eqMac eqMac preventing sleep (Monterey

Hey,

I'm not sure if this was reported before but I've just noticed eqMac is preventing my mac going to sleep

If so, please feel free to discard this ticket and sorry!

Oct 11 '21 14:10 Lapin

This is still happening in Monterey 12.0.1.

Oct 26 '21 22:10 eliseosoto

I've updated my mac today with the prod release. But just let me leave it for a bit and will update you again.

Oct 26 '21 22:10 Lapin

Let my laptop running at home and yeah. It's still happening.

Oct 28 '21 08:10 Lapin

I've the same problem on macOS 11.6 BigSur. Anybody knows how can I to turn off preventing sleep on this app?

Oct 29 '21 17:10 kurtalex

yes, seems like because it is using audio IN/OUT systems and stops sleep on some machines. it works on macbook when you close the lid unless you have an external display.

Nov 07 '21 13:11 hexeric

Same on macOS Big Sur 11.6.1 (20G224). I'm running a MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019) with an external DELL U2518D monitor connected over a Type C-HDMI dongle, and I have speakers connected to the monitor. I'm using eqMac for the sole purpose of controlling the volume of the external speakers. It does the job with two caveats:

It prevents MacBook from going to sleep
After restarting the MacBook, despite the fact, that eqMac shows the same volume level as before restart (30%), the actual volume is at 100% until you change it. As soon as I change it, the new volume is applied. To work around this I had to create an Automator app, that starts at user login, then waits for 30 seconds (to give time for everything including eqMac to start), then changes volume to 10%, and then - to the preferred 30%.

Nov 07 '21 22:11 rivanovs

i changed to the free 'speakeramp' on appstore for this reason and all is good now (eqMac also crashes for me on Monterey around sleep and has a strange ground crackling noise).

Nov 07 '21 22:11 hexeric

I have also tried SoundFlower - it works, but with its own caveats. It too prevents sleep, and after ~30 minutes of playback the sound becomes choppy and robotic, so I have to select a different output and switch back to the monitor.

MonitorControl works great for brightness control, but it does not change sound volume in my case. The HUD does appear when I change it, but the actual volume stays the same (at max level).

I have just installed SpeakerAmp - looking good so far. It can even switch outputs when I unplug/replug the monitor, and Activity Monitor says it does not prevent sleep. So far so good.

Nov 07 '21 23:11 rivanovs

I finally figured this one out, will be fixed in the next update that's coming next week. Sorry for the delay, I will let you know when the update is available.

Dec 18 '21 21:12 nodeful

I've just release a new PRE-Release v1.4.0 build that should solve this issue. I'm looking for people to beta test this build. You can download it here: https://github.com/bitgapp/eqMac/releases/tag/v1.4.0 (eqMac.pkg) Could you please try it out and report if this issue still persists or if there's any other issues. Thank you! And sorry for the wait 🙏🏻

Dec 27 '21 00:12 nodeful

I was having this problem since installing eqMac on my iMac with Monterey, but after the update it goes to sleep normally.