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Mac turned itself on last night - question

Started by SpamelaH , Oct 12 2022 11:01 AM

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#1 SpamelaH

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Posted 12 October 2022 - 11:01 AM

Last night for the first time in maybe 10 years my mac woke me up with the donnng! startup noise. I searched and found the following comment on a mac site:

"Possibly due to network traffic aimed at that machine.
Switch off 'wake on network access' in System Preferences->Energy Saver." I switched off "wake on network access" and we'll see how that goes. But should I be alarmed that there is 'network traffic aimed at my machine' when all our devices are turned off for the night?? What does this mean? Should I be posting this in a security-related forum?

Thanks, Spamela

imac mid-2011

OSx El Capitan 10.11.6

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#2 greg18

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Posted 13 October 2022 - 02:19 PM

Most likely it was a electrical glitch that caused it to boot if plugged in.

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#3 SpamelaH

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Posted 13 October 2022 - 04:16 PM

Ok. Thanks.

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#4 sflatechguy

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Posted 11 November 2022 - 05:34 PM

It's usually a good idea to turn off the "wake on network access" unless you need some remote process to wake it up and log in.

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#5 MilkandGinn

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Posted 04 June 2023 - 02:13 PM

You can also open the Firewall in settings and click to block all incoming connections. If youre concerned that people are trying to access it, that will block them.

But as someone else has said, the Mac will boot when power is reconnected. If you lost power for a second, it will likely think you reconnected the power cable and start its boot sequence.

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#6 Win11DataSavior

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Posted 31 October 2023 - 06:47 AM

If your Mac turns on unexpectedly, it could be due to an electrical glitch, a scheduled wake-up time, or network traffic aimed at your machine. You can check the system logs, run a malware scan, update your software, and contact your internet service provider to investigate the issue.

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#7 MoxieMomma

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Posted 31 October 2023 - 07:23 AM

Hi, @Win11DataSavior:

You wrote:

If your Mac turns on unexpectedly, it could be due to an electrical glitch, a scheduled wake-up time, or network traffic aimed at your machine. You can check the system logs, run a malware scan, update your software, and contact your internet service provider to investigate the issue.

Thanks for the helpful, generic suggestions.

Did you notice that the Topic Starter has not returned to this topic in over a year?

The Topic Starter likely found a solution or moved on since then.

Generally, there's no need to resuscitate such old topics. ;-)

Cheers

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#8 supertopsecret

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Posted 26 November 2023 - 05:01 PM

Good afternoon. I heard Apple released new MacBooks that supposedly physically unplug themselves (Referring to its A/c voltage circuit?) from its interior or inside once you shut the screen? But then its like how would it know its back on? It has to be a mechanism from the screen?

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#9 Chris Cosgrove

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Posted 01 December 2023 - 04:47 AM

No computer that I know of physically unplugs itself, it is done in logic. Almost all modern laptops can sense when the battery has reached maximum charge and at that point the charging circuit is disabled until the charge level falls to some pre-determined level. At which point the charging circuit cuts back in. It has nothing to do with the screen.

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