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jfdubestripe Author

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22 points

New macbook Pro M1 chip waking when asleep with log "SMC.OutboxNotEmpty" wake reason

My new Macbook Pro with the M1 chip, when sleeping and on battery, will slowly drain. I looked at the logs and the wake reason is:

"Wake reason = wlan, kern.wakereason: 'SMC.OutboxNotEmpty smc.70070000 wifibt wlan"

This happens every few minutes or so in the log.

I checked the system preferences and Wake for Network access is OFF.

Never had this issue with prior MacBooks, until the new M1.

Any ideas?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.0

Posted on Nov 18, 2020 12:17 PM

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RajMIrage

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4 points

Posted on Nov 23, 2020 6:56 AM

I have the same issue. This is the stats I got in the morning.

This is really more than annoying since it wakes up the external monitor to which the Mac is connected every few minutes.

Apple folks, please respond to this.

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Meteo07

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Nov 26, 2020 8:41 PM in response to RajMIrage

The same on mac mini m1 ... mac is wake up all 1, 2, 3 ...5 minutes

Meteo07

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Nov 27, 2020 12:17 PM in response to Meteo07

finally, It doesn't work. same problem is back...

jfdubestripe Author

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Nov 27, 2020 12:18 PM in response to Meteo07

Do any of you have Microsoft Exchange accounts configured on your Mac which syncs contacts and/or calendars?

Meteo07

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Nov 27, 2020 12:19 PM in response to jfdubestripe

jfdubestripe Author

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Nov 27, 2020 12:21 PM in response to Meteo07

Alright, and your log says that the wake reason is "SMC.OutboxNotEmpty" right?

Meteo07

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4 points

Nov 27, 2020 12:23 PM in response to jfdubestripe

yes the last....

21:13:33.811907+0100 powerd Wake from Deep Idle [CDNVA] : due to SMC.OutboxNotEmpty smc.70070000 enet Enet.TCPData/UserActivity Assertion

Nov 27, 2020 1:25 PM in response to jfdubestripe

Nope. Not me.

Meteo07

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4 points

Jan 4, 2021 8:26 PM in response to RajMIrage

Yeeeeeaaahhh the same with an external sound card usb and alert assigned to this card, i unplug this card and use the internal sound card for sound and alerts, and the problem was solved, thanks .

Jan 14, 2021 9:47 AM in response to Muzosh

Same issue and macos 11.2 beta2 doesn't fix the problem. Really disappointed for apple.

temudjin

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4 points

Jan 18, 2021 11:43 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

There is no Power Nap option anymore for M1 Chips based macs.

Jan 23, 2021 1:23 PM in response to chrisia777

It’s a disaster for people who use external devices...

Jan 29, 2021 4:35 AM in response to Neda59

Go to "System Preferences->Security & Privacy->Analytics & Improvements", then uncheck all items.

Jan 29, 2021 4:54 AM in response to Muzosh

This only appear on the m1 macbook. Hope apple will improve it in the future.

0xC0FF33

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4 points

Mar 8, 2021 11:30 AM in response to Muzosh

Same issue with my MBP 13 inch M1. No external USB devices connected and OS already reinstalled.

Neda59

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26 points

Mar 9, 2021 10:22 PM in response to temudjin

A professional technician told me, the logic board has problem and need to change it.

New macbook Pro M1 chip waking when asleep with log "SMC.OutboxNotEmpty" wake reason