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SmartSleep 3.10

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Prefpane that dynamically sets the sleep state of your machine. Commercial ($3.99)

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SmartSleep is a preference pane that dynamically sets the sleep state of your machine. It's a successor to Hibernate.prefPane.

The Problem - Your MacBook or MacBook Pro knows the following sleep states:

sleep: machine will go to sleep only (saves state in RAM only, battery keeps RAM contents)
sleep & hibernate: machine sleeps and hibernates. (default)
hibernate only: machine will go to hibernate only. (saves state on disk, battery will not be used)
Just sleep means that the notebook will go to sleep fast, but you loose the ability to change the battery as

What's New

Version 3.10:

Fixed bug in insomnia mode with screen waking when display is asleep and no screensaver runs.
Added a default to start insomnia on launch. Set it with defaults write de.jinx.SmartSleep enableinsomniaonlaunch YES
Removed large versions of daemon icons to reduce the size of the program.

Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later

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SmartSleep User Discussion (Write a Review)

ver. 3.x:

(5)

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Overall:

(9)

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Unmei reviewed on 21 Feb 2012

What you see is what you get. You can't change when exactly it'll save to disk or ram for sleep. For example, if I want it to sleep in 1 hour and hibernate in 2, I can't do that. The battery basically has to be dead for it to activate. Otherwise you manually do it. You can make it run in the background, but it won't turn on by itself unless you set it in the system preferences.

[Version 3.10]

+17

Seanc reviewed on 24 Feb 2011

My low rating is for the new app version of SmartSleep. I bought the app and used it for a couple of weeks, but recently uninstalled it and switched back to the free prefpane version. I really liked the new menubar item, but the actual "smart" sleep feature only works if the app is running all the time, which is an annoyance. I don't have a problem with the developer going commercial -- the price is very reasonable -- I just wish he'd kept it a prefpane instead of an app. I'm guessing he only made it an app so he could sell it via the AppStore.....

[Version 3.04]

-28

Shk747 commented on 30 Jan 2011

vielleicht könnte der entwickler das geschwür von einem icon ein wenig in richtung mac-dezent ändern !?

selten so einen pfusch in der finderleiste gesehen.

[Version 3.0]

1 Reply

+44

Michael Haeusler replied on 31 Jan 2011

Selber eins basteln und einfach im App-Package austauschen. Habe ich bei Menu-Items schon öfters gemacht, wenn's scheiße aussah. ;)

+130

Robk commented on 30 Jan 2011

It is a PITY that this program has gone commercial..

What is the difference between the last FREE version 2.6 and the new commercial version 3.0?

The last FREE version 2.6 runs great under Snow Leopard.

[Version 3.0]

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+44

Michael Haeusler replied on 30 Jan 2011

Yeah, but where do you get version 2.6?

+130

Robk replied on 30 Jan 2011

Just Google it. It is easy to find. I found it here via Google:

http://smartsleep.en.softonic.com/mac

+449

sjk replied on 30 Jan 2011

.
> What is the difference between the last FREE version 2.6 and the new commercial version 3.0?

Click the Visit Developer's Site link here; new features are described there.

+44

Michael Haeusler replied on 30 Jan 2011

The features tagged "NEW" on the dev's website are a bit misleading. The only real new features are quick sleep, which you probably won't need most of the time, and "insomnia mode", which is pretty cool, I think. The rest are not features: running without admin privileges is not a feature, running as an app/menu item instead of a preference pane is not a feature. Both of the latter were necessary to be accepted into the AppStore. By the way: A nice additional feature would be a command in the menu item to rebuild the hibernate file, but I'm pretty sure that SmartSleep would then be banned from the AppStore.

So the only real difference to version 2.6. is (1) insomnia mode, (2) AppStore sale only, and (3) the price of $1.99.

+167

Zo219 replied on 30 Jan 2011

$1.99 is hardly what I think of as "going commercial."

If the developer wants to be paid a little for his work ... you don't have two bucks to spare?

+104

Sgginc reviewed on 30 Jan 2011

Tried to edit my previous review but could not.

Would be nice to hide doc icon.

[Version 3.0]

+449

sjk commented on 29 Jan 2011

On the developer site it says:

• Runs as a application not a preference pane.

The MU description still says it's the latter, with an out-of-date image.

[Version 3.0]

Lucid reviewed on 09 Feb 2010

Thank you for taking the time to put this together and share it with the Mac OS X community.

Awesome!

[Version 2.6]

+17

Seanc commented on 22 Oct 2009

What exactly constitutes a Mac with "sleepy powermanagement" and why do they require a workaround? Which models does this refer to?

[Version 2.6]

-28

Shk747 reviewed on 22 Oct 2009

perfect for mac's with ssd's !

[Version 2.6]

2 Replies

+105

Zx replied on 08 Mar 2010

Why(SSD)?

