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Sat Dec 29, 2012 9:56 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf
I don't know about the green text but a double-tap with 3 fingers zooms the
whole screen. This works most in most apps.
Otto
On 29 December 2012 15:06, James Robertson <jamesrob@sonic.net > wrote:
> I'm certain that I used to be able to click somewhere on a phone number in
> a contact on my iPhone and zoom the phone number entry into large green
> text that's readable from a much greater distance or by those with 60 plus
> year old eyes. But now I can no longer remember how to do it, nor can I
> find instructions to do so via Googling or searching Apple's support pages.
>
> Is my memory really that defective? Am I imagining what I used to be able
> to do? (More to the point, if this ISN'T part of iOS, why NOT, since it's
> such an obvious "good thing".
>
> Thanks so much,
>
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whole screen. This works most in most apps.
Otto
On 29 December 2012 15:06, James Robertson <jamesrob@sonic.
> I'm certain that I used to be able to click somewhere on a phone number in
> a contact on my iPhone and zoom the phone number entry into large green
> text that's readable from a much greater distance or by those with 60 plus
> year old eyes. But now I can no longer remember how to do it, nor can I
> find instructions to do so via Googling or searching Apple's support pages.
>
> Is my memory really that defective? Am I imagining what I used to be able
> to do? (More to the point, if this ISN'T part of iOS, why NOT, since it's
> such an obvious "good thing".
>
> Thanks so much,
>
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Sat Dec 29, 2012 12:25 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"James Robertson" jamesrob328i
On Dec 29, 2012, at 9:56 AM, Otto Nikolaus <otto.nikolaus@
> I don't know about the green text but a double-tap with 3 fingers zooms the
> whole screen. This works most in most apps.
What I remember REALLY distinctly is something that would zoom just the phone number so that it almost filled the screen. I remember seeing that demonstrated, either at an Apple Store or perhaps by David Pogue at Macworld, but I sure can't figure out how to do it now :-(
--
Jim Robertson
Sat Dec 29, 2012 1:01 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Denver Dan" denverdan22180
Howdy and Happy.
I just tried double tapping with 3 fingers on my iPhone 5 in several
apps including Contacts and zip/nada zoom occurs.
Could there be an app that does this?? Or maybe a feature present on
older iPhones??
Denver Dan
On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 17:56:02 +0000, Otto Nikolaus wrote:
> I don't know about the green text but a double-tap with 3 fingers zooms the
> whole screen. This works most in most apps.
>
> Otto
I just tried double tapping with 3 fingers on my iPhone 5 in several
apps including Contacts and zip/nada zoom occurs.
Could there be an app that does this?? Or maybe a feature present on
older iPhones??
Denver Dan
On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 17:56:02 +0000, Otto Nikolaus wrote:
> I don't know about the green text but a double-tap with 3 fingers zooms the
> whole screen. This works most in most apps.
>
> Otto
Sat Dec 29, 2012 1:56 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"N.A. Nada"
With a slight change, I'll second that. I don't think the direction the iPhone _Apps_ are going is designed for folks over 55.
They seem to keep changing the fonts to thinner and smaller fonts, with less contrast to the background. I am not where near needing to use the Accessibility features, but damn they are making it harder to read. I used to drive the whipper snappers at work crazy, because I used a smaller font than they did.
Brent
On Dec 29, 2012, at 7:53 AM, Bill wrote:
I don't think iPhones were designed for folks over 60.
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They seem to keep changing the fonts to thinner and smaller fonts, with less contrast to the background. I am not where near needing to use the Accessibility features, but damn they are making it harder to read. I used to drive the whipper snappers at work crazy, because I used a smaller font than they did.
Brent
On Dec 29, 2012, at 7:53 AM, Bill wrote:
I don't think iPhones were designed for folks over 60.
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Sat Dec 29, 2012 4:27 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf
On 29 December 2012 20:25, James Robertson <jamesrob@sonic.net > wrote:
>
> What I remember REALLY distinctly is something that would zoom just the
> phone number so that it almost filled the screen. I remember seeing that
> demonstrated, either at an Apple Store or perhaps by David Pogue at
> Macworld, but I sure can't figure out how to do it now :-(
>
I've never seen that, so I wonder if it's a third-party add-on.
