Sleep will not stay asleep

I have a Mac Mini and when I put the machine to sleep, via the Menu sleep option, it goes to sleep and then wakes itself up about a minute later.
How can I get the Mac to stay asleep until I want it to wake?

It is possible that the "wakeup" is being caused by perceived activity on the connections to peripherals.
If you have a Bluetooth keyboard and/or mouse there is a possibility that they are sending periodic "messages" to the mini, or in a perverse logic some BT devices may send a message when they are about to go into sleep mode themselves (ie. "here's a disconnect request") which could well be about a minute after you've put the mini to sleep.
If you have any USB attached devices there is a similar possibility. In addition, I have noticed that USB cables that are near power cables pick up EM interference from power surges (eg. switching on a desk lamp) so you might want to check for the proximity of other cables.
Hope that helps.
Graham

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My iMac will not stay asleep. A few seconds to a few minutes after I put it to sleep, it comes back on.

OK, a few more things coming to mind:
Set the energy saver to sleep in 1 min
Diconnect every single peripheral you have connected to your iMac
Eject any DVD/CD you may have in the drive
Turn off all applications you have running
iTunes or DVD Player could be waking it constantly up if accessing your drives
Messaging apps could be looking for internet connection
Disable Wi-Fi
Disable Bluetooth - you don't have cells paired to it, do you?
Disconect Ethernet cable (if connected)
Spotlight - is it indexing your drive? (a dot within a magnifying glass would be pulsating and won't let your Mac go to sleep)
Connect a wired mouse - if you have it - and go to Apple menu then click SLEEP
If it remains asleep, keep adding all apps, devices and services back until you find which one is causing it.
If nothing helps, then I'm out of ideas....
In case you have Apple TV - the remote can indeed make it wake up.

My Mac mini with 10.6.8 will not stay asleep.

My Mac mini with 10.6.8 will not stay asleep when I click sleep or use the key command. It wakes up immediately. But when I leave it go to sleep on it's own (Energy Saver) it stays asleep. I've set it at approx. 8min. Is their any fix so it will stay asleep from the comand?
Thanks for the suggestion. Didn't figure out what the probelm was, butin disconnecting every thiing and putting it bck it,s working now.

Just a suggestion: In System Preferences, in Energy Saver, under the Power Adapter tab, if "wake for network access" is checked try unchecking it. Probably isn't what the problem is, but worth a try.

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Hi Al,
Most likely cause is a PCI card, or some attached USB or Firewire device, but possiblt 3rd party SW.
Have you done a PRAM reset, CMD+Option+p+r...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
In fact, do 3 in a row, takes a bit of time.
How to reset the SMU/PMU on a Power Mac G5 (Late 2004) or Power Mac G5 (Late 2005) ...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1436
Earlier G3, G4, G5 models...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1939
One way to test is to Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, Test for Sleep problem in Safe Mode...
PS. Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive
Reboot, test again.
If it only does it in Regular Boot, then it could be some hardware problem like Video card, (Quartz is turned off in Safe Mode), or Airport, or some USB or Firewire device, or 3rd party add-on, Check System Preferences>Accounts>Login Items window to see if it or something relevant is listed.
Check the System Preferences>Other Row, for 3rd party Pref Panes.
Also look in these if they exist, some are invisible...
/private/var/run/StartupItems
/Library/StartupItems
/System/Library/StartupItems
/System/Library/LaunchDaemons
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Thought I'd share this piece of information, it might be in here somewhere but I could not find the resolution. Here goes:
Recently, my iMac would not stay asleep, my screensaver would not even start. If I forced my screensaver with expose, it would not fall asleep after the specified time in system preferences>energy saver. If i selected "sleep" from the apple menu, it would wake back up after 2-10 seconds. I just recently set up my airport network and thought about that, nothing. I thought it might be a program, so I shut down all my programs, and still nothing. I was so frustrated so I decided to search the forums. I found a post that suggested to look at the Activity Monitor (apps>utilities>activity monitor). So I did that and guess what: the activity keeping my imac from sleeping was DASHBOARD. I had a great widget that had swimming fish, only the fish swam all the time, and prevent my computer from sleeping. Keep that in mind when you are adding widgets.
Problem solved, and now my iMac sleeps at night, and so do I! (come on, it was too easy to pass :D)

