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What is preventing my MacBook from sleeping?

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Mar 15, 202611432 views
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I have a MacBook Air and I have noticed that even though I have configured it to put itself into sleep mode after being inactive for 5 minutes it sometimes stays awake. I've usually got a bunch of programs open (Tweetie, iTunes, Safari, iChat etc) but it there some way I can find out which program/…

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Try this. It might work for you. Go to Utilities in the Applications folder and open the "Terminal" app. Type and hit Enter If "sleep" has 0 next to it and the words "imposed by" or "prevented by ; The number next to the imposed by is the process ID…

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