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Bluetooth Wakes

What are they?

Bluetooth Wakes are when the Mac is woken via a Bluetooth device, like a Bluetooth Keyboard, mouse, headphones, tracking tiles and so on.

Causes

A Bluetooth device makes a connection to the Mac while it is asleep.

Solutions

  1. Select "Disable Bluetooth while sleeping" in the Settings window.
  2. Disable Bluetooth on this Mac.
  3. On some Macs, there is a system preference to control this option. Open "System Preferences", select "Bluetooth", then click on "Advanced". Unselect "Allow Bluetooth devices to wake this computer".