My MacBook Air is, by far, the slowest computer I've ever owned when waking up from sleep, a full 10-20 seconds every time. It has been like this ever since the day I purchased it.
I'm wondering if I should take it to the Genius Bar, but I don't know whether I'm atypical. Do others experience similar delays?
MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.2), 2nd-gen 13"
Same problem here...I'm guessing it could be caused by slower wake up times of the SSD compared to an HDD?
My 2008 macbook pro on the same Lion version but with HDD is instantaneously ready once the lid was open
SSDs shouldn't be slower than traditional hard drives; they should be orders of magnitude faster.
Maybe faster to operate (which is certainly the case on my MBA if compared to the MBP), but not to wake...just guessing.
I'm not an expert but what can possibly be another explanation? OS issues?
I called AppleCare as I had the same problem with my Macbook Pro (only 7 months old)-it also has an SSD (it was taking 30 seconds to go to sleep and to wake up), and the tech had me first reset the SMC and then the PRAM. He did not know which one fixed it, but it did!
SMC reset instructions: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964
PRAM reset instructions: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
Thanks
Solution above just solved a wake up time of 10-20 sec (Screen ok but no action). Now it is instant.
SMC reset worked for me (MacBook Air late 2011).
SMC reset always works for me...but two days later, it's always back to the way it was: dog slow.
Ah! Thank you for this. Seems to be working.
Here is a post about this problem and how to fix it. It has to do with sleep mode goes into standby mode.
http://www.alexanderwilde.com/2012/09/os-x-how-to-fix-slow-wake-up-time-on-macbo ok-pro-with-retina/
I did them sequentially and the PRAM didn't have much if any effect but the SMC did the trick. Works like new now.
You are my hero - just improved my life tremendously and stopped my macbook air freezing all the time!
SMC reset worked for me as well.
Slow MacBook Air wake-up time
