Thanks, I'll give it a try. I've been using the App, PleaseSleep to force sleep, but I would love for it to work again. Thanks for the help, I'll confirm if this works...
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MacBook Pro WON'T sleep after installing Snow Leopard
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Thanks, I'll give it a try. I've been using the App, PleaseSleep to force sleep, but I would love for it to work again. Thanks for the help, I'll confirm if this works...
Same problem - don't want a 1/2 a**ed solution 
I have the same issue. I have a 3 hour law school class and leave my computer alone for about 1/2 hour out of the class. I have it set to sleep after 15 minutes of inactivity. If it doesn't sleep it loses charge fast. I need it to retain battery power.
My settings: Display off after 5 min.; Sleep after 15 min.; Shut off HD when possible; Dim display; Adjust to ambient changes
Also, can someone direct me to a thread (if there is one) for the choppy change in performance of the "command + tab" function of scrolling through open applications? This is not a big deal, but annoying to watch.
Thanks.
I have the same issue. I have a 3 hour law school class and leave my computer alone for about 1/2 hour out of the class. I have it set to sleep after 15 minutes of inactivity. If it doesn't sleep it loses charge fast. I need it to retain battery power.
My settings: Display off after 5 min.; Sleep after 15 min.; Shut off HD when possible; Dim display; Adjust to ambient changes
Also, can someone direct me to a thread (if there is one) for the choppy change in performance of the "command + tab" function of scrolling through open applications? This is not a big deal, but annoying to watch.
Thanks.
The solution for me was a fresh install of SL. But even still, it will wake up if I sleep with my Verizon Wireless aircard inserted. The system log shows a wakeup on the USB bus. Which is crazy because it has never had issues before... But if I remove the aircard, the system sleeps just fine. So bottom line, I have to unplug all peripherals. Don't have an external mouse and keyboard, so don't know if those would be necessary to unplug.
It's a bit annoying that my aircard can't stay plugged in. So often I need it and don't have my case to pull it from.
It's a bit annoying that my aircard can't stay plugged in. So often I need it and don't have my case to pull it from.
Yes, I had the same problem and read in another forum that if you trashed your energy settings preferences it would solve the problem. I did that and rebooted and mine had gone to sleep just fine since.
I also had that same problem.
My mbp (2006) was working perfectly fine with Leopard.
After installing Snow Leopard, Flash wouldn't work on all the web browsers even safari.
The screen took ages to turn on when booting and waking it up from sleep mode.
But, couple days ago, the screen wouldn't even bother to turn on, the keyboard didn't even work. Track pad, I am not sure if it was working or not.
The LED light was not 'breathing' so I closed the screen/lid so that it would go into sleep mode. However, this time it didn't. For some reason, the computer started to heat super fast. I didn't even have any programs turned on. It got really hot to the point where I thought my hands were being burnt. So I took out the battery.
Now, I have to replace the CPU and the Logic Board...
This really sucks.
EDIT: My battery lasted about 5 hours with Leopard, but after Snow Leopard installation, battery reduced to 1-2 hours. Did anyone else have any problems like this?
My mbp (2006) was working perfectly fine with Leopard.
After installing Snow Leopard, Flash wouldn't work on all the web browsers even safari.
The screen took ages to turn on when booting and waking it up from sleep mode.
But, couple days ago, the screen wouldn't even bother to turn on, the keyboard didn't even work. Track pad, I am not sure if it was working or not.
The LED light was not 'breathing' so I closed the screen/lid so that it would go into sleep mode. However, this time it didn't. For some reason, the computer started to heat super fast. I didn't even have any programs turned on. It got really hot to the point where I thought my hands were being burnt. So I took out the battery.
Now, I have to replace the CPU and the Logic Board...
This really sucks.
EDIT: My battery lasted about 5 hours with Leopard, but after Snow Leopard installation, battery reduced to 1-2 hours. Did anyone else have any problems like this?
iMac won't go to sleep/Snow Leopard
I installed Snow Leopard and have had nothing but problems. What I'm left with is, my iMac won't go to sleep by itself...then it shuts down and I have to unplug it, plug it back in, and turn it on again...
If I manually put it to sleep, it seems fine.
I installed Snow Leopard and have had nothing but problems. What I'm left with is, my iMac won't go to sleep by itself...then it shuts down and I have to unplug it, plug it back in, and turn it on again...
If I manually put it to sleep, it seems fine.
MBP won't sleep and others
First sorry for the spelling I am dislex....
I seem to have the same problems. I have notised that this and other changes started with my upgrade from Leopard to Snow Leopard. One of the things is the disc drive dous not seem to powerdown when it is not active no matter witch settings used.
My MBP is a old 1.85 duo 2GB
Thanks
First sorry for the spelling I am dislex....
I seem to have the same problems. I have notised that this and other changes started with my upgrade from Leopard to Snow Leopard. One of the things is the disc drive dous not seem to powerdown when it is not active no matter witch settings used.
My MBP is a old 1.85 duo 2GB
Thanks
This issue still hasent been fixed after 10.6.2. Any one else find a solution of workaround to this problem?
I solved this issue on my macbook pro earlier today, so maybe this will work for others. I had noticed my laptop was no longer going into sleep mode for awhile but payed no mind to it since I usually just closed the lid on my laptop. I knew it wasn't Snow Leopards fault because this began sometime after I had updated from Leopard. (which I now believe is when I went spring cleaning on my apps afterwards)
I discovered after opening the Console.app from the utilities folder that there was a error being produced because I had removed the iStat server app without using the built-in uninstall option. This was creating a constant error every 30 seconds. I re-installed it then removed it correctly and my console log was error free and my sleep functions for my laptop finally returned.
