mac mini sleeping

[hoverX]

Hi There,

I recently purchased a mac mini which i use as a HTPC. A lot of the time i use VNC to connect to this machine when i'm not using it as a HTPC. The problem is that it always goes into some sort of sleep mode when i haven't used it for some time. I'm not to familiar with the ways in which a mac can sleep/hybernate but what i'm looking for is a way to let it sleep but still allow me to connect to it through VNC. Alternatively i'd like to be able to remotely wake it up somehow. is this possible?

 

[GGJstudios]

If you want to prevent it from sleeping, try Caffeine

 

[hoverX]

I found a setting System Preferences > Energy Saver > Computer Sleep > "Never"

i'll give this a shot. but i'd really like a way to remotely wake it up so it doesn't run 24/7.

 

[slpdLoad]

Waking from sleep over a network is a special feature that is only available in the server world.

In energy settings, let the display sleep, and let the hard drive(s) spin down when not in use. There is very little benefit to sleeping in this case anyway - the power usage difference will be negligible.

 

[chrfr]

Waking from sleep over a network is a special feature that is only available in the server world.

Not true, it can be done with Macs too.
System Preferences/Energy Saver/Wake for Network access

 

[hoverX]

ok i have that checked but how to i wake it up remotely?