Q: Sleeping Apple TV 3 wakes up iMac every 10 minutes...
Some days ago I updated my Apple TV 3 to the latest 7.2.1 firmware (I forgot to do it when it was released this February).
Since then my iMac never really sleeps, because the sleeping Apple TV tries to connect to the home shared iTunes library on my iMac every 10-15 minutes waking up the iMac... This did not happen with firmware 7.2.
Konsole clearly shows that it is my sleeping Apple TV waking the iMac.
If the Apple TV is awake and I don't use my home shared library the iMac sleeps well until the next scheduled RTC alarm...
I tried the following without success:
- Restarting Apple TV, iTunes, iMac and the router (TimeCapsule) several times and in several orders
- Switching Apple TV from WiFi to Ethernet and vice versa
- Deactivating and activating Home Sharing
The iMac only sleeps (with the regular 2 hour RTC alarm break) if...
- iTunes is closed or
- Apple TV is on (not sleeping), off (no power) or not on the network
- Wake on network access on the iMac is off (which means Apple TV can not wake up my iMac at all, even not if I want it to...)
I had a similiar problem about 1-2 years ago with this Apple TV... it went away with a later Apple TV firmware update.
And now it is back with this possibly last firmware ever for this device...
The problem is mentioned on the Internet by several people - but unfortunately without a solution.
Any idea on how to fix this issue is highly appreciated!
Thanks in advance,
Michael
Posted on Jun 12, 2016 10:44 AM
The only other suggestion I have is to reset the Apple TV. That will force it to do a clean install of the OS. It will mean having to re-enter you account information though.
Posted on Jun 13, 2016 1:03 AM