So best thing I can recommend since i'm sure most with this problem never had the iStat server installed anyways, is open your console log and see if any errors are constantly happening, this may just be why the sleep functions fail to take place. I would also restore the defaults for the energy settings, can't hurt.
I discovered after opening the Console.app from the utilities folder that there was a error being produced because I had removed the iStat server app without using the built-in uninstall option. This was creating a constant error every 30 seconds. I re-installed it then removed it correctly and my console log was error free and my sleep functions for my laptop finally returned.
So best thing I can recommend since i'm sure most with this problem never had the iStat server installed anyways, is open your console log and see if any errors are constantly happening, this may just be why the sleep functions fail to take place. I would also restore the defaults for the energy settings, can't hurt.
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Sorry for the spelling I am dislex....
After reading this post I started testing some settings and with the sliders set at:
both 1min the MBP when to sleep including the hard disc
both 3min the same
Computer at 3 and Display at 2 the display when off at 3 min and the disc drive when of at 4 mins
Have set the sliders using the "Restore Defaults"
battery is 10 and 2min
power 10 min's both
I will post what the MBP dous toromro
Steve
Same situation. Not sure if 10.6.1 changed anything or not, but originally my machine would not even go black. Now I'm noticing that the screen will go black but not sleep -- the sleep light doesn't pulsate ("breathe", etc.), I can just tap the trackpad and the screen reappears.
It's like the setting for display sleep is taking priority over system sleep.
Sorry for the spelling I am dislex....
After reading this post I started testing some settings and with the sliders set at:
both 1min the MBP when to sleep including the hard disc
both 3min the same
Computer at 3 and Display at 2 the display when off at 3 min and the disc drive when of at 4 mins
Have set the sliders using the "Restore Defaults"
battery is 10 and 2min
power 10 min's both
I will post what the MBP dous toromro
Steve
Opps I forgote I was running a program "PleaseSleep" there is a link to it in another post on this threed it appears that OS X 6 needs this.
Same or similar sleep issue
I have a MBP, about one year old, that I upgraded to Snow Leopard with no issues. Everything was great, until I disconnected it from my desktop--Apple display, keyboard, and external drives--and traveled to France for three weeks, using it mainly for photo collection and internet.
After returning and plugging it back into my same setup as before, it will not stay asleep. It seems to sleep, but noise indicates (from the hard drive?) that it is never quite asleep, and then completely re-awakens.
I have a MBP, about one year old, that I upgraded to Snow Leopard with no issues. Everything was great, until I disconnected it from my desktop--Apple display, keyboard, and external drives--and traveled to France for three weeks, using it mainly for photo collection and internet.
After returning and plugging it back into my same setup as before, it will not stay asleep. It seems to sleep, but noise indicates (from the hard drive?) that it is never quite asleep, and then completely re-awakens.
same think is happening to me with my Mac Pro I took it in to the Genius bar and the guy was working on it for 2hours and we still have no idea whats going on after that Snow leopard update i did its been happening to me is there a way to downgrade to leopard.
If all else fails (SMC reset & etc.), this solution provided by tcbrittt is effective in finding the issue.
I would use applications/utilities/console before trying anything else. I used console to solve this issue on my macbook.
It was a third party launch daemon that was causing the issue. It was not "com.google.keystone" so any such item associated with launchd can create this issue. I reinstalled the app then uninstalled it a second time making sure to properly deactivate the launch daemon before removal. This cured my sleep issues.
Hopefully this helps others.
Applications -> Utilities -> Console
Console is a real time log viewer. If there is an issue with a launch daemon, Console will begin to show entries that state that it is unable to find the launch daemon for a specific app.
Often, the problematic launch daemons are related to uninstalled apps. Reinstall the app related to the problem, go into the preferences for the app, uncheck the launch on start up feature, and then delete the app.
Go to System Preferences -> Accounts -> Login Items and check to make sure the entry for that app is gone. Then restart your system. You should no longer have the sleep issue.
I just found something that worked on my macbook (then 10.6.1 came out today). I haven't tried 10.6.1 yet. While browsing on versiontracker.com I spotted "please sleep" and there is a snow leopard compatible version on their website:
http://www.dragonone.com/products/macosx/pleasesleep/
This works great for me. My Macbook sleeps fully!
Good luck!
I had the same problem. After reading these forums, I monitored the Console messages and uninstalled two programs(HP Printer Software and WD Smartware). After that my MacBook Pro (2010) started sleeping but for example if I set to sleep time to 5 minutes it slept around after 10 minutes later instead of 5 minutes. I don't know why is that ?
Also I installed PleaseSleep for Mac OS X. I have two admin accounts in the same MBP. One of them I use regularly and other is for testing purposes(no softwares are installed on this account, it is just created and that is it). PleaseSleep does not put my MBP to sleep on my regular admin account no matter what I did. But on the other hand, on my clean testing account, PleaseSleep puts my MBP to sleep exactly at the same time(minutes) I set for it. It is very accurate. I want PleaseSleep to function accurately on my regular admin account. I thought PleaseSleep should work no matter what. But it is not functioning on my regular account. Why is that ?
If anybody could help me with this PleaseSleep issue or general sleep issue; I would really appreciate it.
Thanks,
Tolga