I want to shutdown not sleep, when closing the lid.

[Kardashian]

Is this possible?

 

[infernohellion]

By itself, without any software tweaks, no.

 

[J the Ninja]

You can force it to just hibernate instead of safe sleep, though, if you are trying to save battery.

 

[Kardashian]

You can force it to just hibernate instead of safe sleep, though, if you are trying to save battery.

How do I do this?

 

[J the Ninja]

How do I do this?

Type this into the terminal and hit enter:

sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 1



EDIT NOTE: This affects all instances of sleep, not just closing the lid. I don't think there is any way to specify a setting just for that. If you want to undo it, repeat the command, but give "hibernatemode" the value of "3". Also, a value of "0" makes it suspend directly to RAM and fall asleep instantly, without bothering to write the safe sleep file.