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Wake550 - 0.4

Wakes computers from sleep over a network

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All Time:	(4.3)
This Version:	(5.0)
Current Version:	0.4
Release Date:	2003-01-09
License:	Freeware
Downloads (this version):	10,184
Downloads (all versions):	13,285

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Product Description:

Wake550 will send a signal to a sleeping computer, based on it's MAC Address and broadcast IP, to tell it to wake up. The MAC Address can be found by running "Network Utility" on the target computer.

What's new in this version:

Should fix issues concerning saving computer name.
Status line added to make it clear that it's waking a computer.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.2

Feedback Summary:

This Version:
Overall Rating:	(5.0)	Features:	(4.5)	Support:	(4.0)
Ease of Use:	(5.0)	Quality / Stability:	(5.0)	Price:	(5.0)

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Great program! - Version: 0.4, 10/25/2007 06:46AM PST

MacHound

I just learned about this app from a thread at MacOSXhints:

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20020220095929695

There are other ways to accomplish the same task, but none so elegant or simple. Wake550 beats running downstairs to turn on my headless Mini every time I want to VNC into it. Thanks.

@Whit G - Version: 0.4, 3/9/2005 10:54AM PST

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anjoschu

To put the remote Mac to sleep, use Terminal to connect to it via SSH, then type:

osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to sleep'

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@Whit G

@Whit G (1 replies)

Good, but... - Version: 0.4, 11/4/2004 01:35PM PST

Whit G

Works as advertised, no problems, but it sure would be nice if it could put a machine to sleep again. I have a file server that serves no purpose when I'm not backing up or retrieving files and therefore I sleep it as soon as I'm done with either of those things. I was hoping to use this instead of Remote Desktop for the purpose of waking the machine up, but if I can't put it back to sleep again then that's not going to be feasible.