Hi Adam, Sorry, I was sure I had mentioned to check if anything was showing in your Print Queue as it’s one of the first things to always check. I quess it’s good I didn’t tell you as you have learnt something new.
Kind regards, Ronni > On 10 Jun 2020, at 12:45 pm, Adam Lippiatt <adam.lippi...@me.com> wrote: > > 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 >> <mailto: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 >>> <mailto: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 >>>> <mailto: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 >>>>>> <mailto: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 <mailto:adam.lippi...@me.com> >>>>> 0402 301 706 >>>>> >>>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml >>>>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >>>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >>>>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >>>>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >>>>> <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 >>>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >>>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >>>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >>>> <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 >>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >>> <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 >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >> <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> Cheers, Ronni 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014) 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage macOS High Sierra 10.13.6
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