Pavel Jelic If you stop using your Mac or MacBook, it automatically switches to sleep mode after a preset time, usually a few minutes after starting the desktop saver. Sleep mode differs from shutdown, for example, in that you don't lose your divided work and overall it takes several times less time to start up. Users are not in the habit of directly shutting down Macs and MacBooks unless absolutely necessary. However, if you've noticed that your macOS device won't automatically go to sleep in the last few days, then something is definitely wrong. Most likely, some application is preventing you from switching to this mode. In this article, we will show you how to find the problem app that prevents you from falling asleep.
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If your Mac or MacBook does not automatically switch to sleep mode, then you need to find out which application is causing this mischief. The procedure in this case is as follows:
- First, you need to run the app on your macOS device Activity monitor.
- You can start Activity Monitor using Spotlight, or you can find it in Applications -> Utilities.
- After starting the mentioned application, switch to the section at the top of the window CPU.
- Once you've done that, click on the tab in the top bar Display.
- This will bring up a drop-down menu, hover your cursor over the option Columns.
- Then another level of drop down menu will open where tick possibility Prevent falling asleep.
- Now move back to Activity Monitor window, where you will now find a column with the name Prevents sleep.
- In the end, you just have to they found the app, which is in the column Prevents sleep set Yes
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Once you find an app that prevents you from falling asleep, just delete it they finished. You do this simply within the framework dock, if the application is running. If the application cannot be closed in this way, it can be closed in the Activity Monitor mark and then tap in the upper left corner cross icon. A dialog box will then appear asking if you really want to end the process - click on End. If the application fails to quit, do the same but tap on Force termination. If this procedure does not help you, then try to do it classically restart the device.
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