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User profile for user: Vicnowo
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sleep wake problem with Yosemite on my Mac Mini Mid 2012

I have a problem with Sleep Wake on a Mac Mid 2012 Mac Mini running 10.10, I was also a beta test user, and had seen the same problem before the official release. After the Mac Mini goes to sleep, and you try to wake it, it sits frozen, you can not enter your password, after about 5 minutes, the Mac reboots, and you can enter your password, the keyboard works again. I am using the Apple bluetooth MC184LL/A wireless keyboard. This same problem is occurring with the Logitech K760 bluetooth solar keyboard. I am now going to try only a standard USB keyboard, to see if the problem is somehow related to bluetooth? I been sending the reports to Apple about this problem since I started the beta testing from the start of the Yosemite beta test. It seems this is low on the list or is somehow related to my machine only? I have never had any problems with my Mac Mini, and have never done anything to the device (I never opened the Mac).

Any one else with the same problem? Thanks!

Vicnnowo

Mac mini (Late 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10), Wake Sleep Bluetooth Keyboard

Posted on Oct 18, 2014 5:35 AM

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User profile for user: Vicnowo
Vicnowo Author
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Oct 18, 2014 5:37 PM in response to Vicnowo

I created a new user with admin rights and the same Sleep Wake problem is occurring.


I decided to perform a clean installation from a USB Flash Drive, I erased the drive before installation, to make sure there was nothing on the drive. I performed the clean Yosemite 10.10 installation. This did not solve the Sleep Wake problem.


I never had this problem with OS X Lion, or Mavericks. When I was running the beta version of Yosemite, I had the same Sleep Wake problem, it got to the point where I went back to running Mavericks. I thought wrong thinking that the 10.10 release would be stable, and not have this problem. I am thinking of going back to running Mavericks, and wait till the bugs are gone before I came back to Yosemite. This is my sort of test machine, the other Macs in my house are staying on Mavericks for quite some time, the other machines are used for business, no upgrade till the OS is more stable.

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User profile for user: RetiredinMountains
RetiredinMountains
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Oct 18, 2014 5:44 PM in response to Vicnowo

I have the exact same issue for the first time after installing Yosemite. On resume from sleep, I can see the desktop, and can move the cursor with the mouse, but clicking on icons, etc. does nothing, and the keyboard does nothing. A cold boot works fine. This is a Mac Mini bought in the Summer of 2014. I run no unusual software. I have eliminated all log in items in Preferences/Accounts, reset the NPRAM, have no peripherals (other than standard Apple mini mouse and wireless keyboard), and have shutdown and unplugged to reset. It makes no difference whether a password is required or not - once it goes to sleep, this is the result, and only a forced shut-down by holding the power button and a cold boot give me control back. This problem does not appear if it merely goes into screensaver mode - which I invoke with a hot corner.

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User profile for user: Vicnowo
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Oct 18, 2014 9:09 PM in response to Vicnowo

I have a call open with Apple on 10-20-14 PM time to go over this problem, I will post a update. This looks like a more common problem with Yosemite. I am experiencing the same problem as others are describing here. If there is a need to go back to 9.5, try to go and into your past purchases on the App Store and if you had OS X Mavericks it should download, I am most likely going to install OS X Mavericks as a clean install, I have to create a USB boot disk first though.


I will try to troubleshoot with Apple first. I will send a update first...

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User profile for user: Vicnowo
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Oct 18, 2014 9:18 PM in response to RetiredinMountains

With my system the Mac Mini reboots itself after about 5-10 minutes of sitting frozen. I get the crash report that the system rebooted because of a Sleep Wake fault and if I want to send the crash report to Apple. I have been sending the crash reports from the first days of Yosemite seed beta program. I got tired and went back to Mavericks. Then I decided to to run the beta under VMware Fusion, this freezing never occurred in a virtual environment, which tell us that the problem is somehow linked to the OS and Hardware interaction. I am using a USB Apple keyboard and a USB Laser Mouse, Apple compatible products. I had the same problem with the Apple Bluetooth Keyboard.

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User profile for user: JohnnyP123456
JohnnyP123456
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Oct 18, 2014 9:30 PM in response to Vicnowo

My Mini also doesn't want to re-awaken from sleep, but it doesn't reboot, like some of yours have. I have to unplug it, wait a few, and plug it back in and then re-start it. But this didn't happen at all while running the Beta, it just started Thursday night after upgrading. My USB attached keyboard also disappears, and the bluetooth connection drops on the mouse and trackpad simultaneously. That tells me there some bad code dangling around that is telling these devices to sleep or disconnect instead of wake. All my peripherals are Apple, so it's not just third party hardware that might be at issue.

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User profile for user: Loner T
Loner T
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Oct 18, 2014 9:49 PM in response to JohnnyP123456

There should be messages in the Console logs indicating sleep wake problems.


Has anyone tried a SMC Reset Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC).


Also, please see OS X: When your Mac doesn't sleep or wake which also has OS X Mavericks: Reset your computer’s PRAM.


If you really want to fall asleep please start at https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Networking/Conceptual/Syst emConfigFrameworks/SC_Components/SC_Comp…

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User profile for user: nick baccante
nick baccante
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Oct 18, 2014 10:06 PM in response to Vicnowo

exact same problem for my Mac Mini, and on top of that one of my internet (Telus) accounts stopped working, the only way for me to get mail from it is to delete the account and then re-create it, but after a hard re-boot (because it freezes to come out of sleep mode) I have to repeat this procedure for the email account

I can't believe that they wouldn't have come across this during beta testing...

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User profile for user: ygouli
ygouli
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Oct 19, 2014 12:27 AM in response to Vicnowo

I have the same problem with my mac mini late 2012 with fusion drive made by adding a 3rd party (OCZ 256 GB SSD), after Yosemite installation. The screen is frozen, as the mouse moves over the menu nothing happens. I tried some of the solutions like reseting the RAM, unplugging the power cable, etc. but nothing changed. I had no problem with the previous version of OS X Mavericks. Disk verification finds no problem in the fusion drive, but disk permissions verification

says: User differs on “private/var/db/displaypolicyd”; should be 0; user is 244. Group differs on “private/var/db/displaypolicyd”; should be 0; group is 244. I repair disk permissions but nothing changes concerning the freeze problem, and after rebooting the same message appears again. I don't know if this is relevant!

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User profile for user: CliftonD
CliftonD
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Oct 19, 2014 4:16 AM in response to Vicnowo

Just to demonstrate this is a common problem, I have exactly the same sleep issue with my 2012 mac mini and Yosemite. It is frozen when I try to wake it back up after using. the cmd/eject key shortcut to put the unit in sleep mode.

yet this has worked well for 2 years with both previous operating systems.

apple...needs a bug fix please !

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User profile for user: Vicnowo
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Oct 19, 2014 5:41 AM in response to nick baccante

I was a Yosemite beta tester for several months sending regular reports of Sleep Wake problems, I never got a e-mail regarding the reports. I looked at reports about this problem, and have not seen to much about it, I thought this was isolated case. Not to much for developers, much more work, or they are over loaded on many other issues. It looks like it's more common than I thought. I think this needs to move to the front burner very quickly.

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sleep wake problem with Yosemite on my Mac Mini Mid 2012

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