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From: SpaceMarine on 8 Mar 2010 18:01
On Mar 7, 2:33 pm, dcohens...(a)talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) wrote:

> I've actually had the opposite problem. For some reason (and there have
> been various reasons suggested, but I've not been able to find the
> cause) my machine just won't sleep.

ive had this problem on my Intel Core Duo 2 iMac as well. and ive
watched it suddenly wake up for no apparent reason whatsoever. my MBP
doesnt ever seem to sleep. and ive seen a friend's new iMac simply
refuse to sleep - even when told to.

ive never felt the mac sleep features worked as well as they should.
From: Ed Anson on 9 Mar 2010 19:25
Lao Ming wrote:
> On Mar 5, 6:08 pm, Roger <ro...(a)roger.net> wrote:
>> I'm always surprised my MacBook Pro goes to sleep at inopportune times,
>> such as in the middle of an upload (sometimes breaking the upload), in
>> the middle of recording a video, in the middle of transferring files,
>> etc. I'd think a modern computer would be smart enough to tell itself,
>> "hey, I'm uploading a file--now's not a good time to go to sleep."
>>
>> I can see where this can be set manually in the Energy Saver, but it
>> seems like my computer should be smart enough to know when it's not a
>> good idea to go to sleep, dim the screen, etc.
>>
>> Am I missing anything? Thanks,
>>
>> Rog
>
> What's even worse is that Apple can prevent screen grabs while DVD
> Player is operating but can't prevent the Screen Saver from
> interrupting your movie. Now I could understand if it were one
> programmer who just didn't think of it when the software was
> introduced but a team of probably more than 50 programmers after
> multiple updates of the software?

I routinely watch DVDs on my MBP and it never engages the screen saver
while I'm watching. Some streaming video sites are the same. But other
video streams are vulnerable to screen dimming, etc. I just figure that
the application is doing something different.
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