Sat, 20 Jan 2018 16:54:02 GMT

My computer doesn't sleep anymore. (Even when I tell it to.)

powerd is currently sucking ~35% of CPU and everything is slow as hell. And will be till I reboot again.

The new computer cannot come fast enough, dammit.

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Sat, 13 Jan 2018 17:21:55 GMT

My computer is getting old and developing quirks as it ages.

It's a mid-2010 Macbook Pro, and it's really getting time to replace it - powerd comes up and starts sucking stupid amounts of CPU on a regular basis which slows the whole system down. Rebooting seems to be the only reliable way to solve the issue. (Helpful hints welcome!)

One of its other quirks is that Google Music Manager sometimes has issues connecting. After a restart, I came across the issue again this morning, and finally clicked the "More Info" link to see if I could find anything out. It brought me here.

The first suggestion is checking/adjusting your firewall settings (which in my case fixed the problem). But check out their next suggestion:

"If you are still seeing the "Couldn't Connect to Google Play" error message, try the following steps:

Open Music Manager and click on the window that appears.
Using your keyboard and arrow keys, press: up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, b, a.
A new window will open. Click Open browser and follow the prompts to log in.
Copy the code that is displayed, then return to Music Manager, paste in the code, and press Submit code."

The key sequence is, of course, the Konami Code, used for cheats in various Konami video games ages and ages ago. I'm highly amused that Google has integrated it into at least one of their apps!

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