Software

Discussions between 03 August 2006 and 17 October 2010.
Subject

Odd sleep behaviour on MacPro

“But every now and then (I think it is after a reboot), going to sleep results in the ethernet going off which causes all the remote X windows to timeout and be lost.”

Sleep problem

“when I put it to sleep, screen goes to black, amber light beats, but the hard disc keeps spinning.”

WakeOnLAN across WAN

“I can get it to work on the LAN, but can't get it to work across the WAN to wake my father's computer.”

Power-Line Ethernet: How Secure? Interference?

“How secure is power-line-based Ethernet? Does it hose up radios and such?”

What to Do With Battery That Just Arrived

“with the new battery, would it degrade if I let it sit in the box for a while before starting to use it?”

Battery Problem, MacBookPro

“When I disconnect and work outside, very soon the computer shuts down as if the battery was low, even if it is at 70%.”

airport network no longer defaults properly after wake-up

“when my MBP wakes from sleep it no longer defaults the wireless network. I have to select one manually from the AirPort menu icon.”

[ANN] Power Manager 3.5 - Reduce Your Mac's Energy Costs

“The new version of Power Manager makes energy saving easy.”

"Wake for Ethernet Network Administrator Access"? (how to use)

“It is necessary to send a "Wake on LAN" packet somehow, but can't find out how to do that, despite searching Google.”

"shutdown" does "restart"

“The computer does the usual shutdown routine; it goes quiet for a few seconds; and it starts booting up again.”