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I liked the gentle amber sleep mode breathing power button on my circa-2000 CRT iMac. It wasn’t nearly as bright as that of later models and was quite nice.

LtWorf 8mo ago
I had one from 2010 and the bright light wasn't even the main problem at night. The charger emitted an annoying high pitch sound so I'd have to unplug it. And the device turned itself on randomly at night, and the CD-ROM reader and fans would spin up and make noise. I've now used a macbook air for work and I noticed that even when in "standby" for a week my router had a DHCP lease for it. So they still turn on for no reason, but at least the lack of fans and the fact that I can now use a decent usbc charger means they don't wake me up any more.
- jaffa2 8mo ago
  You can disable it but yes macs will periodically wake up to get emails and notifications even while they are ‘sleeping’
- windowsrookie 8mo ago
  You can disable "Wake for Network Access" in the battery settings if you want. It's a convenience option that lets MacOS check for new iMessages and other updates while it's asleep. That way all your messages are loaded immediately when you wake the device.
  - LtWorf 8mo ago
    I didn't even set it up with an apple account and thus I cannot possibly get any messages from iMessages.
  - just6979 8mo ago
    Do they have network performance problems such that messages need to be preloaded? Can't just fetch the new ones at wake up? That is a solution in search of a problem. I go from phone to laptop/desktop and continue messaging on various services all the time, and none of them sync until wake up and that's perfectly fine.
    - LtWorf 8mo ago
      I presume apple wants to collect the data.
- LtWorf 8mo ago
  I love how when americans wake up simple factual statements get downvoted because they are somehow seen as personal insults. Feel free to downvote, this one is meant for it :)

LtWorf 8mo ago

I had one from 2010 and the bright light wasn't even the main problem at night. The charger emitted an annoying high pitch sound so I'd have to unplug it. And the device turned itself on randomly at night, and the CD-ROM reader and fans would spin up and make noise. I've now used a macbook air for work and I noticed that even when in "standby" for a week my router had a DHCP lease for it. So they still turn on for no reason, but at least the lack of fans and the fact that I can now use a decent usbc charger means they don't wake me up any more.

jaffa2 8mo ago
You can disable it but yes macs will periodically wake up to get emails and notifications even while they are ‘sleeping’
windowsrookie 8mo ago
You can disable "Wake for Network Access" in the battery settings if you want. It's a convenience option that lets MacOS check for new iMessages and other updates while it's asleep. That way all your messages are loaded immediately when you wake the device.
- LtWorf 8mo ago
  I didn't even set it up with an apple account and thus I cannot possibly get any messages from iMessages.
- just6979 8mo ago
  Do they have network performance problems such that messages need to be preloaded? Can't just fetch the new ones at wake up? That is a solution in search of a problem. I go from phone to laptop/desktop and continue messaging on various services all the time, and none of them sync until wake up and that's perfectly fine.
  - LtWorf 8mo ago
    I presume apple wants to collect the data.
LtWorf 8mo ago
I love how when americans wake up simple factual statements get downvoted because they are somehow seen as personal insults. Feel free to downvote, this one is meant for it :)