Hello,
Since I installed Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard (clean install) my MacBook Pro never goes to sleep alone. If I select "Sleep" from the Apple menu or if I close down the monitor it goes normally to sleep but if I leave it on, it never goes to sleep (with Leopard I didn't have any problem).
I tried to turn off WiFi and Bluetooth connection, checked the Power Setting options when MBP isn't attached to power supply but simply it stand up ever, just the monitor goes to sleep but not the mac.
The only thing I can guess can be useful for understand the cause of the problem is my hard disk: I've changed it from the 120 GB original one with this one:
http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=482 (model: WD3200BEKT).
Can someone help me?
Thanks and best regards
MacBook Pro 3.1,
Mac OS X (10.6.4),
4 GB RAM, WD Scorpio Black 320 GB 7200 RPM
As the article that F brought says you can look for ioreg entries with "IORegisterForSystemPower", "IOCancelPowerChange and "kIOMessageCanSystemSleep" using the ioreg command line with the arg "-l" and add for the command line a filter with "grep" command. Something like "ioreg -l | grep IORegisterForSystemPower" and so on with all the other calls mentioned. If nothing is found you can try to reduce the entry as RegisterForSystemPower, ForSystemPower, SystemPower and finally Power to see any Power settings.
As ioreg did not helped but to know you have power - just kidding here - lets explore the pmset command still with the terminal.
The use is "pmset -g" or "pmset -g ARGUMENT-HERE" so the argument used bring more details, the args are bellow and you can read more about the command use in the manual page of the pmset command by typing "man pmset" - use "?", arrows and "q" to interact with the program "less" that will show you the manual page.
Args to use:
-g (with no argument) will display the settings currently in use.
-g live will also display the settings currently in use.
-g custom will display custom settings for all power sources, although these settings may not currently be in use; a pre-set settings profile may be active instead.
-g cap will display which power management features the machine supports.
-g sched will display scheduled startup/wake and shutdown/sleep events.
-g ups will display UPS emergency thresholds.
-g ps will display status of batteries and UPSs.
-g pslog will display an ongoing log of power source (battery and UPS) state.
-g rawlog will display an ongoing log of battery state as read directly from battery.
-g profiles will display the settings associated with each Energy Saver profile.
Manuels-MacBook-Pro:~ Manuel$ pmset -g cap
Capabilities for Battery Power:
displaysleep
disksleep
sleep
acwake
lidwake
lessbright
halfdim
sms
Manuels-MacBook-Pro:~ Manuel$
Manuels-MacBook-Pro:~ Manuel$ pmset -g sched
No scheduled events.
Manuels-MacBook-Pro:~ Manuel$
Manuels-MacBook-Pro:~ Manuel$ pmset -g ups
UPS settings:
haltlevel off 0
haltafter off 0
haltremain off 0
Manuels-MacBook-Pro:~ Manuel$
Manuels-MacBook-Pro:~ Manuel$ pmset -g ps
Currently drawing from 'Battery Power'
-InternalBattery-0 19%; discharging; 0:33 remaining
Battery Warning: Early
Manuels-MacBook-Pro:~ Manuel$
Manuels-MacBook-Pro:~ Manuel$ pmset -g pslog
* Logging IORegisterForSystemPower sleep/wake messages
pmset is in logging mode now. Hit ctrl-c to exit.
7/18/10 11:15:16 AM GMT+02:00
Currently drawing from 'Battery Power'
-InternalBattery-0 19%; discharging; 0:27 remaining
Battery Warning: Early
^C
Manuels-MacBook-Pro:~ Manuel$
Manuels-MacBook-Pro:~ Manuel$ pmset -g rawlog
pmset is in RAW logging mode now. Hit ctrl-c to exit.
* Battery matched at registry = 9731
external connected = no
battery present = yes
battery charging = no
cap = 871/4628
time remaining = 0:34
current = -1552
cycle count = 193/300
location = 0
7/18/10 11:16:05 AM GMT+02:00
external connected = no
battery present = yes
battery charging = no
cap = 858/4628
time remaining = 0:36
current = -1422
cycle count = 193/300
location = 0
Try to open up the Console and see if there is any useful information that can narrow down your problem.
