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From: JF Mezei on 22 Feb 2010 16:55
I have a 2009 MacPro.

Is there an easy way to make it possible to remotely power on the unit ?
From: nospam on 22 Feb 2010 16:57
In article <4b82fd45$0$19131$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>, JF Mezei
<jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote:

> I have a 2009 MacPro.
>
> Is there an easy way to make it possible to remotely power on the unit ?

<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3774>
From: Jolly Roger on 22 Feb 2010 17:33
In article <4b82fd45$0$19131$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com>,
JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote:

> I have a 2009 MacPro.
>
> Is there an easy way to make it possible to remotely power on the unit ?

Power on? Not without additional hardware, such as:

<http://dataprobe.com/remote-reboot.html>

That said, you can wake a sleeping Mac, if it's connected to an Airport
base station, running Mac OS X 10.6, and is set up correctly:

<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3774>

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From: JF Mezei on 22 Feb 2010 20:51
nospam wrote:

>> Is there an easy way to make it possible to remotely power on the unit ?
>
> <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3774>

Thanks. Since I have no Airport Base station (I have a cisco router), I
can't use any of this.
From: David Empson on 22 Feb 2010 21:18
JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot(a)vaxination.ca> wrote:

> nospam wrote:
>
> >> Is there an easy way to make it possible to remotely power on the unit ?
> >
> > <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3774>
>
> Thanks. Since I have no Airport Base station (I have a cisco router), I
> can't use any of this.

In any case, it won't remotely power on the computer, only wake it from
sleep.

Some other source of "Wake on LAN" packets on your local network could
be an option (again, only if the Mac Pro is sleeping, not shut down).

Some computers are able to start up in response to Wake on LAN packets,
but I'm not aware of any Macs which can do this.

If power-on is a requirement you will probably need external hardware
assistance, which could be in the realm of a UPS that interacts with the
computer to coordinate shutting it down, then remove power from it, and
have the computer configured to power on automatically when power is
reapplied.

I haven't gone looking for anything in this area.
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