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Re: falling asleep during downloads

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On 4/8/15, 7:42 PM, David Empson wrote:
> J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
>> On 4/8/15, 10:18 AM, David Empson wrote:
>>> In any case, Power Nap has nothing to do with Firefox letting the
>>> computer go to sleep during a download.
>>
>> I wondered how the issue of Power Nap arose. I looked back. You said,
>>
>> "For computers which support Power Nap, you can't configure a delay
>> before sleeping the computer, only the display. There is a setting to
>> prevent the computer sleeping automatically while the display is asleep
>> (only while running from power adapter), but I haven't enabled it."
>
> After I wrote that, I discovered that only applied to notebook models
> which support Power Nap. Desktop models still have separate display and
> computer sleep settings.

Aw, you got me!  :)

>
>> Mine supports Power Nap and lets me adjust the computer sleep display
>> from 1 minute to never.  I wonder why yours won't allow it. (It's beside
>> the point.  Thanks for your help.)
>
> Earlier in this thread I posted a link to an Apple support article which
> shows screen shots of Energy Saver for desktop and notebook models,
> which clearly shows the difference.
>
> As to the reason why there is a difference, I can only speculate.
> Perhaps Apple thinks that desktop Macs are more likely to be used in a
> situation where they need to be configurable with a longer computer
> sleep than display sleep.
>
> I can see it being a limitation for people who use a notebook as a
> desktop replacement and want to be able to do background processing for
> a limited time after display sleep. Effectively the setting is either
> "just after display sleep" or "never".
>
There are some good movies with expired copyrights. (Buster Keaton!) If 
I downloaded with Firefox and I predicted that I'd be leaving it to 
download longer than my normal delay, I could lengthen the computer 
delay and shorten the display delay.

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falling asleep during downloads J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2015-04-06 17:31 -0400
  Re: falling asleep during downloads Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-04-06 18:01 -0400
  Re: falling asleep during downloads dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2015-04-07 08:41 +1000
    Re: falling asleep during downloads J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2015-04-06 18:55 -0400
  Re: falling asleep during downloads dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-04-07 11:30 +1200
    Re: falling asleep during downloads J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2015-04-06 20:15 -0400
      Re: falling asleep during downloads dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-04-07 12:43 +1200
        Re: falling asleep during downloads J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2015-04-06 23:49 -0400
          Re: falling asleep during downloads dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-04-07 18:08 +1200
            Re: falling asleep during downloads J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2015-04-07 14:11 -0400
              Re: falling asleep during downloads dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-04-09 02:18 +1200
                Re: falling asleep during downloads J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2015-04-08 16:50 -0400
                Re: falling asleep during downloads Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-04-08 19:00 -0700
                Re: falling asleep during downloads J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2015-04-09 11:09 -0400
                Re: falling asleep during downloads J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2015-04-08 17:07 -0400
                Re: falling asleep during downloads dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-04-09 11:42 +1200
                Re: falling asleep during downloads J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2015-04-08 21:10 -0400
                Re: falling asleep during downloads Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-04-09 12:40 +0000
  Re: falling asleep during downloads Ed Anson <EdAnson@comcast.net> - 2015-04-06 21:35 -0400
    Re: falling asleep during downloads J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2015-04-07 00:36 -0400
  Re: falling asleep during downloads Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-04-07 02:46 +0000
    Re: falling asleep during downloads J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2015-04-07 00:43 -0400
      Re: falling asleep during downloads Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2015-04-07 10:52 -0400
      Re: falling asleep during downloads Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-04-08 09:57 +0000
        Re: falling asleep during downloads J Burns <burns4@nowhere.com> - 2015-04-08 16:46 -0400
          Re: falling asleep during downloads Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-04-09 12:36 +0000

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