My MacBook is going into safe sleep (or maybe I should call it the hybrid mode, since it's saving the sleep image to both the RAM and HDD) every time I put it to sleep. This is annoying because before I could close the MacBook and pretty much go, but now I have to wait for it to write the sleep image to the disk. I'm not sure what has caused this, but how should I go about restoring normal procedure?
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Safe Sleep Every Time!
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From what you've said, this sounds normal. All Intel Mac laptops save the sleep image to the hard drive every time you put them to sleep. What would not be normal is if you see the gray loading screen every time you wake it up.
Perhaps you upgraded the RAM, so it takes longer.
Perhaps you upgraded the RAM, so it takes longer.
I have upgraded the RAM, but this started happening significantly later.
Before, I could close the lid and the external LED would start pulsing half a second later, indicating that the computer had entered complete sleep. Now, the LED stays steady for 10-15 seconds and then begins to pulse.
My understanding is that the MacBook should only enter Safe Sleep whenever the battery is low, is this not correct?
Before, I could close the lid and the external LED would start pulsing half a second later, indicating that the computer had entered complete sleep. Now, the LED stays steady for 10-15 seconds and then begins to pulse.
My understanding is that the MacBook should only enter Safe Sleep whenever the battery is low, is this not correct?
Every time the machine goes to sleep, it saves an image to the hard drive, so every sleep is " safe sleep." Then, when the battery dies, it doesn't matter, and it doesn't have to do anything. You can remove the battery, and it's already prepared.
Actually, Safe Sleep is a specific sleep mode, not a term I am conjuring up. Check out:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=4289379
http://www.macworld.com/article/53460/2006/10/safesleep.html
I'm finding conflicting reports as to whether or not it is enabled by default. Some places say it is, other places say it isn't. Weird.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=4289379
http://www.macworld.com/article/53460/2006/10/safesleep.html
I'm finding conflicting reports as to whether or not it is enabled by default. Some places say it is, other places say it isn't. Weird.
I use...
http://www.jinx.de/SmartSleep.html
to control the sleep modes. It used to be free until recently
http://www.jinx.de/SmartSleep.html
to control the sleep modes. It used to be free until recently
I didn't say you were conjuring anything up. It's my job to know this stuff. See where it says I'm an Apple Certified Macintosh Technician? It's on by default. I've been trying to tell you exactly what those links say. I watch this behavior an random people's machines every day.
Gotcha. When you put Safe Sleep in quotes, that was the impression I got. Thanks for clearing it up!
Still, my machine definitely must have been on a different sleep mode for a while, because it used to sleep instantly. Oh well.
Still, my machine definitely must have been on a different sleep mode for a while, because it used to sleep instantly. Oh well.
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