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Wake up a MacBook that likes to sleep in

Does your MacBook fail to wake up?

Just now my MacBook refused to wake up from sleep. All I got when I lifted the lid was a black screen and the spinning color wheel (usually the password prompt appears).

Panicking that I might have lost data, especially considering I have FileVault enabled, I closed the notebook, let the computer go to sleep again, and lifted the lid for a second time. Hey presto — the MacBook woke up this time around and I was able to enter my password.

So one possible solution to a slumbering MacBook (or other laptop) that refuses to wake is to hit the virtual snooze button and wake it up again a few seconds later. MacOSXHints

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