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Wednesday, September 05, 2012, 09:08 pm
Apple working to improve Power Nap feature in latest 10.8.2 beta
Apple seeded a new OS X 10.8.2 beta on Wednesday, asking developers to focus on a number of areas including the Power Nap feature introduced with Mountain Lion.Build 12C43 of OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2 beta was seeded with no known issues, however it appears Apple is looking to improve operability of the Power Nap feature introduced with the operating system in July.
Power Nap enables Macs to stay up to date and allows for the automatic backup of data while the computer is in sleep mode. Time Machine and iCloud syncing are supported, though compatibility is limited to mid-2011 or later MacBook Airs and the MacBook Pro with Retina display.
The newest 12C43 build comes one week after Apple seeded the second 10.8.2 beta, asking developers to focus on system-wide Facebook sharing integration.
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Power Nap enables Macs to stay up to date and allows for the automatic backup of data while the computer is in sleep mode. Time Machine and iCloud syncing are supported, though compatibility is limited to mid-2011 or later MacBook Airs and the MacBook Pro with Retina display.
Power Nap enables Macs to stay up to date and allows for the automatic backup of data while the computer is in sleep mode. Time Machine and iCloud syncing are supported, though compatibility is limited to mid-2011 or later MacBook Airs and the MacBook Pro with Retina display.
The slide says MacBook Air (2nd generation) gets Power Nap. The article says mid 2011 Air does. The MacBook Air 1,1 came out in early 2008; 2,1 in late 2008; 3,1 in late 2010; 4,1 in mid 2011 and 5,1 in mid 2012 (accoring to Wikipedia). Does that mean that the MacBook Air 4,1 is the second generation Air? Or has the plan changed?
The most recent developer build of 10.8.2 takes longer to shut down than 10.8.1. Fix it please.
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Originally Posted by NormM 
The slide says MacBook Air (2nd generation) gets Power Nap. The article says mid 2011 Air does. The MacBook Air 1,1 came out in early 2008; 2,1 in late 2008; 3,1 in late 2010; 4,1 in mid 2011 and 5,1 in mid 2012 (accoring to Wikipedia). Does that mean that the MacBook Air 4,1 is the second generation Air? Or has the plan changed?
The slide says MacBook Air (2nd generation) gets Power Nap. The article says mid 2011 Air does. The MacBook Air 1,1 came out in early 2008; 2,1 in late 2008; 3,1 in late 2010; 4,1 in mid 2011 and 5,1 in mid 2012 (accoring to Wikipedia). Does that mean that the MacBook Air 4,1 is the second generation Air? Or has the plan changed?
2nd generation means 2nd gen of the design. So the 2011 model.
Yeah, when not plugged in it seems to take a while to wake from sleep when power nap is enabled.... Seems to be catching up before it wakes.
My iMac doesn't wake for LAN since ML. Clean install is my last resort. 10.8.1 didn't fix it. Maybe they messed with sleep on non-laptops too.
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2nd generation means 2nd gen of the design. So the 2011 model.
2nd generation means 2nd gen of the design. So the 2011 model.
I have the MacBook Air 3,1 (late 2010) and there are no visible differences in the design between it and the 4,1 (mid 2011). The display port connector turned into a thunderbolt connector, and the keyboard went back to being backlit. The screen and the case were completey unchanged. So how is this a different design?
I think this is a feature that will go away like iTunes Ping. When my MacBook Pro lid is closed, I want it to do nothing but wake up when I open the lid, not crunching 17 App Store updates.
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Originally Posted by NormM
I have the MacBook Air 3,1 (late 2010) and there are no visible differences in the design between it and the 4,1 (mid 2011). The display port connector turned into a thunderbolt connector, and the keyboard went back to being backlit. The screen and the case were completey unchanged. So how is this a different design?
I have the MacBook Air 3,1 (late 2010) and there are no visible differences in the design between it and the 4,1 (mid 2011). The display port connector turned into a thunderbolt connector, and the keyboard went back to being backlit. The screen and the case were completey unchanged. So how is this a different design?
It's a different design because it's a different design. The late 2010 is a different generation of Air than previous. It's that simple. Please know what you own.
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It's a different design because it's a different design. The late 2010 is a different generation of Air than previous. It's that simple. Please know what you own.
It's a different design because it's a different design. The late 2010 is a different generation of Air than previous. It's that simple. Please know what you own.
The article says Power Nap works with mid 2011 and later. As I said, my Air is late 2010, but has the same design as mid-2011 (with only tiny differences). The earlier Airs had a very different design. Does Power Nap work with the 2nd major design (my Air) or with mid-2011 and later (as the article states)? Please answer my actual question.
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"Power nap" sound great but unfortunately with 10.8 my 2008 Mac Pro (and apparently others too) has had constant issues with "Wake from Sleep." No fun.
Apples needs to do lots of bug squashing.