MacBook – Random keyboard input on shutdown will power up Macbook Pro

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I am using a 2018 15" Macbook Pro (MR932). It is the base model for the 15". My mac is on Mojave (OS X 10.14).

After I shut down my mac, any random key input will switch my mac back on. I have tried resetting my SMC and the problem still occur. Is it related to software or hardware? It is quite annoying since that sometimes I need to shut down my mac to clean my keyboard. Is there any solution to it?

Assertion status system-wide:
   BackgroundTask                 1
   ApplePushServiceTask           0
   UserIsActive                   1
   PreventUserIdleDisplaySleep    0
   PreventSystemSleep             0
   ExternalMedia                  0
   InternalPreventDisplaySleep    1
   PreventUserIdleSystemSleep     1
   NetworkClientActive            0
Listed by owning process:
   pid 208(mds_stores): [0x0000cfd0000b9a16] 00:00:00 BackgroundTask named: "com.apple.metadata.mds_stores.power"
   pid 178(coreaudiod): [0x0000cc0c00019977] 00:16:04 PreventUserIdleSystemSleep named: "com.apple.audio.BuiltInHeadphoneOutputDevice.context.preventuseridlesleep"
    Created for PID: 384.
   pid 100(hidd): [0x0000c85b00099855] 00:00:00 UserIsActive named: "com.apple.iohideventsystem.queue.tickle.4295221011.3"
    Timeout will fire in 300 secs Action=TimeoutActionRelease
   pid 6959(Folx): [0x0000cccb000199de] 00:12:53 PreventUserIdleSystemSleep named: "PreventUserIdleSystemSleep"
   pid 254(UserEventAgent): [0x0000cce4000b99e5] 00:12:28 BackgroundTask named: "com.apple.AddressBook.ScheduledSync"
    Created for PID: 12084.
   pid 12084(AddressBookSourceSync): [0x0000cce4000199e4] 00:12:28 PreventUserIdleSystemSleep named: "Address Book Source Sync"
    Timeout will fire in 1051 secs Action=TimeoutActionTurnOff
   pid 56(powerd): [0x0000cc19001082f6] 00:02:31 InternalPreventDisplaySleep named: "com.apple.powermanagement.delayDisplayOff"
    Timeout will fire in 148 secs Action=TimeoutActionTurnOff
No kernel assertions.
Idle sleep preventers: IODisplayWrangler

UPDATE

Apple have reply to my Bug Report and it happened to be a feature instead of a bug.

This issue behaves as intended based on the following:

This a new feature with laptops where lid open and key presses cause
system to boot.

It is called boot on any key press feature.

We are now closing this bug report.

If you have questions about the resolution, or if this is still a
critical issue for you, then please update your bug report with that
information.

Best Answer

The best way to shut down your Mac is to choose Shut Down from the Apple () menu. Just as your Mac follows a startup process after it turns on, it follows a shutdown process before it turns off. That process includes automatically quitting all open apps and logging out of your macOS user account. If your Mac doesn't shut down, try Force Quit to close any apps that aren't responding. If that doesn't work, press and hold the power button until the Mac turns off.

Ok, here are the 3 power button options

  1. Press the power button (briefly) to turn (off or on) the Mac or wake from sleep. Also called the normal method.
  2. Press and hold the power button for 5 seconds or longer without lifting to force your Mac to turn off. Also called brutal method. Do not use frequently. It will not wake up after by any keyboard combination until you press the power button.
  3. Press and hold power button for 1.5 seconds to get the turn off dialog. This dialog will ask if you want to restart, shutdown or put the Mac to sleep, this is the same as you would do with click under the Apple Icon (top left)

Other stuff... You have a app called FOLX 5 Downloader that is preventing your Mac to Sleep. Quit that program, if it is still running, Open Activity Monitor find it and Quit it. You can also find it under its PID number pid 6959

Here are some instructions how to deal with the T2 chip.

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