I use my Mini for home theatre, but the IR won't active the screen.
Using Screen Sharing will activate the screen.
I see others have reported this issue with 10.8.2 that went away with 10.8.3. Alas 10.8.3 didn't cure this problem for me.
Originally I suspected it was due to sleep/hibernate, but this looks to be false as I can ssh into the Mini and use it fine. Also I ran the Plex home theatre app under "caffeinate", and it didn't help.
Prior Research: I have read many man pages, forums, articles (see refs at bottom). Tried many combinations of settings, but to no avail. I turn to StackExchange for guidance.
- My previous Mini running Snow Leopard worked just fine, but I don't wish to install Snow Leopard on my late model mini.
- I have tried the NVROM/PROM reset 4 times. Hasn't helped.
My machine:
Mac mini – Late 2012 – Software OS X 10.8.3 (12D78)
Reference Sites:
Mac Mini won't wake after sleep with Mountain Lion
Best Answer
Don't know how to get the display to wake up using your IR remote, but @wuc provided a great workround since you said you can ssh into the machine.
Step 1: SSH into your Mac.
Step 2: Run this command:
pmset schedule wake "01/01/2012 20:00:00"(with a date of your choosing, of course).Here's a bit of background on the new "features" Apple added to Lion and Mountain Lion that make it harder to wake up your display.