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Castelo

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Mac MC23 quits whenever screen locks
« on: January 06, 2018, 06:50:20 pm »

Using Mc23 on a mac air running MacOS High Sierra 10.13.2.  Whenever my screen locks, MC23 quits and the music stops, which is incredibly annoying.  I never have other apps running when MC is running. The music files are stored on a QNAP NAS I do not have a problem with other apps quitting when the screen locks.  I expect that I may be missing something obvious but searches  the forum  and the web and have not yielded any posts addressing this issue.  Is anyone else experiencing the problem and, if so,  have you found a solution? 

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Re: Mac MC23 quits whenever screen locks
« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2018, 06:25:35 am »

That is probably an OS issue.  Did you try an Internet search?  Or posting on the Apple forums?
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Re: Mac MC23 quits whenever screen locks
« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2018, 07:02:01 am »

I just tried this out and played (on a Macbook with 10.13.2 via WiFi) a FLAC residing on a (Synology) NAS. Locked the screen and the music continued. MC did not crash, even after unlocking.
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Re: Mac MC23 quits whenever screen locks
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2018, 07:04:26 am »

I'd check the power options on the Mac and make sure it's not putting things to sleep, e.g. drives and/or the network.
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Re: Mac MC23 quits whenever screen locks
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2018, 12:28:50 pm »

Thanks for the responses.  I have searched the web for information related to the problem but have been unsuccessful in finding anything that might lead me to a solution.

The power options are:  display sleep after 10 minutes, computer sleep after 3 hours.  I usually find that MC quits about 45 minutes into music playing. 

I think i found a solution though:  even though my screen was only locking not logging me out, when i unchecked the Preferences >security & privacy> advanced >setting to log out after 180  minutes,  MC would no longer quit when the screen locked.  It doesn't seem like the issue should be linked to this change given that the screen would lock and MC would quit well before 3 hours, I am happy that I have a solution.
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