I had the same problem and in Console found an that there was application that did not exist anymore but was trying to be launched -- it was stuck in a cycle and that's what kept it from shutting down automatically. By doing a search I found a file in user -> Library -> LaunchAgent. I deleted it and now my computer is able to go to sleep automatically.
I have a similar issue, but only when calibarting battery. When the warning comes up that the computer will goto sleep, I hit ok. Then, instead of going into sleep with the pulsating light, it goes into safe sleep and shuts down.
This has to be an issue with recent OS X updates. My May 2010 Macbook Pro always went to sleep using the system preferences settings. Since the last update - the screen sleeps and I can put it to sleep using the lid or the menu option. But waiting for it to go to sleep after the preset time 5 minutes - nothing.
I've reset SMC, repaired permissions, checked activity monitor, etc, etc. No new software has been installed SINCE it worked OK.
MY reason for blaming the OS X update? I installed a utility called 'Pleasesleep' and hey presto it works. VERY annoyed that I have to use a free 3rd party utility to get around Apples bug.
If it WAS hardware then the util Please sleep would not have worked.
Strange thing on my previous 2008 Macbook Pro, I had similar sleep problems on/off always after updates from Apple. Would think they would have got their head around this sleep issue by now!
I just re verified with Apple Care support, they say that when you calibrate the battery, after the warning message comes up, it is suppose to go into safe sleep mode and not normal sleep.
UPDATE* Noticed now that my Macbook Pro DOES sleep automatically but ONLY when powered by the adaptor. On battery power, the screen goes to sleep, but no pulsing light!
Does work from menu or closing lid. Very annoying.
I seem to be having a similar problem. Opened it up in my living room and started working in the office. Came back to it about 40 minutes later and it wasn't sleeping. Have the Energy Saver set to sleep after two minutes. It was sleeping when I first got it, but have since done some software updates.
I've not tried to see if it sleeps with the adapter connected, but it's not sleeping on battery power.
Two days old. I don't want problems with my laptop already.
Same problem here. Mbp i5 2.4.
It doesn't sleep even if I remain in the login screen. I've tried everything. It started this strange behavior after the last OSX update.
So I've made some tests, and discovered that if I login with a new account , or even the GUEST , sleep work fine without any problem.
So the problem must be in some process in my regular administrator account .. but really I can't find where the problem might be.
here are the process.. nothing open , all closed ..
bash-3.2# ps ax
PID TT STAT TIME COMMAND
1 ?? Ss 0:03.09 /sbin/launchd
10 ?? Ss 0:00.72 /usr/libexec/kextd
11 ?? Ss 0:00.32 /usr/sbin/notifyd
12 ?? Ss 0:00.11 /usr/sbin/diskarbitrationd
13 ?? Ss 0:12.64 /usr/libexec/configd
14 ?? Ss 0:00.74 /usr/sbin/syslogd
15 ?? Ss 0:07.73 /usr/sbin/DirectoryService
16 ?? Ss 0:00.52 /usr/sbin/distnoted
18 ?? Ss 0:00.42 /usr/sbin/ntpd -c /private/etc/ntp-restrict.conf -n -g -p /var/run/ntpd.pid -f /var/db/ntp.drift
23 ?? Ss 0:00.60 /usr/sbin/securityd -i
26 ?? Ss 0:03.87 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework /Support/mds
27 ?? Ss 0:00.16 /usr/sbin/mDNSResponder -launchd
29 ?? Ss 0:00.08 /usr/sbin/KernelEventAgent
31 ?? Ss 0:05.52 /usr/libexec/hidd
32 ?? Ss 0:00.32 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/CarbonC ore.framework/Versions/A/Sup
34 ?? Ss 0:00.01 /sbin/dynamic_pager -F /private/var/vm/swapfile
40 ?? Ss 0:00.30 /usr/sbin/blued
