iMac waking up on its own

This procedure is a diagnostic test. It makes no changes to your data. The instructions must be carried out as an administrator. If you have only one user account, you are the administrator.

Please triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:

sudo pmset -g log | sed -E '/Assert|UU/d' | tail -n 50 | pbcopy

Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.

Launch the built-in Terminal application in any of the following ways:

☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)

☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.

☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.

Paste into the Terminal window by pressing the key combination command-V. I've tested these instructions only with the Safari web browser. If you use another browser, you may have to press the return key after pasting. You'll be prompted for your login password. Nothing will be displayed when you type it. Type carefully and then press return. If you don’t have a login password, you’ll need to set one before you can run the command. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. Confirm. You don't need to post the warning.

If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator. Log in as one and start over.

Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign ($) to appear below what you entered.

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The Terminal window doesn't show the output. Please don't copy anything from there.

Disconnect all USB peripherals, starting with an UPS, if applicable. Test.

Might that be the culprit?

Yes.

I have an iMac that randomly wakes up from sleep, most recently at 1am this morning. 21.5 inch, Late 2012. 2.9 GHz Intel Core i5, 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3, OS X 10.9.4. Problem only started a few weeks ago. Several phone calls to Apple have not resolved anything. I have nothing connected to the iMac by USB except the Apple keyboard. I have a TimeCapsule connected by ethernet cable. No non-Apple software installed except MS Office for Mac and iBank app. Problem occurs when all programs/apps are closed, and when TimeCapsule is turned off.

Wake for network access is disabled. Enable power nap is disabled. Allow bluetooth devices to wake is disabled.

I ran Linc Davis' diagnostic test with the following result. Sure would appreciate any help!

Sleep/Wakes since boot at 9/10/14, 6:26:46 PM PDT :14 Dark Wake Count in this sleep cycle:1

Sleep/Wakes since boot at 9/10/14, 6:26:46 PM PDT :16 Dark Wake Count in this sleep cycle:1

9/12/14, 5:04:57 PM PDT Showing all currently held IOKit power assertions

BackgroundTask 0

PreventDiskIdle 0

ApplePushServiceTask 0

UserIsActive 1

PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep 0

InteractivePushServiceTask 0

PreventSystemSleep 0

ExternalMedia 0

PreventUserIdleSystemSleep 0

NetworkClientActive 0

Listed by owning process:

pid 70(hidd): [0x0000000a00000193] 00:48:36 UserIsActive named: "com.apple.iohideventsystem.queue.tickle"

id=501 level=255 0x4=USB mod=9/12/14, 4:27 PM description=EHC2 owner=AppleUSBEHCI

id=502 level=255 0x4=USB mod=9/12/14, 4:18 PM description=EHC1 owner=AppleUSBEHCI

id=504 level=255 0x8=BT-HID mod=12/31/69, 4:00 PM description=com.apple.driver.IOBluetoothHIDDriver owner=BNBTrackpadDevice

You might want to consider starting a new discussion. Since this one is marked solved, less people are likely to look at it. You can link to this one.

Sure would be awesome if you can help me to get my mac to sleep. It runs hot and s a pain in the butt to shut won and reboot instead of going to sleep.

Last login: Sun Mar 15 11:26:06 on ttys000

[localhost:~] ttmblake% 3/15/15, 11:01:19 AM PDT Wake Wake [CDNVA] due to EHC2/HID Activity: Using AC 1002 secs

3/15/15,: No match.

3/15/15, 11:01:19 AM PDT Timedout Kernel: Response from Creative Cloud timed out (powercaps:0x9) 30000 ms

3/15/15, 11:01:19 AM PDT Timedout Kernel: Response from Adobe CEF Helper timed out (powercaps:0x9) 30000 ms

3/15/15, 11:01:19 AM PDT SlowResponse Kernel: Response from powerd is slow (powercaps:0x0) 28150 ms

Sleep/Wakes since boot at 3/13/15, 6:14:47 PM PDT :10 Dark Wake Count in this sleep cycle:0

Time stamp Domain Message Duration Delay

========== ====== ======= ======== =====

3/15/15, 11:18:01 AM PDT Sleep Software Sleep pid=43: Us[localhost:~] ttmblake% 3/15/15, 11:01:19 AM PDT Timedout Kernel: Response from Creative Cloud timed out (powercaps:0x9) 30000 ms

Badly placed ()'s.

[localhost:~] ttmblake% 3/15/15, 11:01:19 AM PDT Timedout Kernel: Response from Adobe CEF Helper timed out (powercaps:0x9) 30000 ms

Badly placed ()'s.

[localhost:~] ttmblake% 3/15/15, 11:01:19 AM PDT SlowResponse Kernel: Response from powerd is slow (powercaps:0x0) 28150 ms

Badly placed ()'s.

