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How to re-enable Power button old behaviour?
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I too do not like this feature. I really just want to be in the room when these ideas are thrown around.
"Well, people have been able to put their laptop to sleep by closing the lid or clicking the sleep option from the power button menu. But clearly what we need is a third option. Something easier for this incredibly crucial feature."
"I've got it. Let's change the power button to instantly put the computer to sleep."
"How will people turn off their computers?"
"We'll just make them hold the button down longer. It will be funny everytime they release it too soon and put the computer to sleep by accident."
"You're right, people hardly ever turn off their computers. We should definitely make the only available way to do it more complicated. I love it."
Seriously? Why did we need a third option. Why was closing the lid such a horrible sleep option?
"Well, people have been able to put their laptop to sleep by closing the lid or clicking the sleep option from the power button menu. But clearly what we need is a third option. Something easier for this incredibly crucial feature."
"I've got it. Let's change the power button to instantly put the computer to sleep."
"How will people turn off their computers?"
"We'll just make them hold the button down longer. It will be funny everytime they release it too soon and put the computer to sleep by accident."
"You're right, people hardly ever turn off their computers. We should definitely make the only available way to do it more complicated. I love it."
Seriously? Why did we need a third option. Why was closing the lid such a horrible sleep option?
Well, i always have some smart ass who press the power button just because it's cool to press it...
That's why in every damned OS i install, Mac, Linux or Windows, i disable power off and sleep from power button... Because turning off internet in a middle of a download is not cool, turning off internet when you are doing remote desktop assist is worse and it's really not cool when you are playing an online game and your internet dies...
This is easily avoidable by that thing all SO's have that is the control in their own power button....
That's why in every damned OS i install, Mac, Linux or Windows, i disable power off and sleep from power button... Because turning off internet in a middle of a download is not cool, turning off internet when you are doing remote desktop assist is worse and it's really not cool when you are playing an online game and your internet dies...
This is easily avoidable by that thing all SO's have that is the control in their own power button....
It looks like TinkerTool does exactly what you and I want! Just uncheck this box in the General" settings pane. The app does not have to be running for the change to persist, so you can change the setting and delete it if you so desired.
After 2 years, my button does what I want it to. Victory served cold...
http://www.bresink.com/osx/0TinkerTool/details.html
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I need to train the exact moment between the just sleep and the reset. Always with fear I don't hold it a second to long. I really hate that complication, it would be so easy to make something like press double to sleep, or so.
I can use shortcuts, yeah, but if I just want to use one hand (for example when stand-in up, just a press and a Enter), and FEAR NO MORE, I have now the solution:
in terminal write
defaults write com.apple.loginwindow PowerButtonSleepsSystem -bool no
(just end with yes if you change your mind).
Source: https://lifehacker.com/bring-back-the-shutdown-dialog-when-you-press-the-mac-p-1617736812
I can use shortcuts, yeah, but if I just want to use one hand (for example when stand-in up, just a press and a Enter), and FEAR NO MORE, I have now the solution:
in terminal write
defaults write com.apple.loginwindow PowerButtonSleepsSystem -bool no
(just end with yes if you change your mind).
Source: https://lifehacker.com/bring-back-the-shutdown-dialog-when-you-press-the-mac-p-1617736812