"Smarter" Sleep?
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From: Roger on 5 Mar 2010 21:08 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 --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net ---
From: Lao Ming on 6 Mar 2010 18:18 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?
From: Mike Lane on 7 Mar 2010 02:40 Roger wrote on Mar 6, 2010: > 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, > I use Caffeine to stop my computer going to sleep when anything critical is going on. A very useful little utility - it does one thing very efficiently: http://www.lightheadsw.com/caffeine/ -- Mike Lane UK North Yorkshire email: mike_lane at mac dot com
From: Roger on 7 Mar 2010 08:37 In article <0001HW.C7B9090800005C32B01029BF(a)news.virginmedia.com>, Mike Lane <mike.lane.usenet(a)ntlworld.co.uk> wrote: > Roger wrote on Mar 6, 2010: > > > 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, > > > > I use Caffeine to stop my computer going to sleep when anything critical is > going on. A very useful little utility - it does one thing very efficiently: > http://www.lightheadsw.com/caffeine/ I'll give it a try. Thanks! Rog --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net ---
From: Daniel Cohen on 7 Mar 2010 15:33 Mike Lane <mike.lane.usenet(a)ntlworld.co.uk> wrote: > Roger wrote on Mar 6, 2010: > > > 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, > > > > I use Caffeine to stop my computer going to sleep when anything critical is > going on. A very useful little utility - it does one thing very efficiently: > http://www.lightheadsw.com/caffeine/ Caffeine is neat. A menu bar item that is turned on and off with a single click. It can also be Applescripted. Another option is Jiggler. It's a straightforward app, which preferences, so it can be set to run only when certain apps are running. Officially Energy Saver sets the machine to sleep after a specified period during which there is "no keyboard or mouse activity and no hard drive activity". So in the situations Roger describes Energy Saver *ought not* to put the machine to sleep, as the hard drive is active (either reading or writing). In practice this just doesn't seem to work well for many people, though others have o trouble. 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. I've used a program that forces sleep, Please Sleep, to solve this issue. But Please Sleep (and one or two other programs I've looked at) puts the machine to sleep if there has been no keyboard or mouse activity for the specified period, even if the hard drive has been active. So it's the same as Roger's situation, and I have to use Jiggler or Caffeine to prevent sleep when I want that. -- <http://www.decohen.com> Send e-mail to the Reply-To address. Mail to the From address is never read.
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