Wakes (CalendarDate), although related UI settings are off

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musicadi OP

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Hi everyone,

I need help stopping the maintenance wakes due to "CalendarDate".

All apparently related UI settings are off (Calendar: manual refresh, no notifications, time to travel OFF, Settings > Time & Date > Automatic time & date OFF)

Two days ago, I got hourly dark wakes, but then I turned "Automatic time & date" off, and now I only got 5 wakes instead of 10, but I think this still shouldn't happen with all these settings off.

I would appreciate any help.

System:

macOS 26.1

MacBook Pro 2019

pmset -g

 VACTDisabled		0
Currently in use:
 lidwake              1
 lowpowermode         0
 standbydelayhigh     0
 proximitywake        0
 standby              0
 standbydelaylow      0
 ttyskeepawake        0
 hibernatemode        3
 powernap             0
 gpuswitch            2
 hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
 highstandbythreshold 50
 displaysleep         10
 womp                 0
 networkoversleep     0
 sleep                0 (sleep prevented by bluetoothd, mds_stores)
 tcpkeepalive         0
 halfdim              0
 acwake               0
 disksleep            10

pmset -g log | grep "due to"

2025-11-16 00:26:38 +0100 DarkWake            	DarkWake from Deep Idle [CDN] : due to EC.RTC/Maintenance Using AC (Charge:100%) 45 secs   
2025-11-16 00:27:23 +0100 Sleep               	Entering Sleep state due to 'Maintenance Sleep':TCPKeepAlive=disabled Using AC (Charge:100%) 13728 secs
2025-11-16 04:16:11 +0100 DarkWake            	DarkWake from Deep Idle [CDN] : due to EC.RTC/Maintenance Using AC (Charge:100%) 45 secs   
2025-11-16 04:16:56 +0100 Sleep               	Entering Sleep state due to 'Maintenance Sleep':TCPKeepAlive=disabled Using AC (Charge:100%) 7216 secs 
2025-11-16 06:17:12 +0100 DarkWake            	DarkWake from Deep Idle [CDN] : due to EC.RTC/Maintenance Using AC (Charge:100%) 45 secs   
2025-11-16 06:17:57 +0100 Sleep               	Entering Sleep state due to 'Maintenance Sleep':TCPKeepAlive=disabled Using AC (Charge:100%) 3616 secs 
2025-11-16 07:18:13 +0100 DarkWake            	DarkWake from Deep Idle [CDN] : due to EC.RTC/Maintenance Using AC (Charge:100%) 45 secs   
2025-11-16 07:18:58 +0100 Sleep               	Entering Sleep state due to 'Maintenance Sleep':TCPKeepAlive=disabled Using AC (Charge:100%) 3616 secs 
2025-11-16 08:19:14 +0100 DarkWake            	DarkWake from Deep Idle [CDN] : due to EC.RTC/Maintenance Using AC (Charge:100%) 45 secs   
2025-11-16 08:19:59 +0100 Sleep               	Entering Sleep state due to 'Maintenance Sleep':TCPKeepAlive=disabled Using AC (Charge:100%) 1457 secs

log show --predicate '"SMCRTC"' --start "2025-11-16 00:00:00" --end "2025-11-16 08:00:00" --info --debug

(showing only the sequence from the first dark wake)

