Computer not going to sleep when scheduled

FOr some reason the last couple days my system is not going to sleep even though its scheduled to in energy saver.  Nothing has changed except the last update earlier this week.

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    The user library folder (~/Library/) is hidden by default in Lion. I assume Apple doesn't want people mucking around with the sensitive files in there. So this is normal behavior.
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    Hello everyone,
    I'm facing the same syptom. I tried many things and now havw to live with putting the MacBook to slee by hand. I had some other issues just before that:
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    I have exactly the same problem with three lacie_2big drives.  Thay do not go to sleep when my iMac is sleeping.  I never had this problem untell using OS X Mavericks.  Please help!

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    Well it took a couple of tries but after removing the following, suggested in another post, sleep function is back as it should be.
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  • Not going to sleep when PC is connected via SMB

    If I have my mac set to go to sleep after a period of inactivity, it goes to sleep while my PC is still connected to it via SMB. Not while any files are beig used, but if they're not used for a while. Is there any way I can change this anyone?

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  • PowerBook G4 not going to sleep when closed???

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  • Computer not going to sleep

    So when I first got my macbook the computer would sleep as soon as I closed the lid. Now this is not the case. Also when I manually put the computer to sleep, it does not wake when I open the lid, I have to press Return. Any ideas?

    Hi guys -
    First off make sure you don't have 'Wake for ethernet access...' enabled in System Preferences/Energy Saver/Options - I'd also run Disc Utility and repair your permissions as well. OS X requires 'maintenance routines' to be performed on a certain basis and you can use this free application to help you with that...Onyx.
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    After all this shut down and restart and hopefully things will be better - if not, there may be a chance that the mechanical parts that put your computer to sleep may be at fault ...and you'll need to visit an Apple dealer to verify this.
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  • Not going to sleep when I close the lid

    Hi there,
    My MacBook Pro is just about 6 months old, I just got it back from an Apple Servicecentre. They exchanged my keybord and total unibody because my enterkey didn't work properly, it was entirely done under guarantee.
    But now, when I close my lid, it doesn't go into sleepmode... I used to have no problem with that. Do I have to change something in the settings?
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    Iris

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  • Computer keeps going to sleep even though it is set up not to

    I recently helped a friend set up his iMac to stream to his home stereo system so things like Pandora could be played throughout the house. The problem we are having is his computer keeps going to sleep and back to the log-in screen. In energy saver, we set the computer and display to never go to sleep. We also un-checked the box that says "put the hard disks to sleep when possible." Even after doing this, the display still goes dark and when the mouse is moved to turn the screen on it is back at the log in screen. This causes pandora to stop playback, which is not good since this is why we set up the streaming in the first place. Why is the computer still going to sleep when we are telling it to never do so?

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    Select your disk, and click First Aid.
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    Insert your Mac OS X Install disc in your computer’s optical drive or an optical drive connected to your computer, and then restart your computer. When you hear the startup tone, hold down the C key until you see the progress indicator, which looks like a spinning gear.
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  • Computer hanging on closing lid and not going to sleep, indicator does not blink

    i have a 1 month old Macbook Pro 13" i5 with 4Gb memory.
    when i am closing the lid the computer is not going to sleep, hard drive continues to spin and power indicator does not blink and it remains solid.
    on opening the lid again screen keep blank and does not show anything while i can hear spinning of hard drive. than i have to forcefully shut off the computer by pressing power key and than computer starts after that.
    Apple support told me to press shift+control+option+power and than start computer, it fixed the problem only once and they told me to do it again when it comes again. but write now i am getting it everytime.

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    Check the obvious as well - that you don't have any applications that might keep your Macbook awake ...some printer utilities do this for example.
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  • Mavericks 10.9-10.9.1 bug/issue/problem: external drives connected through thunderbolt or firewire are not put to sleep when iMac goes to sleep

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