Hi Ronni I do have Time Machine backing it up hourly. But even when the time machine disk is ejected (and there has been a restart), still no sleep.
Begs the question though, is there anything other than 1 hourly time machine backup? I would be happy to extend the time period. Thank you. Adam > On 7 Jun 2020, at 9:02 am, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Adam, > > Have you got Time Machine backing up hourly? > > Kind Regards, > Ronni > > Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > > >> On 6 Jun 2020, at 9:39 pm, Adam Lippiatt <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi all >> >> I am having trouble getting my 27 inch late 2013 iMac (running 10.15.5, but >> was happening 10.15.4) to go to sleep. >> >> I have tried the usual things like ejecting external drives, unplugging them >> and plugging them back in. >> >> Zapping the PRAM. >> >> I had this problem a year or two ago and the ejecting and reconnecting the >> drives did the trick but not this time. >> >> Apple says something else to try is to “update the firmware” on the external >> drive. I am not sure I have ever had any luck finding firmware for drives. >> >> I have looked at the processes preventing sleep and there are a number of >> them. This list goes up and down but never seems to get to zero. >> >> useractivityd >> sharingd >> apfsd >> hidd >> cupsd >> backupd-helper >> backupd 4 >> mds_stores >> >> Does anyone have any thoughts? >> >> Thanks >> >> Adam >> >> >> >> >> >> _____________________ >> Adam Lippiatt >> [email protected] >> 0402 301 706 >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
