Should I sleep HD and monitor?

I have a program that will shut down if the computer goes to sleep. My energy settings are:
Turn display off after 1hr
- Prevent computer from sleeping auto when the display is off (I'm not sure this makes any since if I have the monitor turning off after 1hr?)
- Put hard disks to sleep when possible
- Wake for network access
- Enable Power Nap
At night, I lock the screen so the monitor isn't affected right (same as sleep)?
I have an SD HD. Is there any reason to put the HD to sleep?
I'm trying to figure out if I need to put anything to sleep so the program above will remain open. I can always set the screensaver (for when I'm gone).

Hi thanks for your reply but can you be more specific .. I am new with apple thing
Is it okay if I often shutdown the Mbp (2 or 3 times a day) ?.. I travel a lot

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Hello guys,
I have the following problem with my Mac Pro (Early 08) and MacBook Pro 2.33 GHz. Both are Mac OS X 10.5.4.
I have installed the latest Security Update 2008-005. After installation both computers have similar problem with Screensaver and display sleep mode. Both simple don't start. I mean that my laptop and desktop computer don't start screensaver and after some time they don't turn off attached monitor (respectively built-in display).
I also tried to change time of both things (screensaver time and "monitor sleeping mode" time) to different time. I also restarted both computers few times already.
My laptop seems working after these "changes and restarts", but Mac Pro doesn't. Monitor is always on.
Please, do you have any info regarding this? I am quite possitive it was caused by mentioned security update, since before that update, both worked perfectly.
Thank you for any help.

Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Create a new account, name it "test" and see how your monitor and screensaver work in that User acct? (That will tell if your problem is systemwide or limited to your User acct.) This account is just for test, do nothing further with it.
Open System Preferences >> Accounts >> "+" make it an admin account.
If the problem is present in the test account also, then it is systemwide. In this case try repairing this with the 10.5.4 Combo Update . This is a fuller install, as opposed to an incremental "delta" update so it should overwrite any files that are damaged or missing. It does not matter if you have applied it before.
Remember to Verify Disk before update and repair permissions after update from /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility.
If the problem does not appear in the test account try starting in "Safe Mode" (It will take a bit more time to startup because it runs a directory check first).
If that works go to System Preferences >> Accounts >> Login Items and remove them. Boot normally and test. If there are still problems, go to ~(yourHome)/Library/Contextual Menu Items and move whatever is there to the desktop. Then do the same with /Library/Contextual Menu Items. Lastly, try moving /Users/Home)/Library/Fonts to your desktop and restarting.
Log out/in or restart, if that sorts it start putting items back one at a time until you find the culprit.
Let us know.
-mj
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The button on my Ipod Touch (the big one just below the screen) will not work when I press it. Nothing happens, when before it would wake my IPod out of sleep mode, and exit out of programs I was using. Now, no reactions. What should I do?

The button on my Ipod Touch (the big one just below the screen) will not work when I press it. Nothing happens, when before it would wake my IPod out of sleep mode, and exit out of programs I was using (ex. ITunes or Safari to main screen) . Now, no reactions. When I press the button, it appears to be more indented then it was before. What should I do? Do I need to get it fixed or replaced, or is this a problem I can fix on my own? Whatever it is, I really need some advice. Thanks in advance.

Try:
fix for Home button
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- If you have iOS 5 and later you can turn on Assistive Touch it add the Home and other buttons to the iPods screen. Settings>General>Accessibility>Assistive Touch
- If not under warranty Apple will exchange your iPod for a refurbished one for:
Apple - Support - iPod - Repair pricing
You can do it an an Apple store by:
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar
or sent it in to Apple. See:
Apple - Support - iPod - Service FAQ
- There are third-party places like the following that will repair the Home button. Google for more.
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HT201274 what should i do if i interrupted the erase all content process from my ipod i pressed sleep button and menu button for 10 seconds

please help here i just interrupted the process of erasing all content from my ipod it took almost 10 hours then i got worried from waiting i pressed both sleep button and menu button for 10 seconds while in process what should i do?

