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Subject: Re: How to make mac OS Big Sur v11.6.4 to never sleep when using battery in a 2020 Intel MBP?
Date: 19 Feb 2022 13:10:38 GMT
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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. ; )

> 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.

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