Otto
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>
> What I remember REALLY distinctly is something that would zoom just the
> phone number so that it almost filled the screen. I remember seeing that
> demonstrated, either at an Apple Store or perhaps by David Pogue at
> Macworld, but I sure can't figure out how to do it now :-(
>
I've never seen that, so I wonder if it's a third-party add-on.
Otto
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Sat Dec 29, 2012 4:38 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Alan Courtney Magnus" alanmagnus
Control + click on the number. A menu comes up that offers "Large Type"
On 29 Dec 2012, at 19:27, Otto Nikolaus <otto.nikolaus@googlemail.com > wrote:
> On 29 December 2012 20:25, James Robertson <jamesrob@sonic.net > wrote:
>
> >
> > What I remember REALLY distinctly is something that would zoom just the
> > phone number so that it almost filled the screen. I remember seeing that
> > demonstrated, either at an Apple Store or perhaps by David Pogue at
> > Macworld, but I sure can't figure out how to do it now :-(
> >
>
> I've never seen that, so I wonder if it's a third-party add-on.
>
> Otto
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
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On 29 Dec 2012, at 19:27, Otto Nikolaus <otto.nikolaus@
> On 29 December 2012 20:25, James Robertson <jamesrob@sonic.
>
> >
> > What I remember REALLY distinctly is something that would zoom just the
> > phone number so that it almost filled the screen. I remember seeing that
> > demonstrated, either at an Apple Store or perhaps by David Pogue at
> > Macworld, but I sure can't figure out how to do it now :-(
> >
>
> I've never seen that, so I wonder if it's a third-party add-on.
>
> Otto
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
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Sat Dec 29, 2012 4:40 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf
This has been part of iOS as long as I can remember. Mine's a 3GS,
currently running iOS 6. The feature is described in Accessibility, p612 of
the iBooks iPhone Use Guide for iOS 6. You might not have it enabled: check
Settings > General > Accessibility > Zoom.
Otto
On 29 December 2012 21:01, Denver Dan <denver.dan@verizon.net > wrote:
> Howdy and Happy.
>
> I just tried double tapping with 3 fingers on my iPhone 5 in several
> apps including Contacts and zip/nada zoom occurs.
>
> Could there be an app that does this?? Or maybe a feature present on
> older iPhones??
>
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currently running iOS 6. The feature is described in Accessibility, p612 of
the iBooks iPhone Use Guide for iOS 6. You might not have it enabled: check
Settings > General > Accessibility > Zoom.
Otto
On 29 December 2012 21:01, Denver Dan <denver.dan@verizon.
> Howdy and Happy.
>
> I just tried double tapping with 3 fingers on my iPhone 5 in several
> apps including Contacts and zip/nada zoom occurs.
>
> Could there be an app that does this?? Or maybe a feature present on
> older iPhones??
>
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Sat Dec 29, 2012 4:45 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf
On an iPhone?
Otto
On 30 December 2012 00:38, Alan Courtney Magnus <alanmagnus@flowja.com >wrote:
> Control + click on the number. A menu comes up that offers "Large Type"
>
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Otto
On 30 December 2012 00:38, Alan Courtney Magnus <alanmagnus@flowja.
> Control + click on the number. A menu comes up that offers "Large Type"
>
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Sat Dec 29, 2012 5:12 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Alan Courtney Magnus" alanmagnus
Sorry, I thought it was the Address Book
On 29 Dec 2012, at 19:45, Otto Nikolaus <otto.nikolaus@googlemail.com > wrote:
> On an iPhone?
>
> Otto
>
> On 30 December 2012 00:38, Alan Courtney Magnus <alanmagnus@flowja.com >wrote:
>
> > Control + click on the number. A menu comes up that offers "Large Type"
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
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On 29 Dec 2012, at 19:45, Otto Nikolaus <otto.nikolaus@
> On an iPhone?
>
> Otto
>
> On 30 December 2012 00:38, Alan Courtney Magnus <alanmagnus@flowja.
>
> > Control + click on the number. A menu comes up that offers "Large Type"
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
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Sat Dec 29, 2012 12:01 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Bill B." kernos501
I go a 100 best songs for Christmas, but the internet import of titles and composer are in Japanese. Is there an alternative way to get online info for CDs via a script or plugin from some other site?
