IMac Pro Sleep Mode: A Better Substitute?
Several people have reported problems when attempting to re-awake their IMac Pro
from sleep mode, eg:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/imac-pro-are-you-happy-with-your-new-imac-pro.2099040/
I’ve had these problems too with overnight sleeps, requiring power-off and reboots. On two occasions the machine (a midrange IMP with 10 core, 16gig graphics, 64 gig memory) was hot when checked in the morning, and the fan came on LOUD on reboot, as reported in the link above.
Here’s my better substitute for sleep mode. First go into sleep mode, then immediately tap the mouse and/or spacebar to bring up the password box and muted screen. That’s it! After a few seconds of no password entry, the screen will go blank, and—as far as I can tell—it’s now in a state very like sleep mode (eg, any extra monitors attached go into a minimal power state, and any attached disk drives function normally after re-awakening). Also the machine will reliably wake from this sleep-plus state in just a few seconds, after any normal period of time (checked up to 12 hours).
Any explanations of what is going on here, including whether there are any downsides?
But it’s so convenient for fast, safe startups that all of my sleeps are now sleep-pluses!
Several people have reported problems when attempting to re-awake their IMac Pro
from sleep mode, eg:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/imac-pro-are-you-happy-with-your-new-imac-pro.2099040/
I’ve had these problems too with overnight sleeps, requiring power-off and reboots. On two occasions the machine (a midrange IMP with 10 core, 16gig graphics, 64 gig memory) was hot when checked in the morning, and the fan came on LOUD on reboot, as reported in the link above.
Here’s my better substitute for sleep mode. First go into sleep mode, then immediately tap the mouse and/or spacebar to bring up the password box and muted screen. That’s it! After a few seconds of no password entry, the screen will go blank, and—as far as I can tell—it’s now in a state very like sleep mode (eg, any extra monitors attached go into a minimal power state, and any attached disk drives function normally after re-awakening). Also the machine will reliably wake from this sleep-plus state in just a few seconds, after any normal period of time (checked up to 12 hours).
Any explanations of what is going on here, including whether there are any downsides?
But it’s so convenient for fast, safe startups that all of my sleeps are now sleep-pluses!