This computer has been scheduled to go to sleep automatically

@eerk I was already using v3.5.2.5 and with the Awake from sleep for backup option unticked I did not see the sleep message. I then ticked the Awake from sleep for backup option and I've started seeing the message again.

I've just updated to v3.5.2.7 so we will see if that improves anything.

I'm now convinced the problem is iDrive related but I am not wondering whether it is the interaction with other settings on the Mac that are causing the problem or possibly these settings in relation to the time that iDrive is scheduled to run. I've pasted my Energy Saver settings below for comparison.

Hi, there is a wake-up for 05:00 but no sleep time set.

The wake-up is for a script that I run every morning and I need the iMac awake otherwise it does not run at the correct time or when I am away from my iMac.

Thank you for trying

Hi, I run a scheduled AppleScript at 05:02 and have found that unless the Mac is awake it does not run.

I am not aware of any third-party apps that could be the problem but will check again, I was trying to identify the logo on the messsge to see if it gives me any clues.

Thank you for your help.

Hi

I've not seen the message again since so have not replaced this plist and I'm not inclined to until I can reproduce the message. I do not fancy replacing the plist until I've listed all the preference changes I've made. I wonder if there there is a way of getting a list as this would make it easier to put them back manually.

The 05:00 script reviews and makes changes to actions in my OmniFocus application database. It was my understanding that a scheduled script would not wake up a sleeping Mac to run and the options were either to skip the event until the next time it came around or run the event the next time the mac is awake.

Thank you for your help

Hi, no I have not but then I've not seen the message again.

My iDrive backup runs at 23:59 every evening and usually only takes a few minutes and at worse is finished by the morning.

The times I saw this message was when I was at my iMac when iDrive finished either after it had been run manually or when I was backing up the initial uploads which took a couple of weeks in blocks.

Sorry I cannot help further but please do post back if you find anything.

regards

Hi, as always the Bombich support team have responded very quickly. They have reviewed the logs I submitted and do not think that CCC is the culprit.

I've not seen the message again recently so this may well remain one of life's unsolved mysteries

Regards

Have you been able to make any progress? I now see this message every morning. It usually has 9min 50sec or thereabouts to go. It is almost as if my Mac goes to sleep stopping the countdown then awakes again when I wake up my Mac.

I am becoming increasingly convinced this message is related to iDrive.

I now see it most mornings, usually with a time remain of just less than 10 minutes, it as though the timer started, the Mac went to sleep then the timer restarted when I awake the Mac in the morning.

The other evening I happened to be up at 03:00, I touched the track pad and unlocked my iMac and the timer was on the screen and was counting down at just under 10 minutes.

Any thoughts appreciated

Hi

Thank you for posting and cross-referencing our posts, it sure looks like an drive induced issued to me.

I raised another ticket with iDrive yesterday and received the following response overnight, which I will try and see if the sleep message disappears.

We kindly request you to open the IDrive app and click on the settings tab and uncheck the option wake up from sleep mode.

What I am not clear about is how the backup will function if my iMac is asleep when the scheduled backup is due at 00:15 each morning. Only time will tell.

Regards, Ian