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I spent a few minutes looking up whether a Mac could be booted from a Bluetooth keyboard but couldn't find any documentation of that. Back in the day some(?) Ma
by rgovostes 2y ago
I spent a few minutes looking up whether a Mac could be booted from a Bluetooth keyboard but couldn't find any documentation of that. Back in the day some(?) Mac models could be booted by a USB keyboard, see https://www.projectgus.com/2023/04/griffin-imate/ https://www.projectgus.com/2023/04/griffin-imate/ for technical details.
- kube-system 2y ago> Back in the day some(?) Mac models could be booted by a USB keyboard Heck, way back in the day, Macs all had power buttons on the keyboard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_key https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_key
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y agoI just bang on the spacebar, and it starts up. It's a Bluetooth keyboard, so I guess the system is listening to BT. I did that with the laptop, forever. The Mini starts up a lot faster than the laptop. That said, I should actually do a test, to make sure that the system is in real shutdown...
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y agoNah. I'm wrong. The laptop started that way, probably because the keyboard is attached to a CalDigit dock, and tapping on the keyboard probably sent power to the device, which starts it. That doesn't happen with the Mini, if I actually do a shutdown from the menu. Apple has something I think they call "Deep Sleep," which is basically a shutdown, and that wakes from the keyboard. That said, it's not a big deal to reach under the left side, and tap the button. The laptop was a pain, because I had to open it up. But I've only had this thing a few days, and haven't had a chance to really torture it, yet.