My Macbook Pro won't sleep when connected to AC

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My Macbook Pro won't sleep when connected to AC

When I look at pmset -g i get this:

pmset -g

Active Profiles:

Battery Power 1

AC Power 2*

Currently in use:

standbydelay 4200

standby 0

womp 1

halfdim 1

hibernatefile /var/vm/sleepimage

sms 1

networkoversleep 0

disksleep 10

sleep 10 (sleep prevented by )

hibernatemode 3

ttyskeepawake 1

displaysleep 10

acwake 0

lidwake 1

I haven't seen any other discussions with "sleep 10 (sleep prevented by )".

Any help with how to remove (sleep prevented by ), Thanks!!

OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Feb 23, 2013 8:55 PM

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Feb 23, 2013 10:02 PM in response to PvtPapa

When I turn off my Wifi the (sleep prevented by ) goes away and I am able to close the lid and it goes to sleep with no problem.

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Answer 2

Feb 23, 2013 10:05 PM in response to PvtPapa

Do you have iTunes running in the background and maybe an iPhone set to sync via WIFI to it?

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Feb 24, 2013 6:50 AM in response to SwankPeRFection

That didn't work, I don't have Wifi sync on anyways. I'm pretty sure this all started happening after I used NoSleep, which prevents my computer from sleeping when the lids closed, when active, but I removed it using CleanMyMac.

I need someway to reset the AC sleep, I can run sudo pmset sleep 15 and that changes the sleep time but is there a way I can just change the sleep time for AC in terminal that might remove what I have now.

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Feb 24, 2013 9:12 AM in response to PvtPapa

Then your uninstall of NoSleep didn't work properly. Why didn't you uninstall that app per normal procedure and used a 3rd party uninstall utility like CleanMyMac? That could very well be your problem. Go back to the developer site for NoSleep and figure out what the proper uninstall procedure is for it. You may have to reinstall the app so that it puts everything back in as it normally does and then uninstall it per their directions.

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Feb 24, 2013 2:14 PM in response to SwankPeRFection

I just tried reinstalling NoSleep and installing with the included uninstall.command and it didn't help any. I also tried CleanMyMac again, and still nothing.

Somedays when I change the sleep time using "sudo pmset -g sleep 15" I will get "sleep 15 (sleep prevented by _____) <-- I get a number. I first thought it was a PID but when I look for it in Activity Monitor it's not there.

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Feb 24, 2013 2:36 PM in response to PvtPapa

That is a PID number. Under Activity Monitor make sure you're sitting on ALL Processes at the top of the screen. By default it's usually just on My Processes. If needed, look at all the drop downs, but All Processes should show the PID in question. The PID will then reflect what program it is.

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Mar 6, 2013 3:08 PM in response to SwankPeRFection

I found the problem! I had internet sharing on, from when I bridged my ps3 lol. Thanks for you help!

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