2021 M1 MacMini will not wake up

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2021 M1 MacMini will not wake up

I have a new MacMini (RAM 8gb, SSD 250gb) connected to a Dell monitor with HDMI cable after an extended period, especially overnight, nothing will wake it up.

I use a USB apple keyboard and a bluetooth apple trackpad. I have tried disconnecting and reconnecting the HDMI cable but it still will not wake up. So, I have to use the power button to shut it down and then restart.

A number of forums, including this one, indicate this is quite a common problem. My OS is fully up to date (11.6.1). Apple., please will you fix this issue and make sure the current OS works properly before coming out with new ones.

If anybody has found the solution for this issue I would be glad to know what it is?

Posted on Nov 8, 2021 12:43 AM

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hcsitas

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Nov 8, 2021 12:13 PM in response to Jenneval

Disable Sleep, it’s unnecessary on later Macs. Check “Prevent…” in Energy Preferences and uncheck everything else. You can leave the display off time as is, unrelated to Sleep.

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Nov 8, 2021 10:44 AM in response to Jenneval

Many questions come to mind. Why not simply shut down overnight? Do you have to use sleep? Check System Preferences > Energy Saver settings.

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Jenneval Author

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Nov 8, 2021 2:02 PM in response to bobcollard

Thank you for responding, bobcollard. You are not wrong but very often I am not close to the computer when it would be best to shut it down. I have also been advised that all Macs do a lot of 'housekeeping' when they sleep, rather than using cpu etc. while they are operating. Cheers

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Jenneval Author

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Nov 8, 2021 2:08 PM in response to hcsitas

Thanks for your suggestion hcsitas, I will try it and see what happens. I did read your exchange with Eknova in another string but there were a lot of conflicting messages so, I rather gave up reading them!! I will let you know if it solves the issue. Pity Apple cannot somply fix it in some update.

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hcsitas

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Nov 8, 2021 8:41 PM in response to Jenneval

You’re welcome! All the best.

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2021 M1 MacMini will not wake up

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