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Re: How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP?

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In comp.sys.mac.software Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> On 2022-02-19, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> > In comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc David Brooks <BDB@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> >> On 18/02/2022 21:50, Jolly Roger wrote:
> >> > On 2022-02-18, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
> >> >> Hello.
> >> >>
> >> >> How do I tell mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using in a 2020
> >> >> Intel MBP? I only want to set this as a test since I'm trying to figure
> >> >> out why this MBP crashes when waking up after sleeping once in a while.
> >> >> So far on power AC connection, it never crashes with sleep disabled.
> >> >> macOS Big Sur v11.6.(3&4) doesn't have an option to do that. I only can
> >> >> disable its power nap and display sleep.
> >> >>   
> >> >> Thank you for reading and hopefully answering soon. :)
> >> > 
> >> > There should be an option in System Preferences > Energy Saver called
> >> > "Prevent your Mac from automatically sleeping when the display is off".
> >> > Enabling that option will cause the computer to stay awake even when the
> >> > display sleeps.
> >> > 
> >> > If you want the display to never sleep, set the "Turn display off after"
> >> > setting to "Never". If you do that, it's probably best to make sure you
> >> > have a screen saver enabled too.
> >> > 
> >> > Otherwise, as the saying goes, "There's an app for that". I've used
> >> > Amphetamine for years to prevent sleep when certain apps or processes
> >> > are running, and it's a nice tool to have handy for such a thing:
> >> > 
> >> > <https://apps.apple.com/us/app/amphetamine/id937984704?mt=12>
> >
> >> Interesting. I'd not happened across this before.
> >
> >> Do you also recommend THIS facility?
> >
> >> https://github.com/x74353/Amphetamine-Enhancer
> >
> >> Thanks.
> >
> > Ooh. Interesting that Enhancer is from GitHub (not Apple's app store), 
> > but it requires the original Amphetamine from Apple's App Store. I 
> > wonder why not offer from Github too?

> That's explained on the same page under the "Why is a Separate App
> Needed?" heading... Try reading it. ; )

I saw that, but why doesn't original Amphetamine have a downloadable 
version from GitHub instead of App Store?


> > Also, Redditors told me about caffeinate command in Terminal which works 
> > too and already included in macOS!

> Unfortunately, caffeinate doesn't work anymore with modern versions of
> macOS.

Dang it! Why did Apple even include it then?
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How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2022-02-18 14:06 -0600
  Re: How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP? David Brooks <BDB@invalid.invalid> - 2022-02-18 20:15 +0000
    Re: How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2022-02-18 20:31 -0600
      Re: How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP? David Brooks <BDB@invalid.invalid> - 2022-02-19 08:26 +0000
      Re: How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2022-02-19 14:08 +0000
      Re: How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP? Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> - 2022-02-19 17:07 +0000
        Re: How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2022-02-19 12:07 -0600
          Re: How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP? Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> - 2022-02-19 18:56 +0000
          Re: How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2022-02-20 06:09 +0000
  Re: How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2022-02-18 21:50 +0000
    Re: How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP? David Brooks <BDB@invalid.invalid> - 2022-02-18 22:43 +0000
      Re: How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2022-02-18 20:39 -0600
        Re: How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2022-02-19 13:10 +0000
          Re: How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP? David Brooks <BDB@invalid.invalid> - 2022-02-19 17:39 +0000
          Re: How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2022-02-19 12:09 -0600
            Re: How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2022-02-20 06:11 +0000
              Re: How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2022-02-20 17:00 -0600
                Re: How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2022-02-21 16:29 +0000
          Re: How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP? Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> - 2022-02-19 19:05 +0000
            Re: How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2022-02-19 14:35 -0600
              Re: How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP? Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> - 2022-02-20 07:21 +0000
                Re: How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP? Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> - 2022-02-20 10:07 +0000
                Re: How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2022-02-20 17:08 -0600
      Re: How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2022-02-19 13:05 +0000
        Re: How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP? David Brooks <BDB@invalid.invalid> - 2022-02-19 17:28 +0000
    Re: How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2022-02-18 20:40 -0600
      Re: How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2022-02-19 13:11 +0000
        Re: How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP? ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2022-02-19 12:32 -0600
          Re: How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP? Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> - 2022-02-19 18:58 +0000
          Re: How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2022-02-20 06:13 +0000
  Re: How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP? Lewis <g.kreme@kreme.dont-email.me> - 2022-02-19 13:29 +0000

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