[urban]

I set my powerbook to sleep after 10 minutes after inactivty. However it never sleeps. It only goes to sleep when I close the lid or press the "Sleep" icon. I've checked Activity Monitor and no programs were running that i could identify to be causing this "system insomnia". What should I do to make it work?

THanks

[Big Mac]

That's quite normal, urban. Mail is usually the culprit. If you want confirmation of this, close all of your applications and just sit idle at the Finder; it should go to sleep.

[urban]

Big Mac thanz for the reply.
I am pretty sure in Panther even when i had Mail running the system would still go to sleep. If what u said is the case, I guess I'll have to shut Mail to get my system to sleep on its own.
i can't help but think Big Mac from Macdonald's.

[Big Mac]

NP, urban. I know this is not a Tiger issue because it's the same way on Panther, at least for my G5. I should check to see if my iBook sleeps automatically with Mail open, but I don't think it will. My name has little connection to the sandwich, but I don't mind the association.