Location Tracking is preventing sleep

[Badpat]

A few days ago I noticed that my Macbook Pro 14 M2 with 13.4 is not going to sleep properly (battery usage and the device was quite warm after pulling it out of my bag).

I tried to identify what keeps it awake and narrowed it down to "findmydeviced".

My mac is being asked for its location every 1-3 minutes and therefore does not go to sleep properly. My Mac mini is also updating its location every few minutes but is running 24/7 anyway.

First I disabled the "Find my Mac" feature. But it still won't sleep as I still get push Notifications (probably asking for the location). And I would actually prefer to keep that active in case of a Lost/Stolen device.

The only thing currently fixing it was disabling Wi-Fi during sleep but this again prevents the "Find my Mac" feature.

Is anybody else experiencing this behavior? Any advice?

Cheers
Patrick

 

[tragicwinding]

I've encountered similar issues before and this may be related to a specific setting on your Mac. Try heading to System Preferences > Energy Saver > Power Adapter and make sure "Wake for Wi-Fi network access" is unchecked. This can sometimes cause a Mac to wake up even while it's supposed to be sleeping.

Another thing you could try is resetting your SMC and PRAM/NVRAM. These control various power and hardware functions and resetting them can often solve sleep-related issues.

 

[Badpat]

Quick Update.

Resetting SMC and NVRAM by rebooting has been done multiple times and does not affect it.

I deactivated WiFi in Sleep and the computer sleeps now. Kept Bluetooth active so that "Find My Device" will still find the computer even while sleeping. Not perfect, as I would like to have the ability to lock/delete it, but will have to suffice now.

While awake the location tracking is still running every 1-2 minutes.

 

[tragicwinding]

Have you tried adjusting the "Wake for Wi-Fi network access" setting in System Preferences > Energy Saver? Unchecking that option might help prevent unwanted waking.
It seems like disabling Wi-Fi during sleep is providing a temporary solution, but it does affect the "Find My Mac" feature.

 

[Badpat]

Yes. It is deactivated (set to never) but has no influence on the sleep issue.