How to Wake Up Sleeping Lions
Every time my Mac goes to sleep in Lion, I have trouble waking it again.
Sleep troubles in Lion? Try a press on the keyboard to wake that big cat up.
Previous versions of Mac OS X often ignored taps on the trackpad or even mouse clicks while the computer was asleep, particularly with a Bluetooth connection. That appears to have changed with Lion, although you may find its behavior erratic. Have you tried pressing a key on the keyboard or even the power button itself? That’s generally a foolproof method for getting things going again, but you might also try a trackpad click instead of a tap.
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JPicc2
December 01, 2011 at 9:42am
Use the App "Caffeine" in App Store. I think it is .99 cents, and keeps you make awake the whole time you are using it. You can also add it to the menu bar (a little cup of coffee) and enable and disable it at your convenience. This way, no matter what, your Mac will constantly be on, never going to sleep while your using it.
Geoduck
December 01, 2011 at 7:26am
I had the same trouble under Snow Leopard. Turning off Safe Sleep took care of it.
installingcats.com/2008/05/23/how-to-turn-off-safe-sleep/I'm adding this to the long list of reasons I'm in no hurry to upgrade to Lion
BMWTwisty
November 30, 2011 at 12:22pm
I try key presses, swipes on my MacBook trackpad, clicks on the trackpad, swipes and clicks on my Magic Keypad, hitting the screen - eventually it works. It's not as instantaneous as in Snow Leopard. Very anoying.
Carsten Legaard
November 30, 2011 at 11:21am
Did you forget to finish this how-to? None of the above mentioned solutions works on the Lion of mine ...
pbasker
December 03, 2011 at 1:42pm
I think they started to drink the eggnog early. This is a very annoying bug and the only solution I have found has been a hard restart. Even that is a clunky process.
Seems to happen ore often when I plug in a keyboard to my laptop.
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