How not to put to sleep with Power button?

[m_emelchenkov]

I want to use Power button to turn off display rather than put computer to sleep. How to achieve this? I see:
% pmset -g
…
Sleep On Power Button 1
…

But don't see how to set this option to 0.

 

[Bigwaff]

Not sure it is possible. But you can enable a "Hot Corner". Move you mouse pointer to the "Hot Corner" to sleep display.

Settings > Desktop & Dock > scroll bottom, press "Hot Corners..." button. Choose your corner and select "Put Display to Sleep".

 

[bogdanw]

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/how-do-i-put-my-mac-pro-to-sleep-by-pressing-the-power-button.2171678/post-27141275

 

[m_emelchenkov]

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/how-do-i-put-my-mac-pro-to-sleep-by-pressing-the-power-button.2171678/post-27141275

It does not work for me.

 

[m_emelchenkov]

Not sure it is possible. But you can enable a "Hot Corner". Move you mouse pointer to the "Hot Corner" to sleep display.

Settings > Desktop & Dock > scroll bottom, press "Hot Corners..." button. Choose your corner and select "Put Display to Sleep".

Yes, I used it in the past, just wanted to make the process more comfortable to me.

 

[Nermal]

It does not work for me.

Did you log off and back on after changing the setting?

 

[m_emelchenkov]

Did you log off and back on after changing the setting?

Yes. Does it work for you?

 

[Nermal]

I haven't tried it; I was just making sure you hadn't missed a step. I'm not at my Mac at the moment.

 

[bogdanw]

There used to be a powerbutton option in pmset, but Apple seems to have removed it, at least since 10.11 El Capitan from what I’ve tested.
“powerbutton - Sleep the machine when power button is pressed (value=0/1)” https://ss64.com/mac/pmset.html


The settings are now saved in /Library/Preferences/com.apple.PowerManagement.plist and you could try to
read the values

defaults read /Library/Preferences/com.apple.PowerManagement.plist

write "Sleep On Power Button" 0

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.PowerManagement.plist "Sleep On Power Button" 0

write "Sleep On Power Button" 1

sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.PowerManagement.plist "Sleep On Power Button" 1

delete "Sleep On Power Button" 1

sudo defaults delete /Library/Preferences/com.apple.PowerManagement.plist "Sleep On Power Button"

On MBA M1 I have sleep disabled and the power button locks the screen.

 

[m_emelchenkov]

On MBA M1 I have sleep disabled and the power button locks the screen.

I just tried, and restarted computer. `pmset -g` still shows "Sleep On Power Button 1". Does it show `0` on your system?

 

[bogdanw]

I don’t have Sequoia on a real Mac, only virtual machines.
These are my settings in Sonoma 14.7.1:
pmset -g
System-wide power settings:
SleepDisabled 1
Currently in use:
standby 0
Sleep On Power Button 1
hibernatefile /var/vm/sleepimage
powernap 1
networkoversleep 0
disksleep 0
sleep 0 (sleep prevented by coreaudiod, powerd)
hibernatemode 0
ttyskeepawake 1
displaysleep 3
tcpkeepalive 1
lowpowermode 1
womp 0
Pressing the power button locks the screen and turns off the display. I don’t have TouchID set up.

 

[m_emelchenkov]

The settings are now saved in /Library/Preferences/com.apple.PowerManagement.plist

Despite of `pmset -g` output (still 1) your advice works! Thanks a lot!!! Now I can put display to off with Power Button rather sending whole machine to sleep.