

".the Bonjour Sleep Proxy feature needed for the advanced functionalities of broadcasting information about the sleeping machine requires the use of an Apple AirPort or Time Capsule base station running firmware 7.4.2 or later." Before it has the Wi-Fi key, no amount of Bonjour sleep proxy will wake your Mac.

Since they will need to turn the Mac on to enter the Wi-Fi password, the Mac is already going to be turned on. if the thief of your macbook has an AirPort router, you'll still need to wait for the thief to turn the Mac on and enter the wifi key for his network for the Mac to be registered with mDNS for it to report itself. you should turn it off and save the energy.Īs for leaving this on for the "Find My Mac" feature to work better, think about it.

Even if you do have an Apple Router or Time Capsule, unless you are sharing music etc. Unless you have a Apple-branded router or Time Capsule or a specially configured PC or Mac to act as the Bonjour Sleep Proxy Server, you should disable this, and save the energy.
