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Mid 2012 MacBook Pro Will Not Go to Sleep

Recently discovered that when I closed the lid on my mid 2012 MBP, It would continue to run without actually going to sleep. Sometimes it would be warm or hot to the touch as if it was still hard at work.


These are the troubleshooting steps I have taken all to no avail.


1. Manually put it to sleep using the sleep command from the Apple Menu. Screen goes dark, but I can still hear the hard drive spinning and heads thrashing. The sleep light comes on, but stays lit... never going to the slow pulsing when it would normally sleep. Even hours after I issued the command to sleep.


2. Rebooting into safe mode and then either using the sleep command or closing the lid.


3. Rebooting the computer and putting it to sleep from the user selection screen (ie, not logging in).


4. Reapply the OS X 10.10.4 Combined update.


5. Booting into the recovery partition to run Disk Utility and checking both Volume and partition health through the repair functions (no problems found).


6. Repairing disk permissions.


I am very conciencous of what I install on my computer. I am, no security slouch. Nothing has changed on my machine since this started other than applying software updates to all the software on it as needed. All browsers equipped with AdblockPlus. AV installed. That being said, I still ran checks using Sophos AV and AdwareMedic to see if anything was living in there that should not be.


I am at a loss, so here I am posting to the community. Thanks in advance.


Below is a list of all the processes currently running. If anyone notices anything out of the ordinary, by all means let me know.


