Why are MacBook Pros hot to the touch when sleeping?

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Why are MacBook Pros hot to the touch when sleeping?

Lately, I have had many MacBook Pros hot to the touch when I go to use them in the morning. Some are draining the battery when left on sleep for the day.

I have had (2) 16" MacBook Pros end up with a cracked screen after they were closed and put into laptop bags. Apple replaced both under warranty. On all of them a mysterious process keeps waking the machines. I have used iStat Menus to track this and see that the computer will wake up at odd hours of the night when all peripherals are off.

This keeps showing up...

powerd: [powerd:sleepWake] Wake reason: "<private>" identity: "<private>"

What is this "private" process and user and why is it running during sleep?

Posted on Jun 13, 2022 6:50 AM

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Answer 1

Jun 13, 2022 9:25 AM in response to leroydouglas

Can't use Apple Silicon yet, so Intel only. 10.15 and 11.

Power Nap is enabled, turning that off on mine to see if that does the trick. Looks like my MBP woke itself for over 10 minutes when I first woke up this morning and checked email on my iPhone. Which is kind of annoying because the MBP will then run rules and move emails to folders On My Mac before I can see them on my iPhone.

Maybe Power Nap is too crude of a setting and should have options for what services one allows to wake the Mac.

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Answer 2

Jun 13, 2022 9:27 AM in response to leroydouglas

I've been shutting my computers down when not in use due to these sleep issues. This works 100% of the time. Also, if my computer gets hacked, they can't wait until I walk away to use it because it will be OFF!

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leroydouglas

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Jun 13, 2022 8:36 AM in response to Ryan Burkholder

Ryan Burkholder wrote:

Lately, I have had many MacBook Pros hot to the touch when I go to use them in the morning. Some are draining the battery when left on sleep for the day.

I have had (2) 16" MacBook Pros end up with a cracked screen after they were closed and put into laptop bags. Apple replaced both under warranty. On all of them a mysterious process keeps waking the machines. I have used iStat Menus to track this and see that the computer will wake up at odd hours of the night when all peripherals are off.

This keeps showing up...

powerd: [powerd:sleepWake] Wake reason: "<private>" identity: "<private>"

What is this "private" process and user and why is it running during sleep?

OK—So what exact Mac is this one you are asking about....Intel or M1(?)

What macOS ...(?)

Turn off wake for Network access both Power and Battery setting—

Share your Mac resources when it's in sleep - Apple Support

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Why are MacBook Pros hot to the touch when sleeping?

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