Sleep and wake

Find out why your Mac woke up

A laptop that went into the bag at 80% and came out at 40% was not asleep. Bytesweep reads the power log the system keeps and tells you what woke it, how often, and what it cost.

Mac only. Free to try for 3 days. One licence, $29.99 once per computer, unlocks every tool. No subscription, no account.

Updated

Bytesweep Sleep page: last night on a timeline with 14 wakes, 9 of them dark wakes, their causes, and Travel Mode

Last night, wake by wake

Bytesweep turns the power log into a nightly report: how many times it woke, how many were dark wakes with the lid shut, the cause of each one, and the battery used while it was meant to be asleep. It keeps the history after the system rolls its own log over, so you can compare nights.

Four fixes, one at a time or all at once

Turn off Power Nap, TCP keep-alive or Wake for network access, or go into deeper standby sooner on battery. Each one says what you give up; turning off keep-alive, for example, can stop Find My from reaching a sleeping laptop.

  • Power Nap off
  • TCP keep-alive off
  • Wake for network access off
  • Deeper standby on battery

Travel Mode

One switch applies all four for a trip, and turning it off restores exactly the settings you had before, not a set of defaults. The changes go through Bytesweep's helper, which you approve once.

What is keeping the Mac awake

The Battery page lists every app holding off sleep right now and the reason it gave, like a video call, a download or a backup. It shows them; it does not override them.

On Mac and on Windows

MacWindows
Wake report with causesYesNo
Dark wakes and battery lost asleepYesNo
Travel ModeYesNo
Apps keeping the computer awakeYesNo

Questions

What is a dark wake?

A wake with the lid closed and the screen off, for things like Power Nap, network maintenance and Bluetooth. They are normal in small numbers; dozens a night drain the battery.

Will Travel Mode change my settings for good?

No. It records your settings before it changes anything and puts them back exactly when you turn it off.

Can Bytesweep stop sleep on purpose?

No, it is not a keep-awake tool. It shows what is holding off sleep and helps the computer sleep properly.

Is this on Windows?

No. Sleep and wake are Mac only.