Keep MBA awake when plugged in

[NP Hard]

Hi all,

I have a 2013 13" MBA that I'd like to keep awake when plugged in and open. At the moment it goes to sleep after a period of inactivity and there seems to be no way to stop this.

Obviously this is fine when on battery, but when I have my laptop connected to power and an external screen, I'd it to remain awake even after the display turns off so I can remain connected to Skype and IRC. If I want it to sleep, I'll put it to sleep myself. At the moment I use Caffeine to keep it awake, but I'd still like the screen to go to sleep.

My MacBook Pro running 10.8 has a slider for this but my MBA running 10.9 does not.

Anyway to get this working?

 

[Altemose]

Hi all,

I have a 2013 13" MBA that I'd like to keep awake when plugged in and open. At the moment it goes to sleep after a period of inactivity and there seems to be no way to stop this.

Obviously this is fine when on battery, but when I have my laptop connected to power and an external screen, I'd it to remain awake even after the display turns off so I can remain connected to Skype and IRC. If I want it to sleep, I'll put it to sleep myself. At the moment I use Caffeine to keep it awake, but I'd still like the screen to go to sleep.

My MacBook Pro running 10.8 has a slider for this but my MBA running 10.9 does not.

Anyway to get this working?

Go to --> System Preferences --> Energy Saver --> Power Adapter Tab and adjust the slider for Computer Sleep to "Never" and the Display Sleep slider to your desired timeframe.

 

[damidget]

Or you could just download InsomniaX from MacUpdate

https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/22211/insomniax

 

[Altemose]

Or you could just download InsomniaX from MacUpdate

https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/22211/insomniax

Why involve third parties if the functionality is built into System Preferences.

 

[arefbe]

Why involve third parties if the functionality is built into System Preferences.

Exactly!

 

[Crazy Badger]

Keep MBA awake when plugged in

Because it's easier! No digging into system preferences and then messing with sliders. Surely just adding a hot-key to switch on the screensaver and set it as blank would work with caffeine?

 

[NP Hard]

Go to --> System Preferences --> Energy Saver --> Power Adapter Tab and adjust the slider for Computer Sleep to "Never" and the Display Sleep slider to your desired timeframe.

The point is that I don't have that slider.

However, I did just realise there's a checkbox which says "Prevent computer from sleeping when screen is off". How silly of me. I guess that solves my problem!

 

[Altemose]

The point is that I don't have that slider.

However, I did just realise there's a checkbox which says "Prevent computer from sleeping when screen is off". How silly of me. I guess that solves my problem!

That is different on Power Nap compatible Macs in my experience. Glad the System Preference worked for you.

 

[alphaod]

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