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macOS already wake up itself lots of time but keeping the display and other services off, it’s called PowerNap. It downloads mails and updates, so the same for
by giuliomagnifico 3y ago
macOS already wake up itself lots of time but keeping the display and other services off, it’s called PowerNap. It downloads mails and updates, so the same for the malware protection would not be a bad idea.
- tinus_hn 3y agoIn addition to this, this feature is optional, there is a clearly labeled switch in the settings to turn this on or off if for some reason people have strong feelings against it.
- nickpeterson 3y agoPeople are used to the old days when a computer would come on in a bag and overheat itself.
- kibwen 3y agoThe old days of last year, when my MacBook did exactly this. "Smart sleep" is a shambles, give me a real hibernate option please.
- jwells89 3y agoIn my experience, Power Nap probably isn’t the problem, because turning off wake on LAN eliminates bag-waking entirely on macOS and greatly mitigates it under Windows. Really, it’s rather strange that laptops have wake on LAN enabled by default. It makes some sense on desktops (though I disable it there too so my gaming PC doesn’t randomly rouse itself from hibernation at 3AM), but not at all on laptops.
- wila 3y agoOn top of this the default for PowerNap is to not run when on battery, only when plugged in.
- astrange 3y agoAS Macs will wake on battery too.