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Re: display sleep wake

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In article <ll83og$9lp$1@news.datemas.de>, Alan Baker
<alangbaker@telus.net> wrote:

> >>>> With Snow Leopard, to detect whether an iMac was in sleep mode 
> >>>> or just
> >>>> in display sleep, I would move the cursor by moving the Magic 
> >>>> Mouse or
> >>>> by sliding a finger on the Magic Trackpad.  In display sleep, 
> >>>> that
> >>>> would wake the screen, but in sleep mode it wouldn't wake the 
> >>>> Mac.
> >>>>
> >>>> Now in Mavericks (including 10.9.2 and 10.9.3), trying to move 
> >>>> the
> >>>> cursor doesn't wake it from display sleep.  So the only methods 
> >>>> to
> >>>> test for display sleep are to listen for the faint disk 
> >>>> spinning sound
> >>>> (which in a noisy environment isn't effective -- even less 
> >>>> effective
> >>>> with a pure-SSD system), or possibly trying to connect to the 
> >>>> machine
> >>>> over the net (which might wake it from sleep if so configured).
> >>>>
> >>>> Any way, other than those, to check for display sleep without 
> >>>> waking a
> >>>> sleeping recent iMac that has no power light?
> >>>
> >>> same for mountain lion (and probably lion). they changed it for 
> >>> no good
> >>> reason. the only way to wake the display now is tap a key which 
> >>> will
> >>> also wake the mac if it's sleeping.
> >>
> >> What I'm having trouble with is why I should care.
> >>
> >> How does this negatively affect a Mac user?
> >
> > because it was easy to push the mouse to wake the display, which 
> > can no
> > longer be done.
>
> OK. So hitting a key or clicking the mouse is so much tougher?

>it's not 'much tougher', however, it's different and less convenient.

> There are only two states:
>
> I want to interact with my machine, so I want it to be awake.
>
> I DON'T want to interact with it, so whether it's just display sleep 
> or
> full sleep, I don't care.

>then why did you ask how to check for display sleep without waking?

>pick one or the other and that's the end of that.

Anal is an Asshole troll who is all over Usenet busting peoples chops. 
He thinks it's cute.  The Dick is a worthless loser without a real 
job, who lives off his mommy.

If you ignore him it will devastate the nothing. 

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display sleep wake Martin Frost me at invalid stanford daht edu <nospam@stanford.edu.invalid> - 2014-05-17 00:01 -0700
  Re: display sleep wake nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-17 11:11 -0400
    Re: display sleep wake Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-17 08:49 -0700
      Re: display sleep wake nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-17 12:22 -0400
        Re: display sleep wake Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-17 09:46 -0700
          Re: display sleep wake nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-17 13:44 -0400
            Re: display sleep wake "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-17 15:41 -0400
              Re: display sleep wake Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-17 13:07 -0700
                Re: display sleep wake "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-17 17:14 -0400
                Re: display sleep wake Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-17 21:22 -0700
            Re: display sleep wake Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-17 13:17 -0700
              Re: display sleep wake nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-17 16:46 -0400
                Re: display sleep wake Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-05-18 00:14 -0400
                Re: display sleep wake Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-05-18 16:21 +1200
                Re: display sleep wake Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-05-18 01:17 -0400
                Re: display sleep wake Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-05-18 17:49 +1200
                Re: display sleep wake Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-17 21:22 -0700
                Re: display sleep wake Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-05-18 05:57 +0000
                Re: display sleep wake nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-18 15:44 -0400
                Re: display sleep wake Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-17 21:22 -0700
                Re: display sleep wake nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-05-18 15:40 -0400
              Re: display sleep wake Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-18 09:51 +0200
          Re: display sleep wake Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-05-18 09:44 +0200
            Re: display sleep wake Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-05-19 02:38 +0000
      Re: display sleep wake dcohenspam@talktalk.net (Daniel Cohen) - 2014-05-18 08:37 +0100
        Re: display sleep wake Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-18 01:07 -0700
          Re: display sleep wake Martin Frost me at invalid stanford daht edu <nospam@stanford.edu.invalid> - 2014-05-18 16:44 -0700
            Re: display sleep wake Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-05-19 02:36 +0000
              Re: display sleep wake Martin Frost me at invalid stanford daht edu <nospam@stanford.edu.invalid> - 2014-05-18 22:35 -0700
                Re: display sleep wake Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-05-19 06:01 +0000
                Re: display sleep wake Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-05-19 18:04 +1200
          Re: display sleep wake "Puffin Killer" <puffythekiller@telus.net> - 2014-05-19 16:58 -0400
            Re: display sleep wake Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-05-19 19:08 -0700
  Re: display sleep wake Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-05-17 11:47 -0400

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