November 2012
Intermediate to advanced
424 pages
11h 59m
English
| Tip 329 | Wake Your MacBook If the Power Is Attached |
This is a small time-saving tip of the type that makes your Mac a little easier to live with. Note that it changes a system setting, so it affects all users of the computer.
The following command, issued at the command prompt (open Finder, select the Applications list, and then in the list of applications double-click Terminal within the Utilities folder), will cause your portable Mac to wake as soon as the MagSafe power cable is attached:
| | sudo pmset -a acwake 1 |
Because this makes a systemwide hardware change, you’ll be prompted to enter your password.
Note that even though the system wakes on attaching the MagSafe, the screen might remain blank until you hit a key.
To revert to the old way ...
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