Home Sharing, Sleep Proxy, ATV3, Mac Mini 10.8.2
Hi All,
Every 15 minutes, my mac mini cuts off iTunes from my ATV 3. I've timed it.
The ATV and Mini are connected via Wi-Fi and n Time Capsule with the latest firware. Network is silly fast. (Ethernet is not an option for these two devices)
This issue appears to coincide with the Mini going in to sleep mode - as set by the defaults in Energy Saver.
I've read the "Troubleshooting Home Sharing" article and yes, wake for network access is checked. I've unchecked it, then re-checked it. In fact, if I go back to the ATV and hit Play again on my music playlist, it starts up again - meaning this activates the bonjour sleep proxy as expected, no?
So, how do I stop the Mini from cutting it off in the first place? Why does the Mini go to sleep, when an ATV is streaming from it? It seems to me it should be aware of this...
Yes, I suppose I could tell the Mini never to go to sleep, but this is not a good solution for the life of the unit and is a waste of power.
Worse, this is happening on a just finished bare metal install of 10.8.2 and latest iTunes update in this Mini (I wanted to start from scratch for other reasons)
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
Stu
Mine will wake too - the issue is it cutting iTunes off after 15 minutes.
I have just UNchecked the setting to put hard disk to sleep "if possible" and so far, ok. Power settings remain the same. the iTunes Library in on a raided firwire external setup (as it has always been), so maybe this will do the trick.
Will report back the results.
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