MacBook keeps waking up due to this daemon. How can I fix it?

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MacBook keeps waking up due to this daemon. How can I fix it?

After running a syslog, I've discovered that there is a leak.

Sep 7 10:38:34 Razvans-Air accountsd[314] <Warning>: notify name "com.apple.syncdefaultsd.daemon.wake" has been registered 60 times - this may be a leak

This is what is waking up my computer several times a night. There is a second entry, from an time tracking application but there's not much I can do about it.

What is this process and how can I prevent it from waking up my Mac? I'm tired of losing 40% of my battery life overnight.

Thank you,

Razvan

MacBook Air, macOS Sierra (10.12.6)

Posted on Sep 9, 2017 3:08 AM

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Answer 1

John Galt

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Sep 9, 2017 5:07 AM in response to RazvanClaudiu

Please read If your Mac doesn't sleep or wake when expected - Apple Support.

There is a second entry, from an time tracking application but there's not much I can do about it.

What is that time tracking application and why can you not do anything about it?

To extract potentially relevant sleep / wake activity consider using the following shell script:

log show --style syslog --last 24h | egrep -i 'system\ sleep|system\ wake' | egrep -v can | awk -F']' '{print substr($0,1,19), $NF}'

Copy (triple-click to select the entire line) and Paste that line in a Terminal window. The Terminal app is in your Mac's Utilities folder.

It extracts system sleep / wake activity logged during the previous 24 hours. To change that time period change that value. Copy (Edit > Select All and then Copy) and Paste that Terminal window's contents in a reply to this Discussion. Please omit or obscure any information that you may consider personal.

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Answer 2

Sep 9, 2017 9:32 PM in response to John Galt

I've solved the problem. It was the Facetime daemon that was causing the leaks. After disabling Facetime, my stand-by usage is back to normal.

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