TIA,
Bill
TIA,
Bill
Sat Dec 29, 2012 4:25 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf
You didn't say, but is this using iTunes? Where you only given one choice
of info?
iTunes uses the Gracenote CD database BTW.
Otto
On 29 December 2012 20:01, Bill B. <bill501@mindspring.com > wrote:
> I go a 100 best songs for Christmas, but the internet import of titles and
> composer are in Japanese. Is there an alternative way to get online info
> for CDs via a script or plugin from some other site?
>
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of info?
iTunes uses the Gracenote CD database BTW.
Otto
On 29 December 2012 20:01, Bill B. <bill501@mindspring.
> I go a 100 best songs for Christmas, but the internet import of titles and
> composer are in Japanese. Is there an alternative way to get online info
> for CDs via a script or plugin from some other site?
>
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Sat Dec 29, 2012 1:23 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Donna Ells" dellis551
Hi I wrote some time back about a new sleep issue on 27" iMac.
I've now determined it is NOT a hardware issue, and wondering if it is a
plist file or preferences and hoping someone might give me a clue.
Problem: X.6.8 iMac takes 30-40 seconds to go to sleep. Something is causing
it to "work" before it can sleep. Sometimes it wakes on its own, but goes
back to sleep after the 15 minutes automatic setting.
steps taken so far:
phoned apple care who advised me it is likely a logic board and I should
take it to the genius bar.
HOWEVER
I have an external HD. Half partitioned for TM, and half is a clone. When
ext HD is unplugged, and no apps are running, the iMac still takes a long
time to go to sleep.
My husband has an identical iMac (but his is 21.5"). His iMac sleeps as it
should. I put my external HD on my husband's iMac, and booted up.
Using my external drive, the sleep issue still occurs, even on his iMac.
Therefore, it cannot be hardware, right? It has to be a prefs or plist or
something like that, right?
Can anyone offer other suggestions PLEASE?
Thank you,
Donna
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I've now determined it is NOT a hardware issue, and wondering if it is a
plist file or preferences and hoping someone might give me a clue.
Problem: X.6.8 iMac takes 30-40 seconds to go to sleep. Something is causing
it to "work" before it can sleep. Sometimes it wakes on its own, but goes
back to sleep after the 15 minutes automatic setting.
steps taken so far:
phoned apple care who advised me it is likely a logic board and I should
take it to the genius bar.
HOWEVER
I have an external HD. Half partitioned for TM, and half is a clone. When
ext HD is unplugged, and no apps are running, the iMac still takes a long
time to go to sleep.
My husband has an identical iMac (but his is 21.5"). His iMac sleeps as it
should. I put my external HD on my husband's iMac, and booted up.
Using my external drive, the sleep issue still occurs, even on his iMac.
Therefore, it cannot be hardware, right? It has to be a prefs or plist or
something like that, right?
Can anyone offer other suggestions PLEASE?
Thank you,
Donna
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Sat Dec 29, 2012 1:57 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Barry Austern" barryaus
At 4:23 PM -0500 12/29/12, Donna Ells wrote:
>
>
>Hi - I wrote some time back about a new sleep issue on 27" iMac.
>
>I've now determined it is NOT a hardware issue, and wondering if it is a
>plist file or preferences and hoping someone might give me a clue.
Two points here, one is how do you know it is not a hardware issue
(see below) and why do you have to get it to sleep? Obviously, with a
laptop, where battery life is an issue, you do want it to sleep, but
I really fail to see the need to sleep an iMac. Just allow the
monitor to dim and the drive(s) to spin down. How much electricity
does the processor itself take?
>Problem: X.6.8 iMac takes 30-40 seconds to go to sleep. Something is causing
>it to "work" before it can sleep. Sometimes it wakes on its own, but goes
>back to sleep after the 15 minutes automatic setting.
>
>steps taken so far:
>
>phoned apple care who advised me it is likely a logic board and I should
>take it to the genius bar.
See above. Since they think it is hardware, why do you think it is not?
>HOWEVER
>
>I have an external HD. Half partitioned for TM, and half is a clone. When
>ext HD is unplugged, and no apps are running, the iMac still takes a long
>time to go to sleep.
