MaintenanceWakeCalendarDate wakes, although related UI settings are off

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Hi everyone,

My MBP keeps waking from sleep every night to perform Calendar maintenance, although all UI settings that seem related are turned off (Calendar: manual refresh, time to travel = OFF, Clock: automatic time & date = OFF, Automatic Time Machine backup = OFF)

Does anyone know how to stop this?

Thank you!

Here's a log entry sequence filtered by "SMCRTC", which is what's setting the wake alarms.

2025-11-16 06:17:03.314744+0100 0x126a4c   Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMCRTC) SMCRTC: setPowerState 1
2025-11-16 06:17:03.321001+0100 0x126a25   Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMCRTC) SMCRTC: [PowerByCalendarDate] 0/0/0 0:0:0 (0)
2025-11-16 06:17:03.321006+0100 0x126a25   Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMCRTC) SMCRTC: [PowerByCalendarDate] 0/0/0 0:0:0 (0)
2025-11-16 06:17:12.237732+0100 0x126ab8   Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMCRTC) SMCRTC: [PowerByCalendarDate] 0/0/0 0:0:0 (0)
2025-11-16 06:17:12.237755+0100 0x126ab8   Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMCRTC) SMCRTC: [PowerByCalendarDate] 0/0/0 0:0:0 (0)
2025-11-16 06:18:15.297172+0100 0x127051   Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMCRTC) SMCRTC: [MaintenanceWakeCalendarDate] 2025/11/16 6:18:3 (0)
2025-11-16 06:18:15.297191+0100 0x127051   Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMCRTC) SMCRTC: [MaintenanceWakeCalendarDate] 2025/11/16 6:18:3 (0)
2025-11-16 06:18:16.747652+0100 0x127119   Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMCRTC) SMCRTC: setPowerState 0
2025-11-16 06:18:16.747678+0100 0x127119   Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMCRTC) SMCRTC: setPowerState 0
2025-11-16 06:18:18.320761+0100 0x78       Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: [164918.482167]: SMCRTC: setAlarmEnable 0xe0000280
2025-11-16 06:18:18.320767+0100 0x78       Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: [164918.484702]: SMCRTC: enabled wake alarm (MaintenanceWakeCalendarDate) in 3585 seconds
2025-11-16 06:18:18.320773+0100 0x78       Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: [164918.484802]: SMCRTC: setAlarmEnable 0xe0000300
2025-11-16 06:18:18.873247+0100 0x1271c6   Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: IOPlatformWakeAction -> AppleSMCRTC
2025-11-16 06:18:18.873252+0100 0x1271c6   Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMCRTC) SMCRTC: updated wake type to Maintenance
2025-11-16 06:18:18.873254+0100 0x1271c6   Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMCRTC) SMCRTC: updated wake type to Maintenance
2025-11-16 06:18:18.873259+0100 0x1271c6   Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMCRTC) SMCRTC: Maintenance 2025/11/16 06:18:03
2025-11-16 06:18:18.873262+0100 0x1271c6   Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMCRTC) SMCRTC: Maintenance 2025/11/16 06:18:03
Answered by DTS Engineer in 866378022

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