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FUNK1196 Author

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Reminders app waking mac from sleep

I've been having 2 issues with my mac staying asleep, this post is about one of them, which is regarding reminders waking from sleep, turning the display on, and not going back to sleep:

iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017). Mac OS 10.15. Have two external USB hard drives hooked up at all times.

In Energy Saver, power nap is off, wake for network access is off. In Notifications, Do Not Disturb has the following 3 checked: "When the display is sleeping, when the screen is locked, when mirroring to TVs".

I set up a test reminder, see the `inDelta=137` below.

Abridged log using `pmset -g log` (full log in attached file):

2019-10-12 14:26:25 -0700 Notification        	Display is turned off
2019-10-12 14:26:25 -0700 Assertions          	PID 582(useractivityd) Summary PreventUserIdleSystemSleep "BTLEAdvertisement" 00:00:02  id:0x0x10000a3af [System: PrevIdle DeclUser BGTask IntPrevDisp kDisp]
...
2019-10-12 14:26:25 -0700 Assertions          	PID 119(powerd) Summary InternalPreventDisplaySleep "com.apple.powermanagement.delayDisplayOff" 00:00:58  id:0x0x1000008003 [System: PrevIdle DeclUser BGTask IntPrevDisp kDisp]
2019-10-12 14:26:25 -0700 Assertions          	Kernel Idle sleep preventers: -None-
2019-10-12 14:26:25 -0700 Assertions          	[System: PrevIdle DeclUser BGTask IntPrevDisp kDisp]
2019-10-12 14:26:25 -0700 Assertions          	PID 119(powerd) Created InternalPreventSleep "com.apple.powermanagement.darkwakelinger" 00:00:00  id:0x0xd0000a3b1 [System: PrevIdle DeclUser BGTask SRPrevSleep IntPrevDisp kCPU kDisp]
2019-10-12 14:26:25 -0700 Assertions          	PID 584(sharingd) Released PreventUserIdleSystemSleep "Handoff" 00:02:38  id:0x0x10000a381 [System: PrevIdle DeclUser BGTask SRPrevSleep IntPrevDisp kCPU kDisp]
2019-10-12 14:26:40 -0700 Assertions          	PID 119(powerd) TimedOut InternalPreventSleep "com.apple.powermanagement.darkwakelinger" 00:00:15  id:0x0xd0000a3b1 [System: DeclUser BGTask SRPrevSleep IntPrevDisp kCPU kDisp]
2019-10-12 14:26:40 -0700 Sleep               	Entering Sleep state due to 'Software Sleep pid=205': Using AC (Charge:0%) 150 secs
2019-10-12 14:26:43 -0700 Wake Requests       	[proc=dasd request=Maintenance inDelta=43536] [*proc=powerd request=UserWake inDelta=137 info="com.apple.alarm.user-visible,481"]
...
2019-10-12 14:29:01 -0700 Notification        	Display is turned on

Full Log

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Oct 12, 2019 3:15 PM

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MarkFromEarth

Level 1

13 points

Posted on Sep 22, 2020 3:30 AM

I have the very same problem as so many others here.

What did work for me, setting an immutable flag to `/Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.AutoWake.plist`:

$ sudo pmset sched cancelall
$ sudo chflags schg /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.AutoWake.plist

$ /bin/ls -lO com.apple.AutoWake.plist

This prevents the system from updating the file and my MacBook no longer wakes to reminder events. Needles to mention that it prevents all scheduled system events like sleep, power-on and such.

I recommend removing the flag before a system update:

$ sudo chflags noschg /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/com.apple.AutoWake.plist

Hope this helps at least some of you!

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ulfklose

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On my friend's computers (iMac, MacBook Pro, Mac mini) this doesn't happen at all. It's only me not them, so I guess it's absolutely not a feature.

jfdeegan

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May 7, 2020 11:08 AM in response to UKenGB

Not to be a contrarian or argumentative, however, I’ve reproduce the issue on every version going back to Yosemite. Including all updates in between. Thank you.

jfdeegan

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May 8, 2020 5:20 AM in response to UKenGB

I am absolutely sure that I have seen this exact issue several times, across several iOS versions and updates. I even recall this happening a few times in Snow Leopard. This is a bug. Thank you.