Go to Activity Monitor (in your /Applications/Utilities folder) and
see what actually is running. Some processes might be, even if you
can't think of any.
>My husband has an identical iMac (but his is 21.5"). His iMac sleeps as it
>should. I put my external HD on my husband's iMac, and booted up.
>
>Using my external drive, the sleep issue still occurs, even on his iMac.
Did you boot from your external drive, or just connect it? Is this
drive a clone of your own internal drive? If you did boot his from
it, and it has the same "whatever" running, then you have done some
diagnostic work.
>Therefore, it cannot be hardware, right? It has to be a prefs or plist or
>something like that, right?
>
>Can anyone offer other suggestions PLEASE?
Assuming you really do care about its sleeping, one thing you can do
is to log out and then into a virgin test account, one where you know
that nothing unknown to you is running. Do you still have the problem?
--
Barry Austern
barryaus@fuse.net
>
>
>Hi - I wrote some time back about a new sleep issue on 27" iMac.
>
>I've now determined it is NOT a hardware issue, and wondering if it is a
>plist file or preferences and hoping someone might give me a clue.
Two points here, one is how do you know it is not a hardware issue
(see below) and why do you have to get it to sleep? Obviously, with a
laptop, where battery life is an issue, you do want it to sleep, but
I really fail to see the need to sleep an iMac. Just allow the
monitor to dim and the drive(s) to spin down. How much electricity
does the processor itself take?
>Problem: X.6.8 iMac takes 30-40 seconds to go to sleep. Something is causing
>it to "work" before it can sleep. Sometimes it wakes on its own, but goes
>back to sleep after the 15 minutes automatic setting.
>
>steps taken so far:
>
>phoned apple care who advised me it is likely a logic board and I should
>take it to the genius bar.
See above. Since they think it is hardware, why do you think it is not?
>HOWEVER
>
>I have an external HD. Half partitioned for TM, and half is a clone. When
>ext HD is unplugged, and no apps are running, the iMac still takes a long
>time to go to sleep.
Go to Activity Monitor (in your /Applications/
see what actually is running. Some processes might be, even if you
can't think of any.
>My husband has an identical iMac (but his is 21.5"). His iMac sleeps as it
>should. I put my external HD on my husband's iMac, and booted up.
>
>Using my external drive, the sleep issue still occurs, even on his iMac.
Did you boot from your external drive, or just connect it? Is this
drive a clone of your own internal drive? If you did boot his from
it, and it has the same "whatever" running, then you have done some
diagnostic work.
>Therefore, it cannot be hardware, right? It has to be a prefs or plist or
>something like that, right?
>
>Can anyone offer other suggestions PLEASE?
Assuming you really do care about its sleeping, one thing you can do
is to log out and then into a virgin test account, one where you know
that nothing unknown to you is running. Do you still have the problem?
--
Barry Austern
barryaus@fuse.
Sat Dec 29, 2012 2:11 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"N.A. Nada"
That would seem to indicate it is a software issue, but I would think that it is not a pref (plist is just the pref file for the same). That is assuming you have already checked your System Prefs. Especially, Sys Prefs > Wake for network access. If you have bad power, Automatic restart after power failure could cause it.
Most things there would either put it to sleep or prevent it from sleeping.
BTW, 40 second for the iMac to go to sleep is normal, after we have had it for a while and load all our favorite apps. It is saving and shutting down certain things.
I would suspect that what is waking it up is some application. Check your settings for TM, but I would guess another app.
Brent
On Dec 29, 2012, at 1:23 PM, Donna Ells wrote:
Hi I wrote some time back about a new sleep issue on 27" iMac.
I've now determined it is NOT a hardware issue, and wondering if it is a
plist file or preferences and hoping someone might give me a clue.
Problem: X.6.8 iMac takes 30-40 seconds to go to sleep. Something is causing
it to "work" before it can sleep. Sometimes it wakes on its own, but goes
back to sleep after the 15 minutes automatic setting.
steps taken so far:
phoned apple care who advised me it is likely a logic board and I should
take it to the genius bar.
HOWEVER
I have an external HD. Half partitioned for TM, and half is a clone. When
ext HD is unplugged, and no apps are running, the iMac still takes a long
time to go to sleep.
My husband has an identical iMac (but his is 21.5"). His iMac sleeps as it
should. I put my external HD on my husband's iMac, and booted up.
