insomniax wont work with SL

[Cameraman1dm3]

anyone have a suggestion how to disable sleep mode since insomniax wont work w snow leopard?

 

[Cameraman1dm3]

sleep mode n Snow leopard

Does anyone know a way to disable sleep modein snow leopard??? Insomniax does not work anymore... is there a away to disable this function....? any help would be great...

 

[pigoo3]

Does anyone know a way to disable sleep modein snow leopard??? Insomniax does not work anymore... is there a away to disable this function....? any help would be great...

Can't you do it in "Energy Saver" in "System Preferences"...by setting the "computer sleep" slider to "never".

- Nick

 

[chscag]

Nick: He may be referring to the sleep function when you close the lid. Insomniax would prevent the machine from sleeping even when the lid is closed. Looks like it's going to need an update in order to work with SL.

Regards.

 

[pigoo3]

Nick: He may be referring to the sleep function when you close the lid. Insomniax would prevent the machine from sleeping even when the lid is closed. Looks like it's going to need an update in order to work with SL.

Regards.

Thanks for mentioning that possibility.

I have heard of Insomniax before...and thought to myself..."someone wouldn't develop a program that would exactly duplicate what the OS already does...and a user wouldn't buy this program if it didn't have an added benefit."

With as warm/hot as laptops run these days...I think that I would not want to close my laptop display (and not allow the computer to go to sleep)...for fear the heat may cause some sort of display damage. Yeah...not as much heat comes from the keyboard area...but I would rather not take the chance.

I'm probably being overly cautious. Thanks again,

- Nick

 

[pigoo3]

Does anyone know a way to disable sleep modein snow leopard??? Insomniax does not work anymore... is there a away to disable this function....? any help would be great...

I just checked the 10.6 compatibility list:

Snow Leopard Compatibility: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Compatibility List

Ans it says InsomniaX is compatible with 10.6 (although it doesn't list a version number if there is more than one).

Hope this helps,

- Nick

 

[Cameraman1dm3]

found a program called sleepless... works great n has more options than insomniax

 

[ziggy2692]

sleepless or caffeine

im about to download sleepless...il post if it works (but its not free ...10 dollars) and im going to also try caffeine. ill let you know....snow leopard has been more trouble than its worth so far .

 

[ziggy2692]

caffeine and sleepless

caffeine is a no go...but sleepless appeared to work as expected...just a nagging screen that pops up to buy it every 10 min unless you purchase.

 

[pigoo3]

anyone have a suggestion how to disable sleep mode since insomniax wont work w snow leopard?

The Snow Leopard compatibility list shows InsomniaX as compatible.

Snow Leopard Compatibility: Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Compatibility List

- Nick

p.s. Your other InsomniaX thread:

http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/apple-notebooks/164719-sleep-mode-n-snow-leopard.html

 

[bobtomay]

Note: Merged duplicate threads

 

[Cameraman1dm3]

insomniax

does anyone know what version of insomniax that apple list as compatable? im using sleepless but like another poster said the annoying popup window is my only complaint... the site to buy sleepless im not sure how secure it is... anyways... have a good day

 

[pigoo3]

does anyone know what version of insomniax that apple list as compatable?

Good question...the Snow Leopard compatibility list doesn't list any version numbers...although it does say that it's compatible.

- Nick

 

[andrewhaji]

The "legacy" version listed on the official website works with Snow Leopard. It's a bit quirky but it gets the job done.

http://insomniax.semaja2.net/InsomniaX_0.5.zip

 

[bblboy54]

With as warm/hot as laptops run these days...I think that I would not want to close my laptop display (and not allow the computer to go to sleep)...for fear the heat may cause some sort of display damage. Yeah...not as much heat comes from the keyboard area...but I would rather not take the chance.
- Nick

This is a very good point and should be kept in mind. The issue I have is that I work in a data center where I constantly move from area to area.... it makes life a **** of a lot easier if I can close the lid to carry while I'm moving to another area but if the computer automatically sleeps when you close the lid then you lose all chat sessions, active SSH sessions, etc which makes live even more ****.

Does Rosetta have anything to do with InsomniaX running in Snow Leopard? I'm having issues with an HP Printer since the upgrade and in reinstalling the driver/software it said that it needed Rosetta to function. I told it to install but then that failed. So far I'm not all that happy with my upgrade to SL

 

[FireFighter 227]

On a side note, I have been monitoring CPU and HDD temps while using insomnia. I see no increases in temps. After opening the lid (while using insomniax) CPU seems to always be between 49* and 55*, while HDD is right around 35*. Granted, I am not running anything intensive...just a couple downloads and messengers.

Id venture to say that it may be a tad bit warmer when running intensive programs, such as video encoding.

Hope this helps.