Tutorial: Preventing Portable Mac sleep problems. Sleep can be temperamental for portable Macs (iBooks, PowerBooks, MacBooks, MacBook Pros) with systems sometimes exhibiting one or more of these symptoms: Does not properly go to sleep when the lid is closed, remaining on and often resulting in an extremely hot-to-the-touch state with excessive fan activity and eventual shutdown.
Wakes from sleep inexplicably while the lid is closed, resulting in similar problems as the aforementioned Fails to properly wake from sleep, often with a completely black screen and no responsiveness This problem affects both Intel-based and PowerPC-based Mac portables. In many cases, it can be caused by interaction from peripheral devices: USB, FireWire, Bluetooth, Displays, even power connection. In other cases, power management, NVRAM or software issues are at fault. What follows is a listing of the most commonly successful workarounds for these issues, along with indications for which problems they are most likely to resolve: sudo pmset lidwake 0.
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SuspendNow! Is the only existing application that you can use to put your Mac in "Safe Sleep" mode with a simple double click without replacing the "Sleep" command of the Apple Menu. The "Safe Sleep" mode was introduced by Apple in the latest Powerbooks G4. It saves all the RAM memory datas to the Hard Disc and Shuts Down the computer, so at the next start-up the Mac starts, after some seconds, in the exact state that it was at the shutdown, with applications and documents opened, without wasting the battery, as happens when using the normal "Sleep" function, that "freezes" the RAM, continuing to use some power of the battery. Apple uses this technique, on the new PowerBooks, as a backup to the "Sleep": if the battery haven't enough power to maintain the "Sleep" status the "Safe Sleep" is activated. SuspendNow! SuspendNow! You're strongly invited to send me comments about your experience witn SuspendNow, including, if it's possible, your Mac datas.
Safe Sleep Guide for Mac OS X - BrockWoolf.com. SmartSleep. Hacking sleep part deux. How to Become an Early Riser. It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom. – Aristotle Are morning people born or made?
In my case it was definitely made. In my early 20s, I rarely went to bed before midnight, and I’d almost always sleep in late. I usually didn’t start hitting my stride each day until late afternoon. But after a while I couldn’t ignore the high correlation between success and rising early, even in my own life. . … and the next morning, I got up just before noon. Hmmm… I tried again many more times, each time not getting very far with it. It’s hard to become an early riser using the wrong strategy. The most common wrong strategy is this: You assume that if you’re going to get up earlier, you’d better go to bed earlier. It seems there are two main schools of thought about sleep patterns. The second school says you should listen to your body’s needs and go to bed when you’re tired and get up when you naturally wake up.