interfaces, External USB Drives? Come on they make billions for god's sake. We're spending 2 grand on a system that is touted as heaven on earth and it does many things brilliantly, but does fail on some, and what I really get is all these ridiculous issues every now and then which make me lose time and money, as I just want to have a system that sleeps and wakes properly!!!!!!! I AM NOT HAPPY, and it is Apple's Programmers which messed it up for me again...No bonuses this month please.

Sleep Issues with g5 Imac

I have a g5 iMac running OsX Panther. 1.6 Ghz with 256 Ram.
Anyways, the computer randomly and frequently goes to sleep. The hot corners are not set for that, infact in the settings i've set it to never go to sleep. Some days, like in the last hour, the computer will go to sleep, i wake it up, and within a minute, it goes back to sleep. Some days it wont go to sleep at all. The problem seems to be truely random. The only programs running are Entourage, Safari and Adium, sometimes Itunes and Filemaker.
Has anyone heard of a problem like this before? Any tips or trouble shooting ideas?
Thanks.

First read Apple doc.#25801 on sleep settings.
A number of sleep-related issues can appear after incremental Mac OSX updates, including the inability to properly go to sleep, problems waking from sleep, and having your display go to sleep without your Mac going to sleep. The most common culprit is Bluetooth. Try these tips to fix your sleep problems.
WAKE UP
In System Preferences>Bluetooth, uncheck Allow Bluetooth Devices To Wake This Computer. If you are using a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard, you'll have to wake your Mac by pressing the power button.
FILE CORRUPTION
Your Bluetooth preference file may be corrupt-you'll need to delete it. Turn Bluetooth off, then go to the /Users/user name/Library/Preferences folder. Look for a file called com.apple.Bluetooth.plist and trash it.The OS will create a new preference file when you enable Bluetooth again.
ENERGY SAVER
If you have issues with a Mac or display that goes to sleep at inappropriate times, you may have a problem with Energy Saver. Delete the following .plist files and restart:
-/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.PowerManagement.plist
-/Users/username/Library/Preferences/com.apple.systemuiserver.plist--(username is your name or System Administrators name).
-/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.AutoWake.plist
A restart is very important after deleting these plists. After a reboot your Mac will then generate new ones.
Some, in these forums, have had luck fixing sleep issues downloading the Combo update from this site (yours may be corrupt), not Software Update, disconnect all firewire + USB devices except keyboard + mouse, Repair Permissions, re-install update, Repair Permissions again + try.
Yours could be the 10.3.9 Combo update (you did'nt say what version you are using). Others reading, download the combo update that applies to you!
Cheers!
DALE

Sleep issues and Ethernet

On my fp iMac, running 10.4.11:
A relatively new (roughly the past ten days) issue has arisen. I think I've narrowed it down to when the machine is woken up from sleep. I can't get on the internet nor can I connect to my other two machines from the 'Go > Connect to Server ...' command. A restart seems to temporarily sort the problem out.
System Preferences exhibits odd behaviour when I go to the Network Pane while being cut of from the internet. This machine is connected to an Airport Extreme Base Station via Ethernet cable. In the Network Status window, the Ethernet button is red instead of green, and the following message is displayed:
+The cable for Built-in Ethernet is connected, but your computer does not have an IP address and is not connected to the internet.+
When I try and close the System Preferences window, I get the spinning beach ball. I have to use Force Quit twice in order to quit System Preferences. It's at this point I do a restart.
In the past week I've used OnyX, DiskWarrior (twice), I've shut down and unplugged the AEBS and the broadband modem overnight as well as shutting down the computer, and yesterday I reset the PMU - almost in desperation. Two days ago I downloaded and installed the 10.4.11 combo updater.
At present I've got the machine set to screen sleep only, no hard disk sleep.
When it was set with hard disk sleep as well, it seemed that all was well until a few hours of normal use (including being woken from sleep) had passed before the problem arose.
I might be wrong about sleep being an issue, but certainly the behaviour from System Preferences > Network is consistently the same.
Can anyone shed some light here?

Ok for the sleep issue the link from fishcomputer has some steps in for these type of issues but there something that more then likely is causing isssue with sleep.
I would try the following
Remove the powermanagement.plist located in mac hd/ library/ preferences/ systemconfiguration/com.apple.powermanagement.plist delete that then restart
For Microsoft issue i would try the following
Boot into safe boot by holding shift at startup until you see apple and gear may also see loading bar once in safe boot remove the following folders
MacHD/System/Library/Caches
MacHD/Library/Caches
User library Caches and cookies folder
Restart.
Since you are in lion you can't remove the folders from Hd need to just remove contents of the folder

The old sleep issue

My iMac does not want to go to sleep by itself anymore. In the days of old one of the culprits was iPhoto. In my case, could it be Skype running? Or is it the USB camera (Logitech Ultra Vision)? Or does it have to do with the fact that there are other Macs on the network? Or is it the latest version of DiskWarrior (4.1)? what's new on the sleep issue?
Regards,
Jurgen

Stop! Not that easy. I plugged all peripherals in again, started uploading to Rapidshare....and went to bed. This morning, the fans were blurring, the screen was black...no sleep all night for the iMac. Turned out to be a kernel panic. I am presently testing the memory using memtest. After the first iteration, the memory was still deemed ok (I had previous memory failure but memtest discovered those within a few minutes). So, it must have been the peripherals...usb drives and/or webcam. The strange thing is: none of them were switched on.
I am at a loss....and my Apple Care expires in three weeks. Will have to monitor hardware and bring it in for a check if the panics continue.
J.

