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I read somewhere that this is the normal behaviour of the Mac Mini now.
If this is true, then it is Sad. I have a 2012 Mini and I like the pulsing led, it tells me that it is sleeping and not off.
When I buy the 2018 one it will bother me if this is true.
Can anyone confirm this, please?
If this is true, then it is Sad. I have a 2012 Mini and I like the pulsing led, it tells me that it is sleeping and not off.
When I buy the 2018 one it will bother me if this is true.
Can anyone confirm this, please?
Just to be sure about that SMC reset, have you followed the specific instructions for Macs with the T2 chip?
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295
Yup, did the reset with T2-specific instructions. Does everyone else's LED still pulse when sleeping or is what madrag read correct, that the indicator light no longer does that?
"Status indicator light: A steady white light indicates that your Mac mini is awake or in sleep; no light indicates that your Mac mini is switched off."
https://help.apple.com/macmini/late-2018/#/apd4e7055d3cMM
https://help.apple.com/macmini/late-2018/#/apd4e7055d3cMM
From this thread: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3811292
Check if you have an unprinted file waiting in the printer queue or the mini is "sharing" something, such as Internet Sharing.
Check if you have an unprinted file waiting in the printer queue or the mini is "sharing" something, such as Internet Sharing.
Why did Apple move our cheese? Was the sleep indicator bothering someone's sleep or what?
My next question is if it does indeed sleep?
Can anyone confirm this, please?
If it is so silent as I've read, do we have any way to verify if the mini is sleeping, apart from waking it up to check (which is rather silly).
I say this because my 2012 Mini sometimes refuses to sleep of doesn't sleep, and the pulsing led was a clear indicator of its sleep.
Can anyone confirm this, please?
If it is so silent as I've read, do we have any way to verify if the mini is sleeping, apart from waking it up to check (which is rather silly).
I say this because my 2012 Mini sometimes refuses to sleep of doesn't sleep, and the pulsing led was a clear indicator of its sleep.
Getting rid of the pulse to indicate sleep is another change that seems to serve no purpose, other than confusing customers who have used a prior Mac with a power light made at any point during the last 18 years.
I'm surprised Apple didn't make the light come on when the Mac mini is off, and off when it's on:
I'm surprised Apple didn't make the light come on when the Mac mini is off, and off when it's on:
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No more startup chime either... 
Apple took away my BONG.....
Apple took away my BONG.....
Only way it makes good sense is if the led now serves a new signal for say errors and other behaviors would confuse that.
No more startup chime either...
I am so grateful for that
Don't care about the LED light one way or the other.