[localhost:~] ttmblake% Sleep/Wakes since boot at 3/13/15, 6:14:47 PM PDT :10 Dark Wake Count in this sleep cycle:0

Sleep/Wakes: Command not found.

[localhost:~] ttmblake%

[localhost:~] ttmblake% Time stamp Domain Message Duration Delay

stamp: No such file or directory

0.00 real 0.00 user 0.00 sys

[localhost:~] ttmblake% ========== ====== ======= ======== =====

==========: Command not found.

[localhost:~] ttmblake% 3/15/15, 11:18:01 AM PDT Sleep Software Sleep pid=43: Using AC 9 secs

3/15/15,: Command not found.

3/15/15, 11:18:05 AM PDT SlowResponse PMConnection: Response from com.apple.apsd is slow (powercaps:0x0) 4077 ms

3/15/15, 11:18:05 AM PDT WakeRequests Clients requested wake events: None

3/15/15, 11:18:10 AM PDT Wake Wake [CDNVA] due to EHC2/HID Activity: Using AC 35 secs

3/15/15, 11:18:10 AM PDT SlowResponse Kernel: Response from powerd is slow (powercaps:0x0) 3320 ms

Sleep/Wakes since boot at 3/13/15, 6:14:47 PM PDT :11 Dark Wake Count in this sleep cycle:0

Time stamp Domain Message Duration Delay

========== ====== ======= ======== =====

3/15/15, 11:18:45 AM[localhost:~] ttmblake% 3/15/15, 11:18:05 AM PDT SlowResponse PMConnection: Response from com.apple.apsd is slow (powercaps:0x0) 4077 ms

Badly placed ()'s.

[localhost:~] ttmblake% 3/15/15, 11:18:05 AM PDT WakeRequests Clients requested wake events: None

3/15/15,: Command not found.

[localhost:~] ttmblake% 3/15/15, 11:18:10 AM PDT Wake Wake [CDNVA] due to EHC2/HID Activity: Using AC 35 secs

3/15/15,: No match.

[localhost:~] ttmblake% 3/15/15, 11:18:10 AM PDT SlowResponse Kernel: Response from powerd is slow (powercaps:0x0) 3320 ms

Badly placed ()'s.

[localhost:~] ttmblake% Sleep/Wakes since boot at 3/13/15, 6:14:47 PM PDT :11 Dark Wake Count in this sleep cycle:0

Sleep/Wakes: Command not found.

[localhost:~] ttmblake%

[localhost:~] ttmblake% Time stamp Domain Message Duration Delay

stamp: No such file or directory

0.00 real 0.00 user 0.00 sys

[localhost:~] ttmblake% ========== ====== ======= ======== =====

==========: Command not found.

[localhost:~] ttmblake% 3/15/15, 11:18:45 AM PDT Sleep Software Sleep pid=43: Using AC 9 secs

3/15/15,: Command not found.

3/15/15, 11:18:48 AM PDT SlowResponse PMConnection: Response from com.apple.apsd is slow (powercaps:0x0) 3134 ms

3/15/15, 11:18:48 AM PDT WakeRequests Clients requested wake events: None

3/15/15, 11:18:54 AM PDT Wake Wake [CDNVA] due to EHC2/HID Activity: Using AC 105 secs

3/15/15, 11:18:54 AM PDT SlowResponse Kernel: Response from powerd is slow (powercaps:0x0) 3139 ms

Sleep/Wakes since boot at 3/13/15, 6:14:47 PM PDT :12 Dark Wake Count in this sleep cycle:0

Time stamp Domain Message Duration Delay

========== ====== ======= [localhost:~] ttmblake% 3/15/15, 11:18:48 AM PDT SlowResponse PMConnection: Response from com.apple.apsd is slow (powercaps:0x0) 3134 ms

Badly placed ()'s.

[localhost:~] ttmblake% 3/15/15, 11:18:48 AM PDT WakeRequests Clients requested wake events: None

3/15/15,: Command not found.

[localhost:~] ttmblake% 3/15/15, 11:18:54 AM PDT Wake Wake [CDNVA] due to EHC2/HID Activity: Using AC 105 secs

3/15/15,: No match.

[localhost:~] ttmblake% 3/15/15, 11:18:54 AM PDT SlowResponse Kernel: Response from powerd is slow (powercaps:0x0) 3139 ms

Badly placed ()'s.

[localhost:~] ttmblake% Sleep/Wakes since boot at 3/13/15, 6:14:47 PM PDT :12 Dark Wake Count in this sleep cycle:0

Sleep/Wakes: Command not found.

[localhost:~] ttmblake%

[localhost:~] ttmblake% Time stamp Domain Message Duration Delay

stamp: No such file or directory

0.00 real 0.00 user 0.00 sys

[localhost:~] ttmblake% ========== ====== ======= ======== =====

==========: Command not found.

