How to bring a Mac computer from the "lethargy"

With the release of Lion, my Mac mini there was one very unpleasant problem: as soon as your computer goes into sleep mode and started exactly to "breathe" status indicator, it has nothing could wake him. The search for various forums, including the official confirmed that I was not the only "happy obladtel" such a problem. So today I would like to give readers MakRadara simple guidelines you can use to try to solve some problems with food and strange "behavior» Mac computers.

1. Use the keyboard or a button Power

Sometimes your computer may not respond to a mouse click or touch the trackpad, still "dreaming." Do not worry ahead of time - try pressing any key on the keyboard, the Power button or similar button on the computer itself (but do not hold it for a long time).

Perhaps one of these actions will be enough to wake the computer.

2. Forcibly cutting power

No, of course, lead from the mains or battery from the Mac, we will not pull out. But in some cases the only way to recover Mac to normal - it is mandatory to disable it food (since Apple has not provided in the construction of their own computers familiar to many users of PC button Reset).

To do this, press the Power button located on the case of apple laptop or desktop, and keep it up until the computer turns off. Wait a few seconds, after which it can again include.

I just have to warn readers that too frequent turning off the computer by this method may have a negative impact on the system itself and the files stored on the hard disk.

3. Clear the contents of PRAM and NVRAM

PRAM (parameter RAM) and NVRAM (non-volatile RAM) - the two areas of memory your Mac, in which some of the settings and information stored even after turning off the computer. But sometimes the data contained therein may be damaged and cause all sorts of problems.

Reset PRAM and NVRAM contents can be for five consecutive steps:

1. Turn off the computer.
2. Find the keys to the keyboard Command, Option, P and R (These keys, you will need the following steps).
3. Turn on the computer.
4. Press and hold the combination Command + Option + P + RBut keep in mind that this must be done before the gray screen appears.
5. After a few seconds, your Mac will reboot again, sound familiar sound (startup sound), and you can release the pressed keys.

Return the correct sleep work helped me to these actions.

4. SMC resets

In the worst case, but "faulty" sleep mode, you may notice other symptoms suggestive the need reset system controller parameters (System Management Controller or briefly SMC).

Among these symptoms are the following:

• Computer is running slow, and its fans are spinning at high speed, even though it does not carry out high-performance operations and cooled properly.
• The keyboard backlight, status light (SIL) or the battery indicator do not work properly.
• backlight of the display does not respond properly to changes in ambient light.
• Obvious problems with the power supply. For example, the computer does not respond when you press the Power button or the opening (closing) of the lid, occur spontaneously shut down or goes to sleep, strange behavior battery or adapter MagSafe.
• It does not work correctly connect and disconnect the second display.

To resolve these problems Apple recommends that you reset the SMC. On apple laptops removable battery This is done as follows:

1. Turn off the computer.
2. Disconnect MagSafe network adapter (if connected).
3. Remove the battery from the laptop casing and set it aside.
4. Press and hold the Power button for 5 seconds.
5. Release the power button, insert the battery back into the laptop and plug the MagSafe adapter.
6. Press the Power button to turn on the computer.

To reset the parameters on SMC apple laptops no removable battery follow these steps:

1. Turn off the computer.
2. Connect one end of the MagSafe adapter into the power outlet, and the second - to the notebook.
3. Simultaneously press Shift + Control + Option (on the left side of the keyboard) and the Power button (with LED on the MagSafe adapter can change the state, and even temporarily shut down).
4. At the same time, release all the keys.
5. Once again, press the Power button to turn on the computer.

To reset the SMC on a Mac desktop should perform these steps:

1. Turn off the computer and unplug the power cord.
2. Wait at least 15 seconds.
3. Plug the power cord back to the Mac.
4. Wait 5 seconds and then press the Power button to turn on the computer.

I sincerely hope that all your apple equipment will serve for a long time and to reset the SMC will not come. And if you have any own recipes to combat the "sleeping beauties", do not be lazy to tell us in the comments.