IMac sleeping before set time
I've been noticing that my 20" Intel iMac is falling asleep before the time I set it to go to sleep. For example, I have my iMac set to sleep after 3 hours of being idle, however, there are times where at around 45 mins, it will be sleeping. It's kind of annoying so does any one have any fixes or ideas?
Thanks!!!!
Hi - go to
System Preferences > Energy Saver > Sleep > Do you have the "Put Hard Disk To Sleep When Possible" checked, if so try unchecking and see what happens... Good luck, Rick
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