Automatic Sleep: MacBook

[mlcolorado]

I have searched the forums and found many threads about similar topics, but nothing quite like my problem:

Having heard other users posting that while having your Time machine disk plugged in the computer will not automatically sleep. I have my computer set to go to sleep after inactivity lasting 7 minutes, but nothing happens. If this is because of Time Machine, is there a fix? My computer does sleep when I select Apple menu> Sleep, or pressing the power button and then clicking Sleep, so it is not that my system doesn't sleep.

This is a MacBook (May 2007), see signature below.

 

[mzd]

i have the same issue. i'm not using time machine.
10.5.1 on a 24" iMac.

 

[mlcolorado]

i have the same issue. i'm not using time machine.
10.5.1 on a 24" iMac.

Ya, too bad has not released a fix, seems fairly common among users.

 

[byakuya]

anyone with a solution to this?
is it some plist somewhere that prevents the mb to go to sleep?

 

[damnyooneek]

mine has the same problem. its a wide spread issue but apple hasn't fixed it

 

[backsidetailsli]

are you using a "savehollywood" video screensaver? that does it for me

 

[Osarkon]

If you want to make sure it does goto sleep, you could give iWannaSleep a try out.

It lets you set a timer on when you want your mac to sleep.