MacBook Pro (M2 Pro, 2023) not going to sleep

Hi!


My 2023 MacBook Pro 16-inch (Apple M2 Pro) running macOS 14.0 (23A344) no longer goes to sleep automatically. Even when I manually put it to sleep (Apple menu > Sleep), it often stays awake.


I’ve checked Activity Monitor, and nothing seems to be preventing sleep.


Any idea what might be causing this?


Thanks!


Chris.


MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 14.0

Posted on Feb 26, 2025 08:04 AM

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Feb 28, 2025 08:08 AM in response to Krissserz

First thing to do would to Close ALL the applications appearing in your Image above


Second would to update " My 2023 MacBook Pro 16-inch (Apple M2 Pro) running macOS 14.0 (23A344) "


Which is the Initial release of Sonoma back on Sept 26, 2023 macOS 14.0  ( 23A344 )


There have been approximately 15 or 16 updates since that time


Apple security releases


Keep your Mac up to date


To add


This computer also qualifies for the Next Newer Version of macOS 15 Sequoia


macOS Sequoia compatible Computers 


Whatever way you go with this


Always make a Time Machine Backup  before doing any upDates / upGrades 


Better still >>


To truly protect your non replaceable Data


Have a 3-2-1 Rescue Plan in place and always current


3 Backups using 2 methods and 1 off site incase of natural disaster or un-natural disaster.


Each of the above should be done to a Dedicated Single Purposed External Drive 


Below link is intended to augment what TM Backup does 


https://bombich.com



Mar 13, 2025 09:28 AM in response to Krissserz

Here is another command which filters the entries a bit more (copy & paste it since there are two critical spaces after "sleep & wake" in order to get the desired results):

pmset -g log | grep -iE 'sleep  |wake  ' 


If you wanted to further narrow the results to a particular day such as March 13, 2025:

pmset -g log | grep '2025-03-13' | grep -iE 'sleep  |wake  '


You can also add on the " | pbcopy" part to the end of my commands as well if you want to transfer the output to the system clipboard instead. For example:

pmset -g log | grep -iE 'sleep  |wake  '  |  pbcopy


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