Macbook: WoL when powered off

[nomacyet]

Is ist posslible to wake a Macbook by WoL when powerd off? It does work with my Lenovo Thinkpad when connected to AC power. Or is WoL only possible with sleep mode?

 

[beelzebozo]

When powered off? Do you mean when it's sleeping because being powered off and sleeping are completely different.

Here is something to look at: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3774

 

[nomacyet]

I am talking about powered off. WoL works with suspend to RAM (S3), but with my Lenovo T410 WoL also works when it is powerd off as long as it is connected to the AC power (can be configured in the BIOS). This is handy for automatic backups during the night.

 

[beelzebozo]

Energy Saver preferences on a Mac have an option for Wake-on-lan that you can select.