2025-11-16 00:26:29.315541+0100 0x125b50   Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMCRTC) SMCRTC: setPowerState 1
2025-11-16 00:26:29.322608+0100 0x125a3e   Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMCRTC) SMCRTC: [PowerByCalendarDate] 0/0/0 0:0:0 (0)
2025-11-16 00:26:29.322625+0100 0x125a3e   Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMCRTC) SMCRTC: [PowerByCalendarDate] 0/0/0 0:0:0 (0)
2025-11-16 00:26:38.242885+0100 0x125c15   Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMCRTC) SMCRTC: [PowerByCalendarDate] 0/0/0 0:0:0 (0)
2025-11-16 00:26:38.242889+0100 0x125c15   Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMCRTC) SMCRTC: [PowerByCalendarDate] 0/0/0 0:0:0 (0)
2025-11-16 00:27:40.807018+0100 0x126175   Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMCRTC) SMCRTC: [MaintenanceWakeCalendarDate] 2025/11/16 3:16:0 (0)
2025-11-16 00:27:40.807038+0100 0x126175   Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMCRTC) SMCRTC: [MaintenanceWakeCalendarDate] 2025/11/16 3:16:0 (0)
2025-11-16 00:27:42.262812+0100 0x126290   Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMCRTC) SMCRTC: setPowerState 0
2025-11-16 00:27:42.262823+0100 0x126290   Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMCRTC) SMCRTC: setPowerState 0
2025-11-16 00:27:43.836823+0100 0x1262b2   Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: [143883.997279]: SMCRTC: setAlarmEnable 0xe0000280
2025-11-16 00:27:43.836830+0100 0x1262b2   Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: [143883.999744]: SMCRTC: enabled wake alarm (MaintenanceWakeCalendarDate) in 13697 seconds
2025-11-16 00:27:43.836836+0100 0x1262b2   Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: [143883.999845]: SMCRTC: setAlarmEnable 0xe0000300
2025-11-16 00:27:44.385470+0100 0x126209   Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: IOPlatformWakeAction -> AppleSMCRTC
2025-11-16 00:27:44.385474+0100 0x126209   Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMCRTC) SMCRTC: updated wake type to Maintenance
2025-11-16 00:27:44.385477+0100 0x126209   Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMCRTC) SMCRTC: updated wake type to Maintenance
2025-11-16 00:27:44.385481+0100 0x126209   Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMCRTC) SMCRTC: Maintenance 2025/11/16 03:16:00
2025-11-16 00:27:44.385485+0100 0x126209   Default     0x0                  0      0    kernel: (AppleSMCRTC) SMCRTC: Maintenance 2025/11/16 03:16:00

Answered by DTS Engineer in 866379022

Are you build a product for macOS where this is relevant? If so, can you explain more about the background to that. If not, I suspect that the Apple Developer Forums aren’t the right place for you, and I encourage you to pop on over to Apple Support Community, run by Apple Support.

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Answer 1

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

1d

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Are you build a product for macOS where this is relevant? If so, can you explain more about the background to that. If not, I suspect that the Apple Developer Forums aren’t the right place for you, and I encourage you to pop on over to Apple Support Community, run by Apple Support.

Share and Enjoy
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Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
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Answer 2

musicadi OP

1d

Hi Quinn!

Many thanks for your reply and sorry for the double thread. I hadn't realized that the first one was waiting for approval, so it wasn't showing up in my activity list.

Anyway, I came here from Apple Support Community, where I had a pretty bad experience regarding inappropriate behavior of senior members on a similar, but already resolved issue (TravelEngine and OSAnalytics setting wake alarms, while relevant UI settings were off).

Long story, but basically I got a "last warning" there because I kept addressing the fact that instead of receiving answers to my actual question, senior members were gaslighting me, insinuating that I had somehow altered system files and even straight out lied about what was written and then edited/removed posts in order to try and support the lies. I already reported the behavior to Apple, but I'd rather not post anything there anymore.

To answer your question: no, I'm not building any product, I am simply trying to find a way to stop automatic dark wakes, if that's possible.

This might actually be a bug, and I already submitted a report through Feedback Assistant (FB20986542).

If this is not the right platform to get technical support for this, then feel free to close the thread.

Thank you and have a nice day/evening.

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Answer 3

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

2h

no, I'm not building any product

OK. That puts this outside of our scope here on DevForums. But I’ll leave your thread here, just in case someone else wants to chime in.

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Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
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Answer 4

musicadi OP

2h

Ok, got it. Many thanks for your time!

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