.hidd is preventing MacMini going to sleep

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.hidd is preventing MacMini going to sleep

Hi, For years, I put my Macmini to sleep via the apple menu. Recently that has not been possible. In fact, I cannot put it to sleep at all. I have checked may of the blogs and tried all the tricks and tips.

The only way I can put it to sleep is by Force Quitting .hidd via the Activity Monitor. When I wake it up from sleep, then until I force quit .hidd, the macmini will not go to sleep.

Of interest, on restarting from sleep, after force quiting hidd, the WiFi will not autoconnect - need to be manually connected.

I have checked many of the blogs and nothing so far has helped. Any ideas?

BTW, this issue has only recently started to happen. Worked fine for years.

Many thanks in advance...

Mac mini, macOS High Sierra (10.13.6)

Posted on Sep 22, 2018 2:06 AM

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Joseph_S.

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Sep 23, 2018 7:29 AM in response to jajohn

Hi there, jajohn!
Thanks for reaching out to the Apple Support Communities! It sounds like you are having issues with not being able to put your Mac to sleep as well as with the Wi-Fi not automatically connecting when you are able to put the Mac to sleep and I’m happy to help out! For the issue with the Wi-Fi not connecting automatically, I suggest taking a look at this article for How to troubleshoot Wi-Fi connectivity.
For the issues putting your Mac to sleep, check out this article with steps to follow If your Mac doesn't sleep or wake when expected. This article will give you the best troubleshooting steps to take for issues putting your Mac to sleep, as well as the next steps to take if the issues continue after trying these steps.
Take care!

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