Apps won't wake up my Mac

For a while now I have had a pretty big issue... Any application that needs to wake my Mac (for example, Awaken for alarms and EyeTV3 for recordings) just won't. This applies to ANY and ALL apps that need to wake it up. This obviously is a system wide issue and not the application's fault. Does anyone have any idea what I can do to get this working again. Please!!

Oh! I got a very quick reply from Jerry Brace (Awaken developer) and here's the fix. It worked great.
- Open the Finder and follow the following path:
Library > Preferences > SystemConfiguration and delete "com.apple.AutoWake.plist".
(You will be asked to enter your password to delete this file. A fresh copy of this file will be created by the system.)
And yes, these applications do wake up the computer when it's asleep. It's great for when I'm not around and EyeTV needs to record something.

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