Mac Pro doesn't like to sleep

[dannyraul]

Sorry if this has been mentioned before, I did do a search but couldn't see anything.

Are any of the Mac Pro 08 owners on here having any problems with automatic sleeping of their MP's?

I have read that it is caused by the last Security patch (which is about the time mine stop sleeping) and a lot of people have been affected by it (massive thread on Mac Rumours).

I have tried a few things (make sure no apps are running, Spotlight not indexing, no external drives connected, nothing accessing the net, turned off time machine, reset SMC or whatever it is called now etc) but nothing has worked.

I can manually put it to sleep either via menu or power button but it will not do it by itself. It's not the end of the world, I have had no other problems so far but as this is the only problem I would like a fix for it.

 

[AdWright]

TBH, if the folk over at Mac Rumors haven't managed to find a solution yet, I'd doubt whether there's anyone here who can help

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Does it reboot automatically, when it wakes from sleep?

 

[dannyraul]

Does it reboot automatically, when it wakes from sleep?

Well when I awake it either by mouse or pressing the Power Button it returns back to the state when I put it to sleep, if that's what you mean by rebooting automatically then I guess it does...

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Ah right, no, that is not what I meant.

Before the updates certain Mac Pros would wake from sleep, then immediately shut down and reboot by itself. Hence why I asked.

Have you tried setting a hot corner to activate sleep, does it work? I'm guessing it's a Power Saving preference that is at fault.