After charging the iPod for at least an hour try:
- Reset iPod touch: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Connect to computer and restore via iTunes
- Next see if placing the iPod in Recovery mode will allow a restore.
- Then try DFU mode and a restore.
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Power Settings, computer and monitor will not go to sleep

My computer and monitor will not go into sleep mode enventhough I have the power options set to do so in 30 minutes

Hello @Andrea1023,
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I understand that your computer is not going into sleep mode when it is supposed to, but before and you require assistance. I would be happy to assist you, but first I would encourage you to post your product number for your computer. I am linking an HP Support document below that will show you how to find your product number. As well, if you could indicate which operating system you are using. And whether your operating system is 32-bit or 64-bit as with this and the product number I can provide you with accurate information.
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HP pavillion Elite HPE-541F ... system will not start and monitor keeps going into sleep mode

Good Morning:
Having an issue with my Hp Pavilion Elite HPE-541F and Monitor HP2311x
Yesterday, thinking I was updating Java ... clicked on it and agreed to things being allowed on computer ... started adding icons to my desktop .... then pop ups kept coming up to register etc ... I assumed that something was wrong so I attempted to restore system to previous ... since then my system will not boot up ... will say "starting windows" and I can hear the fans working but thats it ... second part of the issue is that the monitor keeps going to sleep, so even if I try to restart the computer in "safe" mode or anything else monitor goes to sleep and there's nothing on the screen so don't know if anything is doing anything .... Very sorry I'm also not very tech savy with computers ... just trying to save time and money before I have to bring system to computer repair person .... Any help would be appreciated .... Thanks so very much

I am sorry, but to get your issue more exposure, I would suggest posting it in the commercial forums, since this is a commercial product. You can do this at
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Business-PCs-Compaq-Elite-Pro/bd-p/bsc-271
and for the monitor:
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Monitors-Experts-Online-Now/bd-p/bsc-1255
I hope this helps!
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[SOLVED] systemd-udevd using 100% CPU and monitors go to sleep on boot

Hi,
Turned my PC on this morning to find an issue with the monitors going to sleep immediately after booting. The boot process is usually slim autologin to a cinnamon session. I can see as far as entering my LUKS passphrase, followed by a few additional lines, followed by blank monitors and monitors entering power saving mode.
Booting with nomodeset on the kernel command line allows me to boot to a terminal and I can login etc, but obviously X doesn't start. I'm using xf86-video-ati drivers.
When booting with KMS enabled I also have a runaway systemd-udevd process which is thrashing my processor and I'm unable to kill it (I've tried kill -9 and still it persists).
The PC was working fine when I shut it down last night. No updates have been performed since, and no configuration changes have been made. I did notice that the power management dialog in the settings failed to open though.
Any suggestions would be welcome please, as I've now lost half a day trying to get this resolved.
TIA
X.
Edit: I've also tried downgrading xserver to 1.15, xf86-video-ati and the associated dependencies with no change.
Edit2: I've also disabled slim and rebooted and the same thing happens - so I don't believe it's an issue with X but with KMS.
Edit3: Booting with acpi=off on the kernel command line also fails with the same result.
Last edited by xanthi (2014-07-30 13:55:58)

Turned out to be an issue with libdrm. Apparently I had run some updates yesterday before shutting down, but they didn't appear in pacman.log; instead I found them by looking in the pacman package cache and found:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 110072 Jul 29 22:59 lib32-libdrm-2.4.56-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 160996 Jul 29 22:55 libdrm-2.4.56-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz
Downgraded [lib32-]libdrm packages to 2.4.54-1, rebooted, and success.

Monitor goes into sleep mode and will not wake up

My monitor goes to sleep and will not wake up. I try powering off and that will not respond. I have to unplug the workstation and start back up. I have turn off sleep to never sleep and now it just goes to sleep when Im working.

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I have read your post on how your monitor goes into sleep mode and will not wake up, and I would be happy to assist you in this matter!
To rule out any sleep mode issues with the monitor, I am providing you with some steps you can try below:
Step 1. Unplug the power cord from the back of the monitor and the wall
Step 2. Hold the power button down for at least one minute
Step 3. Plug the power cord back into the monitor and then into the wall outlet (not a power bar or surge protector)
Step 4. Press the Menu button on the monitor
Step 5. Navigate to the Factory Reset option and select it
Step 6. Try a different cable connecting your monitor to your computer
If the above steps did not resolve your issue you can try the monitor on a computer or other device to see if the issue persists. Please call our technical support at 800-474-6836. If you live outside the US/Canada Region, please click the link below to get the support number for your region.
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/contact-hp/ww-phone-assist.html
To further diagnose a possible hibernation issue with your desktop, I recommend following the steps in this document on Troubleshooting sleep and hibernate issues (Windows 7). I also recommend following the steps below to reset your system's power management settings:
Step 1. Click the Start button
Step 2. In the search box, type "Command Prompt"
Step 3. Right-click Command Prompt
Step 4. Click Run as administrator
Step 5. At the command prompt, type powercfg /restoredefaultschemes and press Enter
reference: http://superuser.com/questions/669571/windows-8-1-64-bit-power-schemes-gone
Please re-post with the results of your troubleshooting, and I look forward to your reply!
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Monitor will only show sleep mode and nothing else

monitor showing only sleep mode and I have turned off and I have tryed to restart but no scrren but sleep mode.

