Mac Question : Delayed Sleep

Reboot

 

Sleep is not immediate, because it takes time to write out a copy
of RAM contents to disk. Next time you issue the sleep command
[key sequence, apple-menu, close the lid, etc] listen very
carefully to where your hard drive is. You'll hear it writing
a *lot* of data for a while, after which it finally goes to sleep,
and that can take up to 10 seconds or so. Depends on what you've
been doing and how full memory is.
.
Look in your system log for an idea of all the thrashing the
machine goes through on both sleep and wake.
.
I also recommend if you're going to sleep a machine to let it
get fully to sleep mode [breathing] before waking it up again.
Some people start the sleep sequence and then impulsively decide
"oh, needed to do one more thing" and yank the lid open before
things settle down. And then they wonder why their machines get
into funny states sometimes.
.
It's also a bad idea to wake it up if it's been in the cold,
before the temp of the drive equalizes to the room. Solid state
drives will mitigate that problem once we get away from mechanical
spindles, but in the meantime it pays to treat them gently.
.
_H*

 

No, that's the PC answer.

Would it be better to log out first and then click sleep?

 

you have a program thats not letting it shut down do a PRAM reset

 

Rebooting does sound PC-ish, but it is the simple way to turn off a misbehaving program that is eating up cpu cycles or gobbling up RAM.

If you have a stable of programs you usually use, try to find one that might be the cause through a process of elimation.

 

1) The short form of perambulator, a wheeled conveyance for transporting infant humanoids.

2) Parameter Random Access Memory

I'm guessing number two.

Actually, on the newer Intel macs, it's called Non Volatile RAM. Here's an article from Apple support about it.

 

The Power Manager is an integrated circuit (computer chip) that is usually on the logic board of the PowerBook and iBook. As the name implies, it is responsible for power management of the computer. It controls backlighting, hard disk spin down, sleep and wake, some charging aspects, trackpad control, and some input/output as it relates to the computer sleeping.

Over time, the settings in the Power Manager may become unusable, which can result in operational anomalies with the computer. Examples include not turning on, not waking from sleep, not charging the battery, or not seeing the AC Adapter, among others.

Resetting the PMU is not intended for resolution of a stall or situation in which the computer is unresponsive. A PMU reset should not be necessary except as a last resort in cases where a hardware failure of the power management system is suspected. Performing a PMU reset returns the iBook and PowerBook hardware, including NVRAM, to default settings and forces the computer to shut down.

For most situations, a restart is sufficient. If the computer has stopped responding, try these steps, in order, until the computer responds:

Force Quit (Option-Command-Escape)
Restart (Control-Command-Power)
Force Shut Down (press the power button for 10 seconds)

 

And so you should.

Once you go mac, you never go back.

 

wait till the iPad

 

You're correct. I went to a Mac, and I have never gone back to it! I don't think it's been turned on in 5 months.

 

That's a shame. I'm sure you could find someone to take it off your hands, if you don't want it. It may as well be with someone who appreciates it.