Hi Ronni All of the usual things are not working to get it to go to sleep.
However, I have just worked it out. In Activity Monitor, the list of things preventing sleep included “cupsd”. I went to the print queue and there are a number of failed print jobs. I cancelled them and sleep works again. I hope this helps someone else. Thanks Adam > On 8 Jun 2020, at 12:51 pm, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > > Hi Adam, > > Are you able to sleep it manually using the sleep command in the Apple Menu > or is that also not working? > > In system preferences > Energy Saver - “Computer Sleep” slider. If a slider > is set to ‘Never’, sleep is disabled for that feature. > Check : > Turn display off after is not set to Never > Prevent computer from sleeping automatically when the display is off is not > checked > Wake for network access is not checked > The three settings above can prevent or disrupt your Mac from going to or > remaining in sleep. Additionally, you might want to click on the “Schedule…” > button to make sure you haven’t accidentally set a schedule for when your Mac > goes to sleep or wakes up. Worst case scenario, hit the “Restore Defaults” > button to restore all settings to their default value. > > Another thing you could check. > Do you have Internet Sharing turned on? > > Kind Regards, > Ronni > > Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > > >> On 7 Jun 2020, at 6:37 pm, Adam Lippiatt <adam.lippi...@me.com> wrote: >> >> 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 <ro...@mac.com> 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 <adam.lippi...@me.com> 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 >>>> adam.lippi...@me.com >>>> 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> > -- 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>
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