Using my external drive, the sleep issue still occurs, even on his iMac.
Therefore, it cannot be hardware, right? It has to be a prefs or plist or
something like that, right?
Can anyone offer other suggestions PLEASE?
Thank you,
Donna
Most things there would either put it to sleep or prevent it from sleeping.
BTW, 40 second for the iMac to go to sleep is normal, after we have had it for a while and load all our favorite apps. It is saving and shutting down certain things.
I would suspect that what is waking it up is some application. Check your settings for TM, but I would guess another app.
Brent
On Dec 29, 2012, at 1:23 PM, Donna Ells wrote:
Hi I wrote some time back about a new sleep issue on 27" iMac.
I've now determined it is NOT a hardware issue, and wondering if it is a
plist file or preferences and hoping someone might give me a clue.
Problem: X.6.8 iMac takes 30-40 seconds to go to sleep. Something is causing
it to "work" before it can sleep. Sometimes it wakes on its own, but goes
back to sleep after the 15 minutes automatic setting.
steps taken so far:
phoned apple care who advised me it is likely a logic board and I should
take it to the genius bar.
HOWEVER
I have an external HD. Half partitioned for TM, and half is a clone. When
ext HD is unplugged, and no apps are running, the iMac still takes a long
time to go to sleep.
My husband has an identical iMac (but his is 21.5"). His iMac sleeps as it
should. I put my external HD on my husband's iMac, and booted up.
Using my external drive, the sleep issue still occurs, even on his iMac.
Therefore, it cannot be hardware, right? It has to be a prefs or plist or
something like that, right?
Can anyone offer other suggestions PLEASE?
Thank you,
Donna
Sat Dec 29, 2012 2:43 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"N.A. Nada"
I need to correct myself, 40 seconds to sleep is not normal. 40 seconds to shut down is normal.
Way down towards the bottom, I _assume_ that Donna means that booted from the clone on the ext HD on her husbands iMac, that the one of the sleep issues occurs there also. Whether it is the taking 40 seconds to sleep or the self-awakening, I'm not sure. They are separate issues. That would indicate it is not a hardware issue, since the problem moved to a second iMac, when booted from a cloned HD.
If she just plugged the external drive into her husbands iMac, but did not boot from the clone, you would expect it to change nothing. I did not think of this, and you are correct, if that is what she did, then the hardware or software of the ext HD is the culprit.
If it did not move to another Mac booting from the clone, then it could still be hardware. Normally, a bad logic board would crash a Mac, not alter its sleep. Normally, a bad logic board if it works sporadically, has problems when it heats up, but in the sleep mode it would cool down. Apple techs are not infallible, and neither are their support Engineers.
I have had issues shutting down with apps lIke Mail, Firefox, and other 3rd party apps not quitting, but I can not think of why that would cause a slow sleep. The awakening tends to tell me that something is running in the background or that something on the network is waking it up.
Your idea of using Activity Monitor to see what apps are running when sleep issues happen is good. She just has to remember to open it before putting it to sleep.
On Dec 29, 2012, at 1:48 PM, Barry Austern wrote:
At 4:23 PM -0500 12/29/12, Donna Ells wrote:
>
>
>Hi - I wrote some time back about a new sleep issue on 27" iMac.
>
>I've now determined it is NOT a hardware issue, and wondering if it is a
>plist file or preferences and hoping someone might give me a clue.
Two points here, one is how do you know it is not a hardware issue
(see below) and why do you have to get it to sleep? Obviously, with a
laptop, where battery life is an issue, you do want it to sleep, but
I really fail to see the need to sleep an iMac. Just allow the
monitor to dim and the drive(s) to spin down. How much electricity
does the processor itself take?
>Problem: X.6.8 iMac takes 30-40 seconds to go to sleep. Something is causing
>it to "work" before it can sleep. Sometimes it wakes on its own, but goes
>back to sleep after the 15 minutes automatic setting.
>
>steps taken so far:
>
>phoned apple care who advised me it is likely a logic board and I should
>take it to the genius bar.
See above. Since they think it is hardware, why do you think it is not?
>HOWEVER
>
>I have an external HD. Half partitioned for TM, and half is a clone. When
>ext HD is unplugged, and no apps are running, the iMac still takes a long
>time to go to sleep.