accountsdcrperez
Activity Monitorcrperez
AirPlayUIAgentcrperez
AirPort Base Station Agentcrperez
airportdroot
Amazon Music Helpercrperez
amfidroot
appleeventsd_appleevents
AppleIDAuthAgentcrperez
AppleSpellcrperez
AppleSpellcrperez
apsdroot
askpermissiondcrperez
authdroot
autofsdroot
awacsdroot
awddroot
backupd-helperroot
birdcrperez
bluedroot
bootpdroot
CalendarAgentcrperez
CallHistoryPluginHelpercrperez
CallHistorySyncHelpercrperez
callservicesdcrperez
CalNCServicecrperez
cfprefsdcrperez
cfprefsdroot
CIJScannerRegistercrperez
clouddcrperez
CloudKeychainProxycrperez
cloudpairdcrperez
CMFSyncAgentcrperez
com.apple.AccountPolicyHelperroot
com.apple.AddressBook.InternetAccountsBridgecrperez
com.apple.AmbientDisplayAgentroot
com.apple.appkit.xpc.openAndSavePanelServicecrperez
com.apple.audio.DriverHelper_coreaudiod
com.apple.CloudPhotosConfigurationcrperez
com.apple.cmio.registerassistantserviceroot
com.apple.CodeSigningHelperroot
com.apple.ColorSyncXPCAgentcrperez
com.apple.ctkpcscdroot
com.apple.dock.extracrperez
com.apple.geodcrperez
com.apple.hiservices-xpcservicecrperez
com.apple.iCloudHelpercrperez
com.apple.ICPPhotoStreamLibraryServicecrperez
com.apple.ifdreaderroot
com.apple.InputMethodKit.UserDictionarycrperez
com.apple.internetaccountscrperez
com.apple.MailServiceAgentcrperez
com.apple.notificationcenterui.WeatherSummarycrperez
com.apple.PerformanceAnalysis.animationperfdroot
com.apple.PhotoIngestServicecrperez
com.apple.photomomentscrperez
com.apple.tonelibrarydcrperez
com.apple.WeatherKitServicecrperez
com.apple.wifi.proxycrperez
com.freemacsoft.appcleanerdroot
configdroot
ContainerMetadataExtractorcrperez
coreaudiod_coreaudiod
coreduetdroot
coreservicesdroot
CoreServicesUIAgentcrperez
coresymbolicationdroot
CrashReporterSupportHelperroot
ctkdroot
cupsdroot
CVMServerroot
DataDetectorsDynamicDatacrperez
deletedroot
diagnosticdroot
diagnostics_agentcrperez
diskarbitrationdroot
DiskUnmountWatchercrperez
distnoted_distnote
distnotedcrperez
distnoted_spotlight
Dockcrperez
filecoordinationdroot
Findercrperez
findmydevicedroot
Firefoxcrperez
fmfdcrperez
fontdcrperez
fseventsdroot
helpdcrperez
hiddroot
iCloud Photoscrperez
iconservicesagentcrperez
iconservicesagentroot
iconservicesd_iconservices
identityservicesdcrperez
Image Capture Extensioncrperez
imagentcrperez
IMDPersistenceAgentcrperez
InterCheckroot
InternetSharingroot
iStatMenusAgentcrperez
iStatMenusDaemonroot
kdcroot
kernel_taskroot
KernelEventAgentroot
kextdroot
Keychain Circle Notificationcrperez
LaterAgentcrperez
launchdroot
launchservicesdroot
locationd_locationd
logindroot
loginwindowcrperez
Logitech Control Center Daemoncrperez
lsuseractivitydcrperez
Mailcrperez
Mail Web Contentcrperez
mapspushdcrperez
mdflagwritercrperez
mdflagwriterroot
mDNSResponder_mdnsresponder
mdsroot
mds_storesroot
mdworker_spotlight
mdworkercrperez
mdworkercrperez
mdworkercrperez
mdworkercrperez
mdworkercrperez
mdworker_spotlight
mdworker_spotlight
mdworker_spotlight
mdworker_spotlight
natpmpdroot
nbagentcrperez
nbstatedroot
nehelperroot
netbiosd_netbios
networkd_networkd
networkd_privilegedroot
Notification Centercrperez
notifydroot
nsurlsessiondcrperez
nsurlsessiond_nsurlsessiond
nsurlstoraged_nsurlstoraged
nsurlstoragedcrperez
ntpdroot
ocspdroot
opendirectorydroot
pboardcrperez
pbscrperez
photolibrarydcrperez
Photos Agentcrperez
pkdcrperez
PowerChimecrperez
powerdroot
printtoolcrperez
racoonroot
recentsdcrperez
revisiondroot
SafariCloudHistoryPushAgentcrperez
sandboxdroot
ScopedBookmarkAgentcrperez
secdcrperez
secinitdroot
secinitdcrperez
securitydroot
securityd_serviceroot
sharingdcrperez
smdroot
soagentcrperez
SocialPushAgentcrperez
socketfilterfwroot
softwareupdated_softwareupdate
SophosAntiVirusroot
SophosAutoUpdateroot
SophosConfigDroot
SophosScanDroot
SophosServiceManagerroot
SophosSXLDroot
SophosUIServercrperez
SophosWebIntelligenceroot
spindumproot
spindump_agentcrperez
SpotifyWebHelpercrperez
Spotlightcrperez
SpotlightNetHelpercrperez
stackshotroot
storeaccountdcrperez
storeassetdcrperez
storedownloaddcrperez
storelegacycrperez
SubmitDiagInforoot
suhelperdroot
syslogdroot
sysmondroot
systemstatsdroot
SystemUIServercrperez
taskgatedroot
tccdcrperez
tccdroot
TextEditcrperez
thermaldroot
TMCacheDeleteroot
TTEnginecrperez
universalAccessAuthWarncrperez
USBAgentcrperez
usbdroot
usbmuxd_usbmuxd
UserEventAgentroot
UserEventAgentcrperez
usernotedcrperez
VDCAssistantroot
warmdroot
watchdogdroot
wdhelperroot
Wi-Ficrperez
WindowServer_windowserver
wirelessproxdroot
writeconfigroot

MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2012), OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Jul 24, 2015 4:08 PM

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5 replies

Jul 24, 2015 4:35 PM in response to CT

oops I forgot to add to my original list that I had ALSO reset the SMC and PRAM.


Well I could uninstall Sophos and see if that helps... I have had Sophos for years without any issues, which is why I did not pay it any mind. I further ruled it out as it was not running during my Safe Boot test and the MBP would not sleep then either...

Jul 24, 2015 7:55 PM in response to Carlos Perez2

Test after each of the following steps that you haven’t already tried:

Step 1

Take all the applicable steps suggested in this support article. That's the starting point for any further effort to solve the problem. Skipping any of those steps may mean that the problem won't be solved.

Note that, as stated in the article, the computer will not sleep if some sharing services are enabled. From the menu bar, select

 ▹ System Preferences... ▹ Sharing

Turn off all sharing services.

Step 2

Select

 ▹ System Preferences... ▹ Accessibility ▹ Speakable Items: Off

Step 3

Select

 ▹ System Preferences... ▹ Bluetooth ▹ Advanced...

and uncheck both boxes marked

Open Bluetooth Setup Assistant at startup if...

Step 4

In the Printers & Scanners preference pane, delete any duplicate printers.

Mid 2012 MacBook Pro Will Not Go to Sleep

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