Apple TV, iPad, iPhone home sharing how to wake a sleeping mac from these devices? Can wake from iMac using remote desktop fine.
Hello all!
To give you an over view of system I have, iMac, Mac Mini, Apple TV 3, ipad 1, IPhone 4.
I have all music and video stored on the mac mini that is in the roof and I control it using apple remote desktop from my iMac. I can wake it no problem etc and I have now been using it with home sharing and it works fantasticly with the apple tv and ipad etc but the issue is as follows.
How can I wake the mac mini in the roof from the apple tv when it dissapears off the ipad / apple tv when it goes to sleep?
Its the only issue I can see in an amazing setup that I think apple needs to advertise more as its flipping brilliant!
I hope you can help me with this other wise I will have to leave the mini on 24/7 which is poor!
Please don't say turn wake fromlan on the mini as its on and working.
Thanks for any help!!
Spoony
This problem, for reasons unknown to me, has resolved itself on its own. After several attempts finally everything decided to work. How does stuff like this happen? Thank you.
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