I just had another annoying problem with my MacBook Pro 4.1, running Mac OS X 10.5.6.<\/p>\n
I left the machine unattended for like 10 minutes or so, and when I came back the screensaver was active. Sliding a finger over the trackpad wouldn’t produce the log-on dialog, nor would pressing keys on the internal keyboard. The machine was not <\/em>crashed, however, since the screensaver animation was still running. What was even more <\/em>strange is that the “Power on\/off” button would <\/em>work — when I shortly pressed it, the log-on prompt would appear.<\/p>\n Fortunately my view fell upon an external USB mouse, which I immediately tried. Voil\u00e0! I could move the mouse pointer with the external mouse, but the trackpad and internal keyboard were still dead.<\/p>\n I then attached an external keyboard, and that one also <\/em>worked.<\/p>\n Back in Mac OS X I stopped all running applications, and restarted the MBP. Afterwards, all was fine again.<\/p>\n What the heck is this??? I thought Mac OS X was famous for its stability and reliability?! Is that <\/em>what makes it “superior to Windoze” (according to a considerable fraction of Mac users)???<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I just had another annoying problem with my MacBook Pro 4.1, running Mac OS X 10.5.6. I left the machine unattended for like 10 minutes or so, and when I came back the screensaver was active. Sliding a finger over the trackpad wouldn’t produce the log-on dialog, nor would pressing keys on the internal keyboard. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,27,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computers","category-mac-computers","category-what-the-f"],"yoast_head":"\n