There are simple ways to get your Mac to sleep
You had a hard days work on your Mac and you can’t wait to rest those red eyes of yours, but when you click on the sleep option for your Mac it stays “awake.” You restart your Mac in frustration, thinking that when it reboots the problem will go away, but your PC appears to be an insomniac. Now before you even think about calling the Mac’s retailer for PC repairs take a deep breath and read how you can fix the problem yourself.
First, you should check to see if your Mac’s remote control is causing your infrared receiver to remain active. The Mac remote has been known to keep Macs unresponsive to sleep mode. This is one of the simplest PC adjustments that only requires a couple clicks of your mouse and does not require PC repairs. You can either disable the infrared receiver that reads the remote by going to the Mac’s security preferences and going in to the general tab or you can click on the re-pairing option for the remote.
So your infrared receiver is not acting like caffeine to your Mac, something else is. Well, it could be your network activity. Let me tell you of another adjustment that you can perform to help you avoid making the costly mistake of taking your Mac to its retailer for PC repairs. Go to the energy saver tab in system preferences and turn off the wake for network access option. It wouldn’t hurt to add more security to your firewall and activating your Mac’s stealth mode. You should also disable your Airport card.
Did that work? No. Don’t worry, there are more adjustments I can suggest for you. You should disable your Bluetooth. If you cannot do that, because both your mouse and keyboard use Bluetooth, then turn off your discoverable mode for your Bluetooth and see if that helps.
It didn’t help? Put down that phone, because I am going to suggest a helpful solution for a common problem without suggesting PC repairs. You should delete unwanted programs and applications from your hard drive because a full hard drive causes a slow computer. You should also reset your Mac’s PRAM and SMC, which may be the cause of your Mac not being able to catch some Zs.
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