{"id":17975,"date":"2023-08-25T18:12:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T12:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techtippr.com\/?p=17975"},"modified":"2023-08-25T18:12:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T12:42:11","slug":"how-to-make-macbook-not-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techtippr.com\/how-to-make-macbook-not-sleep\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Macbook Not Sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>MacBooks and Macs are designed to enter sleep mode when inactive to conserve battery life and energy usage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, you may want to disable sleep at times to maintain active processes. Here\u2019s how to prevent your Mac from automatically sleeping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Watch the Video<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to Disable Sleep on a MacBook Pro\/Air\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oaHQB0771Bo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why Your Mac Sleeps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>By default, Macs are configured to sleep after a set period of inactivity. For laptops on battery, this may be 10-15 minutes. For plugged-in computers, around 30 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The display turns off first, then after continued inactivity, the Mac will enter a power-saving sleep mode. All open apps and activities are suspended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sleep saves energy and prevents battery drain when you step away from your computer. But sometimes you want to keep the Mac awake longer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Changing the Inactivity Timeouts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The timeouts that trigger sleep are configurable in your Mac\u2019s System Preferences. Here\u2019s how to adjust them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Go to System Preferences &gt; Battery<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For battery power, adjust \u201cTurn off display while on battery power\u201d and \u201cPut hard disks to sleep when on battery power\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For plugged-in, adjust \u201cTurn off display while on power adapter\u201d and \u201cPrevent computer from sleeping automatically when display is off\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Increase the times or set to Never to make your Mac stay awake longer before sleeping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Preventing Sleep on Power Adapter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The most direct way to stop sleep is using the \u201cPrevent computer from sleeping\u201d option while plugged in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enabling this in Battery preferences will keep your Mac awake even with the display off, as long as it&#8217;s connected to power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is useful for long downloads, rendering projects, or other tasks you don&#8217;t want to interrupt if you step away from the computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why You May Want to Allow Sleep<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While disabling sleep can be useful temporarily, there are downsides to leaving a Mac perpetually awake:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Drains battery rapidly when not plugged in<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Can overheat device if running resource-intensive apps<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some processes may freeze or get stuck without sleep\/reboot cycles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Use good judgement when disabling sleep. Letting your Mac nap regularly is healthy! But for short term needs, you have control over the inactivity sleep settings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MacBooks and Macs are designed to enter sleep mode when inactive to conserve battery life and energy usage. However, you may want to disable sleep at times to maintain active processes. Here\u2019s how to prevent your Mac from automatically sleeping. Watch the Video Why Your Mac Sleeps By default, Macs are configured to sleep after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17976,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[209],"tags":[255],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techtippr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17975"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techtippr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techtippr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techtippr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techtippr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techtippr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techtippr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techtippr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techtippr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techtippr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}