3/15/15, 11:20:39 AM PDT Sleep Software Sleep pid=43: Using AC 9 secs

3/15/15, 11:20:43 AM PDT SlowResponse PMConnection: Response from com.apple.apsd is slow (powercaps:0x0) 4182 ms

3/15/15, 11:20:43 AM PDT WakeRequests Clients requested wake events: None

3/15/15, 11:20:48 AM PDT Wake Wake [CDNVA] due to EHC2/HID Activity: Using AC

3/15/15, 11:20:48 AM PDT Timedout Kernel: Response from System Preferenc timed out (powercaps:0x9) 30000 ms

3/15/15, 11:20:48 AM PDT SlowResponse Kernel: Response from powerd is slow (powercaps:0x0) 4187 ms

Total Sleep/Wakes since boot at 3/13/15, 6:14:47 PM PDT :13

3/15/15, 11:24:30 AM PDT Showing all currently held IOKit power assertions

BackgroundTask [localhost:~] ttmblake% 3/15/15, 11:20:39 AM PDT Sleep Software Sleep pid=43: Using AC 9 secs

3/15/15,: Command not found.

[localhost:~] ttmblake% 3/15/15, 11:20:43 AM PDT SlowResponse PMConnection: Response from com.apple.apsd is slow (powercaps:0x0) 4182 ms

Badly placed ()'s.

[localhost:~] ttmblake% 3/15/15, 11:20:43 AM PDT WakeRequests Clients requested wake events: None

3/15/15,: Command not found.

[localhost:~] ttmblake% 3/15/15, 11:20:48 AM PDT Wake Wake [CDNVA] due to EHC2/HID Activity: Using AC

3/15/15,: No match.

[localhost:~] ttmblake% 3/15/15, 11:20:48 AM PDT Timedout Kernel: Response from System Preferenc timed out (powercaps:0x9) 30000 ms

Badly placed ()'s.

[localhost:~] ttmblake% 3/15/15, 11:20:48 AM PDT SlowResponse Kernel: Response from powerd is slow (powercaps:0x0) 4187 ms

Badly placed ()'s.

[localhost:~] ttmblake%

[localhost:~] ttmblake% Total Sleep/Wakes since boot at 3/13/15, 6:14:47 PM PDT :13

Total: Command not found.

[localhost:~] ttmblake%

[localhost:~] ttmblake% 3/15/15, 11:24:30 AM PDT Showing all currently held IOKit power assertions

3/15/15,: Command not found.

[localhost:~] ttmblake% BackgroundTask 0

BackgroundTask: Command not found.

PreventDiskIdle 0

ApplePushServiceTask 0

UserIsActive 0

PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep 0

InteractivePushServiceTask 0

PreventSystemSleep 0

ExternalMedia 1

PreventUserIdleSystemSleep 0

NetworkClientActive 0

Listed by owning process:

pid 16(powerd): [0x000000090000012c] 41:09:42 ExternalMedia named: "com.apple.powermanagement.externalmediamounted"

id=500 level=255 0x4=USB mod=3/13/15, 6:27 PM description=EHC2 owner=AppleUSBEHCI

id=501 level=255 0x4=USB mod=3/13/15, 6:26 PM description=EHC1 owner=AppleUSBEHCI

[localhost:~] ttmblake% PreventDiskIdle 0

PreventDiskIdle: Command not found.

[localhost:~] ttmblake% ApplePushServiceTask 0

ApplePushServiceTask: Command not found.

[localhost:~] ttmblake% UserIsActive 0

UserIsActive: Command not found.

[localhost:~] ttmblake% PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep 0

PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep: Command not found.

[localhost:~] ttmblake% InteractivePushServiceTask 0

InteractivePushServiceTask: Command not found.

[localhost:~] ttmblake% PreventSystemSleep 0

PreventSystemSleep: Command not found.

[localhost:~] ttmblake% ExternalMedia 1

ExternalMedia: Command not found.

[localhost:~] ttmblake% PreventUserIdleSystemSleep 0

PreventUserIdleSystemSleep: Command not found.

[localhost:~] ttmblake% NetworkClientActive 0

NetworkClientActive: Command not found.

[localhost:~] ttmblake% Listed by owning process:

Listed: Command not found.

[localhost:~] ttmblake% pid 16(powerd): [0x000000090000012c] 41:09:42 ExternalMedia named: "com.apple.powermanagement.externalmediamounted"

Badly placed ()'s.

[localhost:~] ttmblake% id=500 level=255 0x4=USB mod=3/13/15, 6:27 PM description=EHC2 owner=AppleUSBEHCI

id=500: Command not found.

[localhost:~] ttmblake% id=501 level=255 0x4=USB mod=3/13/15, 6:26 PM description=EHC1 owner=AppleUSBEHCI

id=501: Command not found.

[localhost:~] ttmblake%