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A Closer Look at Snow Leopard's Wake on Demand Feature

ebika said:
The MobileMe preferences pane has an answer to my question too...

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That's pretty cool. Also, I RTFM'd this page: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3774 . It actually describes Back to My Mac waking.
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I just tried this from my office iMac; it seems to work fine. I was able to connect via both file-sharing and screen-sharing methods.
 
So, what about Time Machine? I can imagine this being in some way useful for Time Machine to access shared volumes on a network.
 
D.R. said:
So, what about Time Machine? I can imagine this being in some way useful for Time Machine to access shared volumes on a network.
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Yes, run "Wake for Ethernet network access" on a Mac that has a shared drive (AFP) on your network, and it will wake when the other hosts back up to it. That's what I am doing with my Mac Mini. The reality is that throughout the evening it will never sleep (one of our laptops will be backing up at any time) but an hour after everyone in the house is asleep and our laptops are off, the mini will sleep too.
 
After getting my copy of Snow Leopard delivered this morning this was one of the first features i wanted to try... After a few reboots of all of my devices (MacPro, AppleTV and AEBS) i got this working... Fantastic feature! I can now set my MacPro to sleep whenever it's not in use and my AppleTV and FrontRow on my MacBook Pro wake it up automatically when i try and access iTunes content on it... Works seamlessly so far... Brilliant! Snow Leopard is worth every penny for this feature alone :)
 
I peed myself a little when I heard this worked with Apple TV (I've been hoping they'd make the feature, but never suspected they'd actually do it), and I was wondering if anyone has tested if the wake feature works when using the iPhone's "Remote" application to stream music to an Airport Express.

Does "Remote" wake a Mac to stream music to an Airport Express?
 
I have a wired connection, have enabled it in Energy Preferences, have Screen Sharing setup on my MBP and I can't get it to awake for the life of me? I have my Airport Extreme Base Station forwarding port 5900 to my MBP, so it should work locally as well as from an outside connection (and it does flawlessly when the machine isn't sleeping) but I can't get "Wake On Demand" to work at all -- any ideas?
 
Quillz said:
I just find myself wondering if it's truly a technical limitation or just a way for Apple to increase sales of the AirPort Extreme Base Station.
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I wonder the same thing. My Mac Pro does not support wake-on-wireless. I'm curious to know WHY. What particular piece of hardware is missing? It's not really a big deal. I just reconfigured my network by hooking the Mac Pro to the Airport Extreme base station via ethernet. Now I can use wake on demand when file sharing with MBP (which DOES support wake-on-wireless.)
 
Wake on Demand

No doubt this is a great feature for SL, however if we are to believe the rumors of upcoming media tablets/ipads etc, then you can see how this will interact to enable remote access to your library and maybe even allow streaming to your new 10" inch portable media screen!!!

This would allow it to run a smaller SSD, with online access to your library using BackToMyMac and Wake on Demand.

This may also explain why Apple got SL out ahead of schedule ready for the 9th!!.
 
So would this make it so I can stream movies that are in my iTunes library but not synced to my Apple TV as they are stored on my Time Capsule while my MacBook Pro is asleep? Will I have to have iTunes open? :confused:

It would be even nicer if my Apple TV could do that even when my MacBook Pro is not on!
 
this is a pretty good feature. I just got it to work. I wasn't even aware of this until a few hours ago. The $30 for Snow Leopard, seems to be worth it.
 
apple store down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

apple store down!

sorry had to get somebodys attention

it is a very cool feature
 
Am I correct in assuming this won't work with a 13" MBP running SL and a late model AEBS to wake up a G5 Quad running Leopard? Do both machines have to be running SL?
 
MacFly123 said:
So would this make it so I can stream movies that are in my iTunes library but not synced to my Apple TV as they are stored on my Time Capsule while my MacBook Pro is asleep? Will I have to have iTunes open? :confused:

It would be even nicer if my Apple TV could do that even when my MacBook Pro is not on!
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Sadly not :( AppleTV needs iTunes running... It can't just access files on a network drive. This is madness though as frontrow can! putting the feature in would be such a small change to the software but would make a massive difference to so many users, I really don't understand why apple hasn't done it... :(
 
Bevz said:
Sadly not :( AppleTV needs iTunes running... It can't just access files on a network drive. This is madness though as frontrow can! putting the feature in would be such a small change to the software but would make a massive difference to so many users, I really don't understand why apple hasn't done it... :(
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Same frustration here.

