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My imac is waking up automatically! =( HELP!

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Willyee3

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so my imac is waking up automatically... and im not sure waht it is.. i did a termal search thingy of what was causing it... heres what it said... any suggestions to help me rid of this problem?

Not sure what the maintenance alarm is.... =_=..anyways thanx for whoever can help me out


Sat Mar 12 05:51:35 William-Yees-iMac configd[13] <Notice>: network configuration changed.
Sat Mar 12 05:51:35 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: Wake reason = RTC
Sat Mar 12 05:51:35 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: RTC: maintenance alarm 2011/3/12 13:51:35, sleep 2011/3/12 12:03:38
--
Sat Mar 12 07:39:51 William-Yees-iMac airportd[7295] <Error>: _fastFinderContextInit: Starting auto-join with ssid 'Willy's Network'
Sat Mar 12 07:39:51 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: Wake reason = RTC
Sat Mar 12 07:39:51 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: RTC: maintenance alarm 2011/3/12 15:39:51, sleep 2011/3/12 13:51:52
--
Sat Mar 12 09:28:07 William-Yees-iMac airportd[7295] <Error>: _fastFinderContextInit: Starting auto-join with ssid 'Willy's Network'
Sat Mar 12 09:28:07 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: Wake reason = RTC
Sat Mar 12 09:28:07 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: RTC: maintenance alarm 2011/3/12 17:28:07, sleep 2011/3/12 15:40:08
--
Sat Mar 12 09:28:23 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: System Sleep
Sat Mar 12 11:09:03 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: Wake reason =
Sat Mar 12 11:09:03 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: System Wake
--
Sat Mar 12 14:47:06 William-Yees-iMac airportd[7998] <Error>: _fastFinderContextInit: Starting auto-join with ssid 'Willy's Network'
Sat Mar 12 14:47:06 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: Wake reason = RTC
Sat Mar 12 14:47:06 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: RTC: maintenance alarm 2011/3/12 22:47:06, sleep 2011/3/12 20:59:07
--
Sat Mar 12 16:35:22 William-Yees-iMac configd[13] <Notice>: network configuration changed.
Sat Mar 12 16:35:22 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: Wake reason = RTC
Sat Mar 12 16:35:22 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: RTC: maintenance alarm 2011/3/13 00:35:22, sleep 2011/3/12 22:47:23
--
Sat Mar 12 18:23:38 William-Yees-iMac airportd[7998] <Error>: _fastFinderContextInit: Starting auto-join with ssid 'Willy's Network'
Sat Mar 12 18:23:38 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: Wake reason = RTC
Sat Mar 12 18:23:38 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: RTC: maintenance alarm 2011/3/13 02:23:38, sleep 2011/3/13 00:35:40
--
Sat Mar 12 18:23:54 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: System Sleep
Sat Mar 12 20:11:54 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: Wake reason = RTC
Sat Mar 12 20:11:54 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: RTC: maintenance alarm 2011/3/13 04:11:54, sleep 2011/3/13 02:23:55
--
Sat Mar 12 20:12:11 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: System Sleep
Sat Mar 12 21:03:21 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: Wake reason = OHC2
Sat Mar 12 21:03:21 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: System Wake
William-Yees-iMac:~ willyee$
 
Willyee3 said:
so my imac is waking up automatically... and im not sure waht it is.. i did a termal search thingy of what was causing it... heres what it said... any suggestions to help me rid of this problem?

Not sure what the maintenance alarm is.... =_=..anyways thanx for whoever can help me out


Sat Mar 12 05:51:35 William-Yees-iMac configd[13] <Notice>: network configuration changed.
Sat Mar 12 05:51:35 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: Wake reason = RTC
Sat Mar 12 05:51:35 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: RTC: maintenance alarm 2011/3/12 13:51:35, sleep 2011/3/12 12:03:38
--
Sat Mar 12 07:39:51 William-Yees-iMac airportd[7295] <Error>: _fastFinderContextInit: Starting auto-join with ssid 'Willy's Network'
Sat Mar 12 07:39:51 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: Wake reason = RTC
Sat Mar 12 07:39:51 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: RTC: maintenance alarm 2011/3/12 15:39:51, sleep 2011/3/12 13:51:52
--
Sat Mar 12 09:28:07 William-Yees-iMac airportd[7295] <Error>: _fastFinderContextInit: Starting auto-join with ssid 'Willy's Network'
Sat Mar 12 09:28:07 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: Wake reason = RTC
Sat Mar 12 09:28:07 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: RTC: maintenance alarm 2011/3/12 17:28:07, sleep 2011/3/12 15:40:08
--
Sat Mar 12 09:28:23 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: System Sleep
Sat Mar 12 11:09:03 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: Wake reason =
Sat Mar 12 11:09:03 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: System Wake
--
Sat Mar 12 14:47:06 William-Yees-iMac airportd[7998] <Error>: _fastFinderContextInit: Starting auto-join with ssid 'Willy's Network'
Sat Mar 12 14:47:06 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: Wake reason = RTC
Sat Mar 12 14:47:06 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: RTC: maintenance alarm 2011/3/12 22:47:06, sleep 2011/3/12 20:59:07
--
Sat Mar 12 16:35:22 William-Yees-iMac configd[13] <Notice>: network configuration changed.
Sat Mar 12 16:35:22 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: Wake reason = RTC
Sat Mar 12 16:35:22 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: RTC: maintenance alarm 2011/3/13 00:35:22, sleep 2011/3/12 22:47:23
--
Sat Mar 12 18:23:38 William-Yees-iMac airportd[7998] <Error>: _fastFinderContextInit: Starting auto-join with ssid 'Willy's Network'
Sat Mar 12 18:23:38 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: Wake reason = RTC
Sat Mar 12 18:23:38 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: RTC: maintenance alarm 2011/3/13 02:23:38, sleep 2011/3/13 00:35:40
--
Sat Mar 12 18:23:54 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: System Sleep
Sat Mar 12 20:11:54 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: Wake reason = RTC
Sat Mar 12 20:11:54 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: RTC: maintenance alarm 2011/3/13 04:11:54, sleep 2011/3/13 02:23:55
--
Sat Mar 12 20:12:11 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: System Sleep
Sat Mar 12 21:03:21 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: Wake reason = OHC2
Sat Mar 12 21:03:21 William-Yees-iMac kernel[0] <Debug>: System Wake
William-Yees-iMac:~ willyee$
Click to expand...

Starting auto-join with ssid 'Willy's Network' I gather this is your own network, maybe it's just waking to check for updates or auto-saving data, just a thought :cool:
 
Have you checked your settings in System Prefs?

Open System Preferences and select Energy Saver.

Click on Schedule and see if Start up or Wake is ticked and if so what the settings are.

Hope this helps.
 
I had a similar problem and traced it back to the Wake For Network Access (in Energy Saver sys. pref.)

It seems as though my Lacie network drive was waking my iMac.
 
what about "wake for network access" ? what exactly does that mean?
 
so should i turn it off? so like what r the cons to turning it off?
 
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