I have a mini mac that when in sleep or log off gets lost.

I Never tried this in 10 or 15 years. Now is a good as a time as ever.
I have a mini mac, nice little guy or gal if you are a girl.
     When I put in on log out and it sits for a while sometimes a long time sometimes for a short time.
          long time all day, short time 30 minutes or less.
     The little rainbow circle comes out and that's it gang. It needs rebooting.
                    Is there something that can change it to waking up like I do. Alert !!!
Well, that's it.
Love and Hugs
Jim Deaton

Hi Jim,
See if it's related to this...
It also seems to be related to later OSX versions, like 10.8.x & 10.9.x
The 2012 macs (and later apparently) (also later OSX versions on earlier Macs can do it also), not waking normally from sleep after hours being in sleep. (noted here ...
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/archives/feb13/022813.html#2012macswontwake
"Why 2012 iMac/2012 Mac Mini won't Wake After Hours of Sleep (Hibernates/Powers Off)")
The sleepimage file still reappears even if never slept. Delete it (hibernate off, etc) - within minutes its back.
A note on that here - http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/feedback/Chameleon_SSD_Optimizer.html
About iMac sleep...
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1529750
Try this: "sudo pmset autopoweroff 0" and "sudo pmset standby 0"
http://xlr8yourmac.com/archives/sep13/091313.html#10.8.5SleepEjectTip

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