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To protect your Mac’s battery life, you should make sure that your sleep settings are set correctly. However, when you find that your Mac isn’t going to sleep when you need it to, something may be causing it to wake up unexpectedly. Let’s take a look at the various sleep settings on your Mac to learn how to fix it if macOS Ventura won’t sleep or wakes up unexpectedly.
Configure your Mac’s sleep settings correctly
- Go System parameters
- Click on it Lock screen in the sidebar.
- Do one of the following:
- Click on it Turn off screen on battery when inactive drop-down menu on the right, then select an option
- Click on it Turn off the power adapter screen when idle Pop-up menu on the right, then select an option.
Other users can wake up your Mac remotely
Another reason why your Mac might not sleep the way you want it to is that other users might be waking up your Mac remotely. If this is the case, it is best to check your system’s network access settings. To do this, follow the steps below.
- Go systems settings
- Scroll down and click battery
- Click on it parameters right
- Click on the side pop-up menu Wake up to access the network Then select Never.
Once done, your other users won’t be able to remotely wake up your Mac to use its shared resources. On a desktop Mac, you can change this with a toggle System settings > Power saving > Wake up for network access is turned off.
Shared services cause macOS Ventura not sleeping problems
There may also be times when other people using shared services on your Mac are preventing it from going to sleep. An example would be when someone accesses a printer connected to your Mac. Another case would be people accessing shared files stored on your Mac. To avoid this, you should turn off any services you don’t need to use. You can do this by following a few simple steps.
- Go systems settings
- Click on it general in the sidebar
- Click on it share right (scroll down)
- Turn off sharing options you don’t need to use
System activities running in the background
You can also check your Mac Activity monitor To see if system processes are unexpectedly using your computer’s CPU.
- Open a Finder window > Applications > Utilities > Activity Monitor
- Press the CPU button at the top.
Check the firmware or reset the SMC
Oftentimes, too, software updates can fix problems with macOS Ventura suddenly waking up or not sleeping. Always make sure your Mac is running the latest versions of macOS and all installed applications. You can also use Safe Mode to determine if the problem is caused by software loading when your Mac turns on.
Finally, you may need to reset your Mac’s System Management Controller (SMC) to fix the problem. This is especially true if the problem may be related to power management. If you have an Apple Silicon Mac, you just need to restart the computer.
For Intel-based Macs, follow the steps in this article to reset your Mac’s SMC.
Other things that can cause your Mac to wake up unexpectedly
Other things you can check for that could be causing your Mac to wake up unexpectedly include:
- Unexpected keystrokes or mouse and trackpad clicks
- Apps that access the drive
- Spotlight indexing
- Related storage and devices