Sleep issues with iMac

I have an iMac, first gen, that when I put into sleep mode, it will wake up right away. All software is up to date, running 10.6.8.

Test after each of the following steps:
Step 1
 ▹ System Preferences ▹ Energy Saver ▹ Power Adapter ▹ Wake for network access: uncheck. You may need to unlock the preference pane by clicking the lock icon in the lower left corner and entering your administrator password.
Step 2
 ▹ System Preferences ▹ Energy Saver ▹ Schedule… ▹ Start up or wake: uncheck
Step 3
 ▹ System Preferences ▹ Print & Scan ▹ Open Print Queue...
Check all printers for unfinished jobs. Deal with any you find.
Step 4
Disconnect all wired peripherals except keyboard, mouse or trackball, and monitor, if applicable.
Step 5
Launch the Activity Monitor application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ If you’re running Mac OS X 10.7 or later, open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Activity Monitor in the page that opens.
Select All Processes from the menu in the toolbar, if not already selected. Enter “powerd” (without the quotes) in the "Filter" text field. Select the powerd process and click the Quit Process button in the toobar (stop-sign icon.) In the sheet that opens, click Force Quit. You’ll be prompted for your administrator password. The process will be relaunched immediately.
Step 6
Boot in safe mode and log in. The instructions provided by Apple are as follows:
Be sure your Mac is shut down.
Press the power button.
Immediately after you hear the startup tone, hold the Shift key. The Shift key should be held as soon as possible after the startup tone, but not before the tone.
Release the Shift key when you see the gray Apple icon and the progress indicator (looks like a spinning gear).
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal. Don’t launch any applications at first. If sleep still doesn’t work properly, back up all data and reinstall the Mac OS. After that, if you still have the issue, make a “Genius” appointment at an Apple Store to have the machine tested.
If sleep now works as expected, go on to the next step.
Step 7
Still in safe mode, launch the usual set of applications that are running when you have the problem, including your login items, one at a time, testing after each one. Some applications may not work; skip them. You might be able to identify the cause of the problem this way.
Step 8
If sleep is still working after you’ve launched all the usual applications, reboot as usual (not in safe mode) and test again. If sleep still works, you’re done, at least for the moment.
If you still have the sleep issue after booting out of safe mode, post again.

PM G4 AGP sleep issues in 10.3 Just a need to upgrade?

Hello everyone. Long time reader/lurker, first time poster (usually can solve the problems by searching, this time, no)
The concern: Are my components or OSX version too old and that this is causing the sleep issue I am having?
Well, my problem first: When I set the computer to sleep, the screen goes off, the drives spin down, but the power and system fans remain on, and the front green light remains lit. Now, I made sure all the little things were off (file sharing, firewall, fax, etc) made sure every program in the dock save the finder was quit, and set the system to sleep via the the apple menu, and via the power button on the G4.
Oh yes, I also unplugged the USB Hub as well.
The tricky part. I rebooted in OS 9 (ah the love of dual-boot) and set the system to sleep and... It worked perfectly!! the amber light, the fans all off.
So, the system specs:
Mac G4 AGP, running OS 10.3.2 (I just installed it, and I'm on a modem, and the update is over 100 MB!!), with the following original hardware: (and please forgive me if some of this is useless, but I'd like to give you all the info I can) Notice the two video cards. I purchased the machine back in the day as a pre-made order that was cancelled, I didn't configure the machine myself.
1) 1024 MB ram
2) two (2) SCSI ULVD internal HDs
3) ATI Rage 128 Pro
Type: display
Bus: AGP
Slot: SLOT-A
VRAM (Total): 16 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x5046
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-63001-108
4) ATI Rage 128
Type: display
Bus: PCI
Slot: SLOT-C
VRAM (Total): 16 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x5245
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-57407-204
5) Int. Zip,
6) Original DVD-RAM drive
Thank you all!!
-Doug

Hey all. So I removed the regular 128 video card, and unfortunately, the system fans and green light remain on. So it looks like the card is not the sole issue.
I forgot to add in my original post that the other pci card is for the scsi harddrives, here is what system profiler has: (by the way, it lists it twice, maybe b/c of the two hard drives?)
ATTO,ExpressPCIProUL2D:
Type: scsi-2
Bus: PCI
Slot: SLOT-D
Vendor ID: 0x1000
Device ID: 0x000b
ROM Revision: 1.4.3f1
Revision ID: 0x0007
SCSI Bus:
SEAGATE ST318203LW:
Capacity: 16.96 GB
Manufacturer: SEAGATE
Model: ST318203LW
Revision: 3700
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk1
OS9 Drivers: Yes
Target: 0
SCSI LUN: 0
Macintosh HD:
Capacity: 16.96 GB
Available: 4.61 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk1s6
Mount Point: /
QUANTUM ATLAS 10K 18WLS:
Capacity: 17.11 GB
Manufacturer: QUANTUM
Model: ATLAS 10K 18WLS
Revision: UCH0
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
OS9 Drivers: Yes
Target: 1
SCSI LUN: 0
Macintosh HD 2:
Capacity: 17.11 GB
Available: 722.87 MB
Writable: Yes
File System: HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s5
Mount Point: /Volumes/Macintosh HD 2
So Not sure what the issue is currently. Something with the old cards and 10.3 not flowing together correctly? Am I missing some kind of firmware update? I ran the G4 firmware update from apple before I loaded X.

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