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Lack of Sleep

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Sirus2400

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I have a fairly new MBP (about 1 month old), and when I put it to sleep via the power button, with the clamshell open, it takes about 30 seconds to go to sleep. If I close it, it goes to sleep immediately. Is this normal?

On my old Ti Powerbook, if I put it to sleep via the power button, it would sleep almost immediately.
 
Apple Ink

Apple Ink

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Must be due to a process which is taking time to be killed!
Are you running something in the background?
 
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Sirus2400

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Apple Ink said:
Must be due to a process which is taking time to be killed!
Are you running something in the background?
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SMC fan control is about it that I know of. I'll have to check when I get home. I noticed today that it also takes some time to eject my thumb drive
 
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Sirus2400

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Apple Ink said:
Must be due to a process which is taking time to be killed!
Are you running something in the background?
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OK, so I looked at system processes and noticed that there are a few PPC processes running. Is this normal on a new C2D machine? I have the latest MBP, but migrated from a TiBook.
 
Apple Ink

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Sirus2400 said:
OK, so I looked at system processes and noticed that there are a few PPC processes running. Is this normal on a new C2D machine? I have the latest MBP, but migrated from a TiBook.
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Yes thats normal... but... they should be really few! Why dont you list em' here so that we can have a look at it!
 
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Sirus2400

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Ok, powerPC Processes:
Magic Menu
Microsoft AU Daemon
Archive Assistant Scheduler
MagicMenuHotKeyDaemon (Not Responding)
StuffItAVRDaemon

After typing the above up I thought to quit the process that wasn't responding and sleep worked after a few seconds. Anyone know what this process is, if/how I can remove it?
 
ntrigue

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Sirus2400 said:
thought to quit the process that wasn't responding and sleep worked after a few seconds
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Success! So are these here because you used the Migration Assistant from a TiBook? I would recommend some organization and then a Erase & Install.

Also thought I'd chime in a suggest a hot corner to sleep the screen; mine takes less than a second on my MBA.
 
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RITZFit

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Just around the river bend
I used to have a problem w/ mine going to sleep. Usually it would take a while and sometimes it wouldn't sleep at all, just stay in a zombie state which I had to hard reset the computer to fix. I ended up disabling "safe sleep" through the terminal and now it sleeps instantly, all the time. It just won't remeber what windows I had open at the time but I don't care.
 
Apple Ink

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Sirus2400 said:
Exactly. So does anyone know if I can remove this process without harming anything? If so, how?
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Seems you have Stuffit Deluxe and.... er..... probably some HotKey Software!

If Im correct.... you'll have to experiment by uninstalling these apps one-by-one and check! Also, the apps might be conflicting so check for that as well!
 
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Sirus2400

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Apple Ink said:
Seems you have Stuffit Deluxe and.... er..... probably some HotKey Software!

If Im correct.... you'll have to experiment by uninstalling these apps one-by-one and check! Also, the apps might be conflicting so check for that as well!
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Ok, so I figured out that Magicmenuhotkeydaemon is a part of Stuffit Deluxe. Does anyone know if I can remove just this part of SID?
 
Apple Ink

Apple Ink

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Sirus2400 said:
Ok, so I figured out that Magicmenuhotkeydaemon is a part of Stuffit Deluxe. Does anyone know if I can remove just this part of SID?
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Why dont you do something: In Sys Pref, accouunt, login items check for 'Magic Menu'. If its there just delete it! Reboot.

Also, mention the contents of your startup list here!
 
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Sirus2400

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Apple Ink said:
Why dont you do something: In Sys Pref, accouunt, login items check for 'Magic Menu'. If its there just delete it! Reboot.

Also, mention the contents of your startup list here!
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Got it removed. Now I dont have a hot key for sutffit (Up near clock), but that doesn't bother me at all... My other startup applications are:
iTunes Helper
Microsoft AU Daemon
Archive Assistant
StuffitAVRDaemon
System Events
smcFanControl

Thanks for your help AppleInk
 
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