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My biggest gripe with MacOS by far is that I can't hibernate. There is only this "sleep" mode that makes whatever it wants, with the promise that it will Just W
by harperlee 8y ago
My biggest gripe with MacOS by far is that I can't hibernate. There is only this "sleep" mode that makes whatever it wants, with the promise that it will Just Work. I frequently find my laptop with an empty battery because who knows what. And a laptop that does not power up when you expect is the second worst kind of laptop (at least you don't lose the data, which would be the worst case).
When searching for solutions, internet delivers hypertechnical answers that are reminiscent of when I was dealing with a Linux laptop (pmset -g assertions browsing). To me, apple as a "Unix that Just Works" is a failure.
The hardware is high quality, but the brand-and-software premium price has stopped being a good deal for me.
- blacksmith_tb 8y agoTweaking prefs could help, make sure 'App Nap' is off, and see what the pmset hibernatemode is set to, it sounds like you want mode '1'.
- gowld 8y agohttps://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/51725/do-macbooks-have-a-true-hibernate-option https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/51725/do-macbooks-...
- orbitur 8y agoI gotta ask, because I've used MBPs for the last 10 years, and I'm surrounding by dozens of people using the same: but what is your setup? Are you on High Sierra? Sleep used to be a problem for me and a lot of others... back in 2012. I would consistently have issues with my MBP "waking up" when unplugging it from the wall but not opening it; occasionally I would close my MBP and coincidentally hear the fans going full blast 30 minutes later. Definitely untrustworthy 5/6 years ago But sleep is generally a solved problem, so I have to think you're on a pre-Retina machine or running an older OS, or you've got some kexts doing bad things.
- harperlee 8y agoUnfortunately that's not the case; I've got a 2015 MacBook upgraded to High Sierra.