MacPro 2010 Server 5.1 running OS Sierra suddenly refuses to sleep

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MacPro 2010 Server 5.1 running OS Sierra suddenly refuses to sleep

Out of the blue after many months with no sleep problems, can no longer get my MacPro to sleep, even with Zzz app enabled/disabled. Have cleared all the caches etc etc, zapped the PRAM, reset the SMC all to no avail. Computer energy saver set to 15 minutes but it just sails on by without sleeping, and ignores the Apple menu command to sleep.

Activity monitor shows just one process preventing sleep, under CPU/Disk/Network, namely something called hidd, showing designated user for the process as _hidd. It shows parent process as launchd (1)/kernel task (0) and Process Group as hidd (111)

Does anyone have a clue what this might be? Thanks for any help

Mac Pro, macOS 10.12

Posted on Mar 22, 2022 11:06 AM

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Bill Carter Author

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Mar 23, 2022 2:54 PM in response to Bill Carter

Have found it!!! It was the wifi USB mouse wrangler in a USB slot at the back of one of the Apple monitors! Transferred it to the main computer.. and Bob's your uncle! So sorry to have put you to all that trouble.. and very much obliged for your patient help..

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Bill Carter Author

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Mar 23, 2022 1:22 AM in response to BDAqua

Problem still there..

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BDAqua

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Mar 22, 2022 3:03 PM in response to Bill Carter

Good work...

CleanMyMac,!!!

Uninstall CleanMyMac per their directions , then run etrecheck again to see what chaff it left...

On CMM…

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Delete these files & restart...

Clean up:

/Library/LaunchAgents/Wlan.Software

~/Library/LaunchAgents/org.freedownloadmanager.fdm5.helper.plist

~ tilde indicates your home folder

Apple hid the Users' Library folders...

Method 1:

1 From the Finder, select the Go menu at top of the screen, and choose Go to Folder.

2 In the window that opens, enter ~/Library, and click Go.

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BDAqua

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Mar 22, 2022 1:33 PM in response to Bill Carter

We need to see what all is running, a report from this will not display any personal info...

EtreCheck is a FREE simple little diagnostic tool to display the important details of your system configuration and allow you to copy that information to the Clipboard. It is meant to be used with Apple Support Communities to help people help you with your Mac. It will not display any personal info.

https://www.etrecheck.com/

Pastebin is a good place to paste the whole report if you capture the URL while there…

https://pastebin.com/

Whew, they've changed pastebin & made it harder, but after pasting in, click Create new paste button, then Embed button, then copy the URL...

The important part of the above is...

https://pastebin.com/embed_js/KuvnghqA

Workable but harder for me to work with...the Note tool on the bottom of this editor's toolbar, as shown in the image, to copy and paste the output from EtreCheck. In a Reply before you click post, look for this to add longer texts...

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BDAqua

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Mar 23, 2022 1:11 PM in response to Bill Carter

Just paste in this,hit enter, then drag copy the output..

pmset -g

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BDAqua

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Mar 23, 2022 12:40 PM in response to Bill Carter

Whilst not good, I'm not of the opinion that such a seemingly small number should cause the lack of sleep.

Might report this in Terminal...

pmset -g

System-wide power settings:

Currently in use:

standby 0

Sleep On Power Button 1

womp 1

halfdim 1

hibernatefile /var/vm/sleepimage

proximitywake 1

powernap 1

gpuswitch 2

networkoversleep 0

autorestart 1

standbydelayhigh 86400

sleep 0 (sleep prevented by configd)

hibernatemode 3

disksleep 0

ttyskeepawake 1

displaysleep 20

highstandbythreshold 50

standbydelaylow 0

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Bill Carter Author

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Mar 23, 2022 2:39 PM in response to Bill Carter

Online advice to use Terminal command 'pmset -g assertions' and the following was the result.. Any good?

Terminal Report

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Bill Carter Author

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Mar 23, 2022 12:57 PM in response to BDAqua

You've suddenly gone way beyond my technical pay grade I'm afraid.. I'm passingly familiar with Terminal but can't decipher how to apply your advice to report in that programme? Sorry.. :-/ I think I'll replace the main drive with a new SSD and start from scratch.. Many thanks for your kind help..

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BDAqua

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Mar 23, 2022 2:13 PM in response to Bill Carter

Good work, didn't help me as I'd hoped, have you tried this yet?

Have you done a PRAM reset, CMD+Option+p+r...

Reset NVRAM or PRAM on your Mac - Apple Support

In fact, do 3 in a row, takes a bit of time.

Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)...

How to reset the SMC of your Mac - Apple Support

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Bill Carter Author

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Mar 23, 2022 2:28 PM in response to BDAqua

Did all of the above as the first resort.. also removed all peripherals. Am running two monitors from the MacPro so as a last resort will try disconnecting those in turn.and will report back in the am (UK time) Thanks again..

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Bill Carter Author

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Mar 22, 2022 2:37 PM in response to BDAqua

Thank you for your kind response.. Have done as you advised the exception of Pastebin which I couldn't get my head around.. Anyway here is the EtreCheck report: Thanks again..

EtreCheck Report

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