Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

PowerNap

pilotkid said:
I'm not sure if this matters or not, but do you have mail, etc opened when you put your computer to sleep? I don't know if they have to be running to work or not but its worth a try if your not doing it now.
Click to expand...

Yes I have it and the messages app open. I get bombarded with notifications when I open my Air again.
 
Do I have to manually install the firmware to have the Power Nap feature show up? I did it through the App Store but still I don't have that option.
 
In 10.8.2 powernap should work after a EFI firmware update on the late 2010 MBA's,.. but somehow the backlight now doesn't work anymore during boot, quite annoying as I have filevault enabled and I have to login before it completely boots,..

Anyone with the same problems?
 
No-Me said:
In 10.8.2 powernap should work after a EFI firmware update on the late 2010 MBA's,.. but somehow the backlight now doesn't work anymore during boot, quite annoying as I have filevault enabled and I have to login before it completely boots,..

Anyone with the same problems?
Click to expand...

I also have a late 2010 MBA (13" | 2.13 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo | 256GB SSD | 4GB RAM) running OS X 10.8.2 with the latest updates and the SMC Update with Power Nap enabled in System Preferences > Energy Saver. I have a 2 TB external hard drive attached to my AirPort Extreme which has a 1 TB Partition dedicated to Time Machine backups. I have yet to see any Time Machine backups running while my MBA is sleeping. Whenever it wakes in the AM, I can go into Time Machine Preferences, and it always shows that the latest backup ran right before I put the MBA to sleep the night before, and that the next backup will run in about an hour, although it usually kicks off a backup as soon as I wake it from sleep. Has anyone else gotten this to work on a late 2010 MBA, and if so, any suggestions on what else needs to be done to get this working? Or will Power Nap only work if you have a Time Capsule rather than an external hard drive?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back