41 ?? Ss 0:00.03 autofsd
51 ?? Ss 0:02.26 /System/Library/CoreServices/coreservicesd
66 ?? Ss 0:00.02 /System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/Libraries/cvmsServ
77 ?? Ss 0:00.15 /usr/sbin/coreaudiod
90 ?? S 0:00.02 /usr/sbin/ntpd -c /private/etc/ntp-restrict.conf -n -g -p /var/run/ntpd.pid -f /var/db/ntp.drift
727 ?? Ss 3:39.28 /System/Library/CoreServices/loginwindow.app/Contents/MacOS/loginwindow console
728 ?? Rs 0:15.28 /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/CoreGraphic s.framework/Resources/Window
742 ?? Ss 0:00.86 /sbin/launchd
746 ?? S 0:04.43 /System/Library/CoreServices/Dock.app/Contents/MacOS/Dock
747 ?? S 0:01.38 /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemUIServer.app/Contents/MacOS/SystemUIServer
748 ?? S 0:03.69 /System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder
751 ?? S 0:00.00 /usr/sbin/pboard
759 ?? S 0:00.28 /usr/libexec/UserEventAgent -l Aqua
770 ?? S 0:00.08 /System/Library/CoreServices/Folder Actions Dispatcher.app/Contents/MacOS/Folder Actions Dispatcher
813 ?? S 0:36.18 /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor.app/Contents/MacOS/Activity Monitor -psn
0348245
815 ?? Ss 0:22.46 /Applications/Utilities/Activity Monitor.app/Contents/MacOS/activitymonitord
817 ?? S 0:00.06 /System/Library/CoreServices/AirPort Base Station Agent.app/Contents/MacOS/AirPort Base Station Agent -laun
823 ?? Ss 0:00.03 /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileDevice.framework/Versions/A/Resources/u sbmuxd -launchd
829 ?? S 0:00.20 /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Frameworks/ATS.framewo rk/Support/fontd
1359 ?? R 0:01.43 /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app/Contents/MacOS/Terminal -psn
0381021
1367 ?? S 0:00.56 /System/Library/Frameworks/QuickLook.framework/Resources/quicklookd.app/Content s/MacOS/quicklookd
1362 s000 Ss 0:00.07 login -pf scruch
1364 s000 S 0:00.01 -bash
1371 s000 S 0:00.03 /bin/bash
1405 s000 R+ 0:00.00 ps ax
bash-3.2#
bash-3.2# pmset -g
Active Profiles:
Battery Power -1*
AC Power -1
Currently in use:
halfdim 1
sms 1
hibernatefile /var/vm/sleepimage
gpuswitch 2
disksleep 10
sleep 1
hibernatemode 3
ttyskeepawake 1
displaysleep 1
acwake 0
lidwake
bash-3.2# pmset -g rawlog
pmset is in RAW logging mode now. Hit ctrl-c to exit.
* Battery matched at registry = 8451
external connected = no
battery present = yes
battery charging = no
cap = 6845/6936
time remaining = 6:32
current = -1049
cycle count = 32/1000
location = 0
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro6,2
Processor Name: Intel Core i5
Processor Speed: 2,53 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache (per core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Processor Interconnect Speed: 4.8 GT/s
Boot ROM Version: MBP61.0057.B0C
SMC Version (system): 1.58f15
EFI: latest version.
Important: There are no external peripherals attached to the MBP, bluetooth, network and wifi are off. I've uninstalled all automatic starting software i.e. : istat menu 3.
I just had your same problem this week. My Macbook Pro (New MacBook Pro, bought in june 2010) didn't go to sleep. I had resected Pram, Nvram and SMC. I've looked if I had some print queue, but nothing. After having resected pram and Nvram, I've created a new account, I've logged in and I've noticed that Macbook gone to sleep. Returning on my old account, I've opened Activity Monitor and I've seen that there were netsession
mac234a841 process which continued running and using CPU. I've seen that this was an Akamai process. I've stopped it and now it seems to run. Furthermore I've noticed (this afternoon) that also Microsoft's Entourage creates some problems with "Sleep" modality of mac.