-28

Shk747 replied on 30 Jan 2011

sleep/wakeup problems with some ssd's ..

+104

sgginc commented on 26 Aug 2009

The 2.2 installer changes the permissions on HD/Library/Pref Panes
to no access for everyone. Changing it fixes things. 2.0 also did this.
Maybe just me though ...
Thanks ... Ken

[Version 2.2]

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VinceLeers replied on 26 Aug 2009

I have just installed it, and here the PreferencePanes folder you're talking about has the following privileges:

system: read & write
wheel: read only
everyone: read only

Since I assume that this is the normal setting, I can't confirm your observation. Maybe your system privileges were incorrect to begin with..

+104

sgginc replied on 26 Aug 2009

I had to change it after the 2.0 install hours ago also.
Probably something weird with my os.
Did you check HD/Library/Pref Panes or HD/Users.../Library/Pref Panes?

Thanks ... Ken

VinceLeers replied on 26 Aug 2009

I checked HD/Library... The one SmartSleep installs into.

+104

sgginc replied on 26 Aug 2009

Thanks ... must be my os.

Khai had trouble on 30 Jul 2010

I installed this app due to its capability to "hibernate only", but recently it automatically hibernates when i close the lid. Isnt there any capability to auto sleep (instead of hibernate) when the lid is closed?

[Version 2.6]

John169 had trouble on 27 Sep 2009

Has anyone had a problem with SmartSleep causing sleep-related lockups? I've got installed on my 13"MBP running 10.6.1, and when I set it to Smart Sleep, my Mac will, after a period of a day or so, fail to wake from sleep. When I hard restart it will boot to the blue screen but then go to sleep before getting to the login screen. I tried zapping the PRAM but that didn't help. The only way to get out of the sleep loop is to reset the PMU. It makes no difference if my Mac is plugged in or not. I looked at the developer's website but didn't see any place to seek support. Anyone?

[Version 2.4]

+35

dorkypants had trouble on 26 Aug 2009

Doesn't install on Tiger (PrefPane manager says it's unable to load the PrefPane). Requirements should be changed to OS X 10.5. Reverted to version 1.4

[Version 2.2]

1 Reply

Jimmosk replied on 21 Jan 2010

Do you mean version 1.4 *does* work with Tiger? I'm having the same "unable to load PrefPane" error with my 10.4.11-running MacBook, and will try to hunt down an old version of SmartSleep if it won't have that problem... Thanks!

Tacitus had trouble on 29 Mar 2008

Including a readme file would be a good idea.

What exactly does this install apart from the prefpane? The smartsleep function seems hit or miss. I think it works if I manually put it to sleep, but if it goes to sleep automatically when the battery is low it doesn't seem to hibernate despite being told to. All RAM data is then lost when the battery is changed.

Looks a good idea and has potential, but it possibly needs a bit more work.

MBk Pro 10.4.11 2Gb Ram

[Version 1.0 (1531)]

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AlanR replied on 12 May 2008

Agreed, it would be very nice to have a read me file. From the looks of the pref pane there are no options, no switches.

Why is it a pref pane if there's nothing to set?

Bobjazz had trouble on 07 Mar 2008

I can't get this to work in "Smart Sleep" mode. It won't change the setting from sleep only to sleep & hibernate (or vice versa). It says it's updating, but just comes back with the setting the same as it was last set. Even if I manually change the sleep & hibernate level, it updates and then comes back with the setting the same as it was before. I've tried fixing permissions, that didn't work. I've also tried 3 different versions now, the last beta, build 1529 and the latest, build 1531. They all behave the same. I'm running 10.4.10 on a 1.83Ghz Core Duo MacBook (2006) with 2GB of Ram. Anybody know what's going on?

[Version 1.0 (1531)]

Tomasz Marcin Orzechowski rated on 23 Dec 2011

[Version 3.10]

Thái-Nguyễn rated on 30 Jan 2011

[Version 3.0]

Downloads:12,674

Version Downloads:1,600

Type:Utilities : System

License:Commercial

Date:11 May 2011

Platform:Intel

Price: $3.99

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sleep: machine will go to sleep only (saves state in RAM only, battery keeps RAM contents)
sleep & hibernate: machine sleeps and hibernates. (default)
hibernate only: machine will go to hibernate only. (saves state on disk, battery will not be used)
Just sleep means that the notebook will go to sleep fast, but you loose the ability to change the battery as the battery is needed to keep the contents of the memory (RAM).
Just sleep and hibernate will wake the computer fast, but sleeping will take ages as the contents of the memory are saved to disk before entering the sleep.

The solution - SmartSleep lets your notebook just sleep while the battery has a high level. If the battery level drops below a certain point ( default is less then 20% or 20 minutes ) it will switch to sleep and hibernate. So you have the best of both worlds.

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