Also frustrated that the connection between an ATV and iTunes is so flimsy. This wake on ethernet feature actually being useful after it existing for 40 years is great! But after a while the ATV, while it wakes the mac, doesn't ever connect to iTunes until I exit and start iTunes again. THis problem existed before already, it just took a lot longer to notice because I didn't sleep my mac very often.

I hope Apple gets more complaints about this stability problem and issues a fix now that it's more meaningful.
 
zacheryjensen said:
Same frustration here.

Also frustrated that the connection between an ATV and iTunes is so flimsy. This wake on ethernet feature actually being useful after it existing for 40 years is great! But after a while the ATV, while it wakes the mac, doesn't ever connect to iTunes until I exit and start iTunes again. THis problem existed before already, it just took a lot longer to notice because I didn't sleep my mac very often.

I hope Apple gets more complaints about this stability problem and issues a fix now that it's more meaningful.
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yes your right, iTunes sometimes looses the appletv for no reason and it's a lot worse if you sleep the computer a lot (which were now starting to do..) I feel a entry in the bug reporting coming on... ;) not that they've ever paid any attention to my reports! Actually that isn't true, to be fair the bug where the mail app doesn't open minimised on the dock is now fixed in snow leopard... Yippee... Only about 2 years after I reported it to them lol ;) anyway, fingers crossed... Hopefully they'll start to take appletv seriuosly soon and make some major upgrades... It's a great bit of kit that just needs a little attention to make it truly superb IMHO
 
I'm kind of upset that this feature will only work within local networks. I called Apple and they said the only way to get this functionality from an external network would be to purchase MobileMe and use "Back to my Mac." Really defeats the purpose of this feature for me as I would have loved to have been able to awaken my machine while on the road -- oh well :/
 
Guy Incognito said:
Yes.
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kristoffer4 said:
Happy dance! :cool::D
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Happy wiggles from me, too! My Mac Mini will now be my near-perfect idea of a media server! Host all my content on its hard drives, sleep it 90% of the time to save electricity, but have it ready to wake whenever I need the content!

This is HUGE!

I can't wait to get my copy of Snow Leopard now. Arg! They shipped a day later than I thought they would (on Saturday).
 
Quillz said:
So basically, this feature is completely useless if you don't have an all-Apple hardware setup, complete with nearly brand new Macs?

Just more proof that Apple doesn't care about their long-time customers anymore. I have an "ancient" November 2008 iMac, as well as Draft-N compliant router (not built my Apple.) So I won't be able to take advantage of the useful wake on demand feature, simply because I wasn't that impressed with the AirPort Extreme Base Station?
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Oh, quityerbitchin'.

It's your "Draft-N compliant router (not built by Apple)" manufacturer that "doesn't care about their long-time customers anymore".

From my perspective, it looks like maybe you should've been more impressed with the AEBS than you apparently were?

For the record, I'm currently running two WRT54GLs and based on this (and certain support issues with UPnP), I'm picking up either an AEBS or a 1 GB Time Capsule this week . Linksys is owned by Cisco, who have the big router reputation, but once again its Apple that blazes the trail.

I agree with the previous poster, maybe looking through the world with anti-RDF glasses has clouded your vision. Apple published this as a open standard, so even your "Draft-N compliant router (not built by Apple)" manufacturer can implement this -- if they so choose.

Sheesh, some people's kids...
 
andy721 said:
Im sorry am I the only one who thinks this is retarded and not poor here?
You could just leave your computer running all the time but turn your display off at around 10-15minutes.
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My computers use more power when on vs. asleep -- even with the display asleep. I'd bet that yours do to. :shrug:
 
Sweeet!!! Sounds like I will be able to access the many files at home on my (future) Mac Pro with my (future) Macbook Air. Life is good :D
 
cubedweller said:
I'm kind of upset that this feature will only work within local networks. I called Apple and they said the only way to get this functionality from an external network would be to purchase MobileMe and use "Back to my Mac." Really defeats the purpose of this feature for me as I would have loved to have been able to awaken my machine while on the road -- oh well :/
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So, why not buy MobileMe and be able to awaken your machine while on the road?
 
Wake on demand with mac pro raid card

Does anyone no if the new support will allow you to put a home server to sleep if it contains a mac pro raid card? My early 2008 is a huge electricity vacuum 'cause it never sleeps. Couldn't fine and tech specs that it would or wouldn't work.
 
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