Back To My Mac; does it wake the iMac from sleep?

Back To My Mac sounds promising. But, it is nowhere mentioned whether it wakes the Mac up from sleep or even starts it up when contacted from afar? If not, it is not that useful!

From teh users guide here (it's a .pdf) -> http://images.apple.com/dotmac/docs/L358808ABackMacUG.pdf
"*Adjust sleep settings*
Back to My Mac can connect to your remote computer only if it is awake. If your computer is in sleep mode, it does not automatically wake up when you try to connect using Back to My Mac."

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It's possible that, if your internal HD is the one that shipped with your MBP in 2010, it may be failing. If it keeps needing repairs, that is probably a sign that it is approaching the end of its useful life.
Have you run Disk Utility's Repair tool on the external drive as well?
I mentioned the hub because some people have reported here that attaching their USB 3 drives through a USB 2 hub solved some disconnection problems. A good-quality powered USB 2 hub won't cost much.
My most recent brush with random disconnections involved a nice new OWC drive enclosure. I used the cable that came with the drive, but the drive kept disconnecting. Using a different cable solved the problem. You wouldn't expect that what appeared to be a high quality cable would be a problem straight out of the box, but it was.

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Been waiting along time for this problem to be fixed. Unfortunately the update hasn't help at all and even made the situation worse. Now my airplay connection from iMac to stereo abruptly stops after about 10-15 min. so I have to go over and quit wifi, start it up and find my airport network. Not sure why it always has a problem with the apple airport network. My neighbor's pc network is always there.

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Hi nihow-
But you are not done.
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Hi I hve the same problem mi MacBook Pro doeas that, the sound that makes is the one I have for default, Funk (for example if my computer sleeping with the screen open and I press any key on the keybord it makes that sound) if you want you can try this, to chek if that is the sound that you heare, close all the windows and try to use expose.
remember the sound that you are going to heare is the one that you have for default.
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Recently when my IMAC is either intentionally placed in Sleep Mode of when it goes to that state through inactivity, I find that I am unable to wake the machine up. The sleep mode indicator like goes out, the machine is running, but, nothing can bring the screen up short of pulling out the power cord, reinserting it into a source of power and then pressing the power button in the rear of the unit. The problem is not constant in that it does not occur all the time.

At this point I think you should get Applejack...
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/19596
After installing, Reboot holding down CMD+s, (+s), then when the DOS like prompt shows, type in...
applejack AUTO
Then let it do all 5 of it's things.
The 5 things it does are...
Correct any Disk problems.
Repair Permissions.
Clear out Cache Files.
Repair/check several plist files.
Dump the VM files for a fresh start.
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After I put my iMac to sleep the keyboard or mouse won't wake it up. I have to push the power button to awaken it. Wake from sleep is enabled in bluetooth preferences so that is not the problem. Otherwise keyboard and mouse are working fine. Any help would be appreciated.

Regrettably, I can't offer a solution to the problem stated in the title. Instead, I experience the same problem.
Wireless Mighty Mouse circa 2007
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Digging deeper
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If you are having issues pairing your devices via Bluetooth to your car stereo, you may find the following articles helpful:
iOS: Troubleshooting car stereo connections
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3581
iOS: Troubleshooting Bluetooth connections
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4562
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if you decide to go back to default 10 minutes, just run this command:
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