brand new Mac mini M1-keep from going to sleep?

[Imola Ghost]

I recently purchased a new Mac mini and also purchased a dock that sits just below the Mac mini that has a SATA drive inside. I've got all of my music stored on that drive.

It's a lot of Lossless music files for my listening room. When I started loading the music into the software apparently there are an enough files the mini decided to fall asleep and possibly put my computer asleep or something, but not sure. The reason I'm suspecting this is the cause is because when I moved the mouse/keyboard the Mac mini woke up but the hard drive icon was not on the desktop but right very soon it popped up on the desktop.

How should I set the Mac mini up to keep it from doing this again? I don't mind the display dimming down or going to sleep but I don't want the mini going to sleep.

 

[Fishrrman]

Energy Saver preference pane (system preferences)...

 

[EugW]

I recently purchased a new Mac mini and also purchased a dock that sits just below the Mac mini that has a SATA drive inside. I've got all of my music stored on that drive.

It's a lot of Lossless music files for my listening room. When I started loading the music into the software apparently there are an enough files the mini decided to fall asleep and possibly put my computer asleep or something, but not sure. The reason I'm suspecting this is the cause is because when I moved the mouse/keyboard the Mac mini woke up but the hard drive icon was not on the desktop but right very soon it popped up on the desktop.

How should I set the Mac mini up to keep it from doing this again? I don't mind the display dimming down or going to sleep but I don't want the mini going to sleep.

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BTW, it's a dock compatibility problem. I have no problem with drives disappearing after sleep, but these are directly connected to my M1 Mac mini. (Samsung T7 Shield, and portable Toshiba hard drive)

Energy Saver preference pane (system preferences)...

Not very many sleep settings in Ventura.

 

[Fishrrman]

EugW wrote:
"Not very many sleep settings in Ventura."

Hmmm...
You're right. Not using Ventura here.
Why is Apple taking these choices away?

 

[espacioami]

For me it is incomprehensible what Apple has done in Ventura with the energy management. The scheduler that I used to use a lot is not present either and with Ventura I have to use the console and the pmset. Also the options are spread in two or three sections and it is not intuitive at all. Apple has a lot room for improvent ahead.

 

[Steve156]

There's also a 'Prevent automatic sleeping' setting in Displays/Advanced...

I had to toggle this on to keep my Studio awake while sticking a load of stuff up to the cloud overnight

 

[now i see it]

The Mac app “Jiggler” will jiggle the mouse occasionally to prevent sleep. Its a lot easier to turn it on & off than have to go digging in the settings every time.