com.apple.alarm.user-visible-Weekly Usage Report keeps waking my Macbook Pro at night while lid closed

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superwick Author

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com.apple.alarm.user-visible-Weekly Usage Report keeps waking my Macbook Pro at night while lid closed

I've seen this asked before in the community but never solved?

I have a recurring problem with my Macbook Pro 15 inch, 2016, Mac OS Monterey 12.0.1:

I have the lid closed at night, unplugged and certain mornings I arrive to see it completely drained.

I've made sure to not have Power Nap on.

I noticed in the Wake Requests though - com.apple.alarm.user-visible-Weekly Usage Report happens at random times at night.

To see this:

pmset -g log | grep "Wake Requests"

To see scheduled power events:

pmset -g sched

Since my only power event was the Weekly Usage thing, I did:

sudo pmset schedule cancelall

which cleared it from the schedule, I'll have to see if it gets added back..

Also, I turned off Screen Time (in system prefs) to try to make sure it wouldn't be added back.

Anyone else having this issue?

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 12.0

Posted on Jan 6, 2022 12:03 PM

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superwick Author

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Feb 5, 2022 4:39 PM in response to Danny586

uh not true - i disabled it using the command 'sudo pmset schedule cancelall' and since then I've never had my MacBook wake up in the middle of the night. This most definitely fixed my issue and also 'com.apple.alarm.user-visible-Weekly Usage Report' was not added back on the schedule since then as well.

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ilya254

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Feb 15, 2022 9:13 AM in response to ilya254

this was a solution for me:

sudo pmset -b tcpkeepalive 0

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superwick Author

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Jan 10, 2022 10:03 AM in response to superwick

So far (com.apple.alarm.user-visible-Weekly Usage Report) was exactly the culprit!

I've been able to have my Macbook Pro not plugged in and in sleep mode overnight without it turning on and draining the battery by morning!

It's amazing that Apple allows Screen Time to do Power Event Wakes all night thus draining the battery by morning...

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SnickZ.

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Jan 7, 2022 11:58 AM in response to superwick

Hey superwick,

It sounds like you're having an issue with your Mac waking from sleep. We can understand wanting to look into that further. We want to help.

We'd recommend these steps in this article: If your Mac sleeps or wakes unexpectedly

Thanks!

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superwick Author

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Mar 5, 2022 11:20 PM in response to ilya254

To launch terminal :

https://www.howtogeek.com/682770/how-to-open-the-terminal-on-a-mac/

also for the

sudo pmset schedule cancelall

command, it’ll ask you for your password, which is the one you use to login.

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system-a

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May 29, 2022 9:41 AM in response to superwick

Hi all,

I wonder if this is the same issue you're having? Are these entries listed in your "System Information > Power" on your Mac?

I have just brought this MBP-2020 M1 and I noticed these listed (see pic below) so naturally I hit the web, and came across this thread.

Does anyone know will these want to run every night?

And am I safe to disable these ?

Thanks

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superwick Author

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Jan 7, 2022 12:07 PM in response to SnickZ.

I already tried everything in this article which led me to checking out the Power Events. So far after removing the Screen Time reports I haven't seen the Power Wake Event being added back. Will try leaving the lid down with power adapter disconnected for a couple nights to see what happens.

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Danny586

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Feb 5, 2022 10:46 AM in response to superwick

This is super normal for it to process com.apple.alarm.user-visible-Weekly Usage Report it is a report that sends to apple. If you apple logo on the top left of ur screen then about this pc. Then press show report then go to power go down and it should be listed under the events there u will know the next time it will be done. However this feature cant be deactivated

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ilya254

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Feb 12, 2022 10:12 PM in response to superwick

same issue with overnight battery drain on mbp16-2019. Thanks for resolving it. Will follow your steps and see if this is a solution for me as well.

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superwick Author

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Feb 15, 2022 10:52 AM in response to ilya254

Ah ok thats interesting! Glad it worked for you!

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akaus222

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Mar 5, 2022 9:20 AM in response to superwick

Hello,

I think this is what is happening to me.

Where would I enter this 'sudo pmset schedule cancelall' ?

Thank You

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ilya254

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Mar 5, 2022 11:17 AM in response to akaus222

Launch “terminal” app on your Mac and copy / paste this code there.

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akaus222

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Mar 6, 2022 8:15 AM in response to superwick

I got it. Thank you

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victorvz

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Apr 8, 2022 1:25 AM in response to superwick

Thank you for sharing! I have the same problem. Is the terminal command on its own enough or do I have to deactivate screentime as well? Looking forward to hearing from you

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victorvz

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Apr 8, 2022 1:30 AM in response to superwick

And which command would you use to turn the schedule back on? Just in case I would want to reverse it as Screen Time does crash after deactivating the scheduled events

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