Thanks Chris. Posted on Jul 12, AM. Page content loaded. I understand that you would like to make sure that your computer still completes processes while you are not at the computer. This option is located in your Energy Saver settings, as seen in this article:. Jul 14, AM. Jan 29, PM in response to braden85 In response to braden I did that and it put my iMac into the 'black screen of death' and took a while for me to fix it.
Jan 29, PM. If Mac's are 'smart' that's what we should expect. Oct 16, AM in response to jezza. Amazing, right? The sleep mode is not a mandatory feature. But it is quite handy for Mac computer owners who have to take breaks occasionally and forget to switch off their devices.
So, how do you set this mode on your Mac computer? Simply do the following:. The sleep mode is only an optional feature, but it is quite handy for Mac users who need to regularly take a break from using their devices yet forget to switch them off. So, you have just upgraded to High Sierra or Mojave and your computer has entered sleep mode.
Now, you are faced with a sleep-wake failure issue. What should you do? There is a way to fix MacBook sleep-wake failures. Before you do anything, you need to check the most obvious possibilities. Is your screen brightness set to a minimum?
Is your Mac computer powered on? If you are using an external display, is it actually switched on? Is your Mac plugged into a power source? If you are using a MacBook, is the battery drained? Did you press the Power button? Can your system detect the signal sent by your Power button?
Oftentimes, your Mac computer may not be in sleep mode. It is possible that its screen brightness might just be adjusted down lower. With an Apple TV its even worse. I got used to restarting iTunes before I started watching a movie to reset the connection but with the release of iTunes 11 the Mac even falls to sleep while I am already watching the movie! I have wake on lan activated like the Apple support side say but it just doesn't matter.
For the general case, the easiest thing to do is not let your computer sleep. If that's too extreme, you could move the slider to 3 hours which will keep your computer doing whatever it's doing for at least 3 hours after you leave it. Either way, you can still let the display sleep to save power and the computer will look like it's sleeping.
Specific to AppleTV streaming, there appears to be a bug in iTunes Update iTunes This should fix the AppleTV streaming problem. Set up a hot corner to disable the screen saver. Seems to have done the trick for me. Sign up to join this community. I didn't try on Quicktime Player, and for now, I did not have the "Still watching" prompt. Oh that happens when YouTube is long away from focus, say different space or minimised. Ah yes got it, thanks for the info! That's why I adviced to keep the focus on the Youtube tab so these kind of things would not occur :p — Gregordy.
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