Go to Activity Monitor (in your /Applications/Utilities folder) and
see what actually is running. Some processes might be, even if you
can't think of any.
>My husband has an identical iMac (but his is 21.5"). His iMac sleeps as it
>should. I put my external HD on my husband's iMac, and booted up.
>
>Using my external drive, the sleep issue still occurs, even on his iMac.
Did you boot from your external drive, or just connect it? Is this
drive a clone of your own internal drive? If you did boot his from
it, and it has the same "whatever" running, then you have done some
diagnostic work.
>Therefore, it cannot be hardware, right? It has to be a prefs or plist or
>something like that, right?
>
>Can anyone offer other suggestions PLEASE?
Assuming you really do care about its sleeping, one thing you can do
is to log out and then into a virgin test account, one where you know
that nothing unknown to you is running. Do you still have the problem?
--
Barry Austern
barryaus@fuse.net
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Way down towards the bottom, I _assume_ that Donna means that booted from the clone on the ext HD on her husbands iMac, that the one of the sleep issues occurs there also. Whether it is the taking 40 seconds to sleep or the self-awakening, I'm not sure. They are separate issues. That would indicate it is not a hardware issue, since the problem moved to a second iMac, when booted from a cloned HD.
If she just plugged the external drive into her husbands iMac, but did not boot from the clone, you would expect it to change nothing. I did not think of this, and you are correct, if that is what she did, then the hardware or software of the ext HD is the culprit.
If it did not move to another Mac booting from the clone, then it could still be hardware. Normally, a bad logic board would crash a Mac, not alter its sleep. Normally, a bad logic board if it works sporadically, has problems when it heats up, but in the sleep mode it would cool down. Apple techs are not infallible, and neither are their support Engineers.
I have had issues shutting down with apps lIke Mail, Firefox, and other 3rd party apps not quitting, but I can not think of why that would cause a slow sleep. The awakening tends to tell me that something is running in the background or that something on the network is waking it up.
Your idea of using Activity Monitor to see what apps are running when sleep issues happen is good. She just has to remember to open it before putting it to sleep.
On Dec 29, 2012, at 1:48 PM, Barry Austern wrote:
At 4:23 PM -0500 12/29/12, Donna Ells wrote:
>
>
>Hi - I wrote some time back about a new sleep issue on 27" iMac.
>
>I've now determined it is NOT a hardware issue, and wondering if it is a
>plist file or preferences and hoping someone might give me a clue.
Two points here, one is how do you know it is not a hardware issue
(see below) and why do you have to get it to sleep? Obviously, with a
laptop, where battery life is an issue, you do want it to sleep, but
I really fail to see the need to sleep an iMac. Just allow the
monitor to dim and the drive(s) to spin down. How much electricity
does the processor itself take?
>Problem: X.6.8 iMac takes 30-40 seconds to go to sleep. Something is causing
>it to "work" before it can sleep. Sometimes it wakes on its own, but goes
>back to sleep after the 15 minutes automatic setting.
>
>steps taken so far:
>
>phoned apple care who advised me it is likely a logic board and I should
>take it to the genius bar.
See above. Since they think it is hardware, why do you think it is not?
>HOWEVER
>
>I have an external HD. Half partitioned for TM, and half is a clone. When
>ext HD is unplugged, and no apps are running, the iMac still takes a long
>time to go to sleep.
Go to Activity Monitor (in your /Applications/
see what actually is running. Some processes might be, even if you
can't think of any.
>My husband has an identical iMac (but his is 21.5"). His iMac sleeps as it
>should. I put my external HD on my husband's iMac, and booted up.
>
>Using my external drive, the sleep issue still occurs, even on his iMac.
Did you boot from your external drive, or just connect it? Is this
drive a clone of your own internal drive? If you did boot his from
it, and it has the same "whatever" running, then you have done some
diagnostic work.
>Therefore, it cannot be hardware, right? It has to be a prefs or plist or
>something like that, right?
>
>Can anyone offer other suggestions PLEASE?
Assuming you really do care about its sleeping, one thing you can do
is to log out and then into a virgin test account, one where you know
that nothing unknown to you is running. Do you still have the problem?
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Barry Austern
barryaus@fuse.
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