Wake up a MacBook that likes to sleep in

Oct 08, '07 07:30:00AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

Just now my MacBook refused to wake up from sleep. All I got when I lifted the lid was a black screen and the spinning color wheel (usually the password prompt appears).

Panicking that I might have lost data, especially considering I have FileVault enabled, I closed the notebook, let the computer go to sleep again, and lifted the lid for a second time. Hey presto -- the MacBook woke up this time around and I was able to enter my password.

So one possible solution to a slumbering MacBook (or other laptop) that refuses to wake is to hit the virtual snooze button and wake it up again a few seconds later.

[robg adds: I thought we had this potentially-frozen-laptop fix elsewhere in the database, but a few searches this morning came up blank. I've used the same technique myself on a G4 PowerBook a few times, though my MBP has been (thankfully) free of the same issue.]

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