# Coming from sleep on Mac kills background and resolution

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/coming-from-sleep-on-mac-kills-background-and-resolution/141006
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**Created:** [March 16, 2005, 4:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/coming-from-sleep-on-mac-kills-background-and-resolution/141006 "2005-03-16T04:20:55Z")
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### Author: ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2005, 4:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/coming-from-sleep-on-mac-kills-background-and-resolution/141006/1 "2005-03-16T04:20:55Z")

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On my mac, I often leave it alone for a while and it goes into sleep mode and shuts off the monitor. That’s good. However, when I attempt to come out of sleep mode, I have no background image anymore, and I’m running at some ridiculously low resolution.

I think perhaps my computer can’t detect the settings of the monitor because it’s off, or some strange thing like that. It’s a Mac Mini connected to an old Dell monitor.

Thanks,  
Jeff.