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The sidebar is where information about the selected event in the Sleep History window is shown. It will display different information depending on what is selected.
Overview
When displaying Overview information, the sidebar will include the following.
- Total recorded Screen Off time
- Total recorded Insomnia time and frequency
- Daily average of Insomnia to sleep time
- Potential Problems - List of the items that Sleep Aid thinks are of interest.
- Insomnia - List of all the wake reasons for the insomnia events while the screen was off.
- Screen Wakes - List of all the wake reasons, which ended screen off events.
Screen Off Events
- Event date & time, with duration.
- Battery used during the event.
- Why the Mac was woken.
- Insomnia time (per hour) compared to the overall average.
- Insomnia - List of the wake reasons for the insomnia events while the screen was off.
- Connections - Mainly the external devices that were connected at the start of the screen off event.
- System Settings - Sleep settings that were specified when the screen went off.
Did Not Sleep
- Event date & time, with duration.
- Battery used during the event (if available).
- Insomnia time (per hour) compared to the overall average.
- Potential software causes - List of apps and process that had requested sleep be disabled.
- Connections - Mainly the external devices that were connected at the start of the screen off event.
- System Settings - Sleep Settings which may be responsible for preventing sleep.
Insomnia
- Event date & time, with duration.
- Insomnia reason - The cause of this insomnia event.
- Insomnia time (per hour) compared to the overall average.
- Suggestions - Potential solutions to preventing this insomnia.
- Activity - During the insomnia, the apps and processes that requested the Mac to stay awake.
- System Settings - Sleep Settings which may be responsible for the Insomnia.
Notes
- Event date & time, with duration.
- Message