Good to hear.
Enjoy your Mac
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Hello,
I am looking for a way to turn the display off and KEEP it off with applications running as normal, until I want to wake it up. It is not always staying asleep.
I have a hot corner set up so that I can instantly turn my iMac display off (including the backlight). This works fine most of the time, but when running certain applications, activating sleep display works for a few seconds then stops working and the screen comes back to life.
Example applications which cause this are iTunes when encoding a video (e.g. converting a movie to iPod format), iSquint when encoding video, iDVD when encoding and burning a DVD - seems to be anything that makes heavy use of the processor.
I have tried all sorts of things to get around this:
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2. 3rd party application and widget "Sleep Display" (http://linestreet.googlepages.com/home) which claims to make the display go to sleep and STAY asleep, suggesting "This version may work for people who experienced the monitor going off then coming right back on" - which indicates that it's not just me having the problem. This "Sleep Display" application doesn't work with Leopard though; the author acknowledges this and suggests he will update it if he upgrades to 10.5
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4. sleep display tool in Dockables - same problem
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7. covering the imac with clothes - not ideal!
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P.S. the screensaver does stay on - so whatever is waking the sleep display isn't disturbing the screen saver - this suggests to me it's a bug. Obviously a black screensaver isn't the solution though - the backlight is still on.

I've got a very the similar problem. Brand new iMac 24" that shipped with Leopard -- my first Mac after jumping ship fom the Windoze side.
I had iTunes updating it's album artwork and since it was taking a while, I went to bed. When I turned out my light, I realized the screen had not yet gone to sleep (a good 15 minutes after it should have). So I set up a Hot Corner to put the display to sleep. When I put the mouse there, the monitor would go to sleep, but wake up within 10 seconds. At first I thought it was just the mouse moving as I walked away, but it wasn't.
I ended up turning the computer off because the big beautiful screen was throwing too much light. Since, I rarely turn my computers off and they're usually doing SOMETHING, this is really annoying.
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Hi All- I have a 2006 white MacBook that has treated me so well, until now. She just won't stay asleep. When I put her into sleep mode-a second or two later the optic drive checks itself and the computer wakes up. This has come to be over the past few weeks and it has been waking up faster as time passes. These are the steps I've taken in which to try and ameliorate this problem. All have had no effect.
1) Resetting SMC
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3) Changing the RAM
4) Turned off file sharing-to prevent waking
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The response is the same whether I close the lid or push the power button and choose sleep. I have been hounding the forums for some solutions, but I have exhausted the solutions that I have found. Bit of service history: Replaced the battery under the battery recall with a new one, replaced a faulty AirPort card this past summer and the lower plastic case on the bottom. All done at an authorized service center. Been working fine since then, until a few weeks ago. Also the only variation on stock configuration is an upgraded hard drive to a Seagate 500GB last year, but have had no problems associated with that.
Help would be appreciated. I am out of warranty-my three years is up, so hopefully it's nothing nasty. Cheers all and thanks for the info in advance.

I also have the same problem. I have the newer battery as per the original post, and no other modifications. Otherwise my story is identical.
Any suggestions?
Edit: After some more fiddling I found that bluetooth had turned itself on and was messing with my sleeping, I've never used it before and made a point to have it off, but somehow it came back on. Maybe this can help? Its worth checking it again.
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Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
This article may be helpful with determining why your Mac Pro doesn't stay in sleep mode:
Mac OS X: Why your Mac might not sleep or stay in sleep mode
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1776
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Hard drive access (even if you're not using the computer, a running application might be accessing your drive, such as when downloading a large file or listening to music in iTunes)
Moving the mouse or using a portable Mac's trackpad, pressing a mouse button, or pressing a key on the keyboard
Some System Preferences settings (see below)
Open applications (see below)
Input devices (see below)
Expansion cards (see below)
Additional drives, such as USB, FireWire, DVD, or CD drives (see below)
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I have a mid 2010 MacBook Pro will not stay turned off when I tell it to shut down. It will shut down just fine, but a few seconds later it will boot up again. This also happens when I try to close the lid (or just put it to sleep), it will work fine, screen/Apple logo on the back will turn off and the status LED will slowly pulse. However a few seconds later, the LED stops pulsing and the Apple logo will illuminate. If I open the lid I will be greeted with the log in page with zero delay (i.e. its been displaying for a while).
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Failed to awaken when W8 computer did.
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I understand that your HP f2105 21 inch LCD Monitor will not stay awake and you are looking for a resolution to this issue. I am providing you with some steps you can try below:
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Step 2. Hold the power button down for at least one minute
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I asked this about a week ago and didn't get any replies.. Please help.. My macbook will not stay on unless plugged in...

My macbook will not stay on without being plugged in. I had my macbook for about 3 years and the battery had less than 200 cycles on it and the computer suddenly would not stay on unless plugged in (went from holding about 1.5 hr charge to not holding charge at all). I purchased a new battery and this battery has 118 cycles on it. It is doing the same thing. When I unplug it the computer shuts off immediately. It will not stay in sleep mode either. What should I do? I assumed that it was because I tend to leave the computer plugged in so that the cycles stay low, but after only 118 cycles? (and the new battery is less than 8 months old). Could my computer be failing to register the battery? Please help me - I don't want to have to spend another $80 on a battery. (Just so you know, I have removed the battery and made sure the connection is good but this did not help.)

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