Could be different things: Cable, video-socket in computer, or the monitor itself.
do you have the option of trying another cable or another monitor?
Perhaps go to a friend and see if they can help you.
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MBPro and monitor not staying asleep; new problem

Suddenly my new MBPro and its 24" monitor won't stay asleep!.
I ordinarily use the 24" monitor, leaving lid on my MBPro shut.
At night, I choose 'sleep" from the Apple menu and the mac and monitor sleep.
Suddenly, past couple of days, when I do this,
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I've got a very the similar problem. Brand new iMac 24" that shipped with Leopard -- my first Mac after jumping ship fom the Windoze side.
I had iTunes updating it's album artwork and since it was taking a while, I went to bed. When I turned out my light, I realized the screen had not yet gone to sleep (a good 15 minutes after it should have). So I set up a Hot Corner to put the display to sleep. When I put the mouse there, the monitor would go to sleep, but wake up within 10 seconds. At first I thought it was just the mouse moving as I walked away, but it wasn't.
I ended up turning the computer off because the big beautiful screen was throwing too much light. Since, I rarely turn my computers off and they're usually doing SOMETHING, this is really annoying.
Admittedly, I haven't tried some othe the potential solutions above, but this has to be the same bug. Screen saver stays on, monitor comes out of sleep.
Any help would be.....well.....helpful.
Ian

ITUNES WONT OPEN UNLESS I GO INTO SLEEP MODE AND THEN WAKE.

I recently update to itunes 11. the problem is when it wont open unless i go into sleep mode and then wake the pc from it. Steps first double click on itunes to open it. nothing pops up. in task manager it shows that itunes is running. i press the power button to put the laptop into sleep mode. after about a minute i wake the computer again. wallah itunes is suddenly open. its almost as the sleep mode allows it to open. i dont know what to do ive tried everything. HELP PLEASE!!

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I have an iPod Touch 4th generation with iOS 5.1.1
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- Unless you use bluetooth, airplane mode and wifi off are the same as regards to battery drain. I like use airplane mode sinc that is directly under Settings.
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My ipod touch is frozen on a screen with the ipod logo and the usb charger cable...i cannot get rid of it...i let the battery die...i held the sleep button and the power buttons..anyone have any ideas?

my ipod touch is frozen... the screen has a picture of the itunes logo and a usb charger. I have held the sleep button and the power button to reset and i have let the battery die and started to recharge...niether worked. any ideas???

Try charing it to 50% at least.
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I used to transport my MBP by closing the lid and putting it in my backpack. Recently, however, it started to overheat when I do that. At first I thought it was some bug, maybe it hadn't gone to sleep properly. But then it happened again. I started to manually putting it to sleep before closing the lid, but no luck. It happened again. It happened 3 or 4 times in about 2 months and then the computer stopped working properly and I had to take it to professionals. They said I should NEVER put it in my backpack in sleep mode. Maybe if it's a 5min trip only, but not otherwise. They said the hard disk is not completely shut off in this mode and so carrying it around in movement may damage it. They checked my computer and said that indeed it was a hard disk problem, and that now that it was changed it's working fine. They said I should always shut it down before transporting it, which is a pain. (I live in Rio and it's above 30ºC most of the year, maybe that contributes to these heating problems, don't know…)
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The Expert, Professional, you spoke to has NO clue. When any computer is put to Sleep, irrespective of what OS is installed (OS X or Windows) and what version of that OS, the only part that is supposed to be kept alive is the RAM and even that will go to sleep and dump it's contents onto the hard drive after an extended period of time if the system also has the hibernation mode set to do so. It then goes into a Deep Sleep state basically turning off completely.
I suspect what you are seeing it the system is trying to go from standard sleep mode to the Deep Sleep Hibernate mode and when that happens it must partially wake up to write the RAM data to the hard drive. At that point your system is not going back into either sleep mode or the Deep Sleep mode and that is when it heats up.
There are also many reports of Mac's of all ages crashing when trying to wake up from sleep and most of the time this is after it has gone into the Deep Sleep state and when you try to wake it the system doesn't or can't put back into the RAM the data that was written to the hard drive causing the system to hang and force a hard shutdown and restart.
I personally solve that problem by turning off the Hibernate system and deleting the Sleep Image file that is used to store the RAM data. So my MBP never going into that Deep Sleep state and I have never had a problem waking it whether after a few minutes or a day or so of being asleep. And it has never woken up on its own in my computer bag.
But to answer your question, statement from that Professional, the hard drive turns off completely when the system is put to sleep.

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