Monitors turn off, vs computer sleep

[mrhansolo]

Hello,

I recently purchased the new 2018 Mini and there is something I noticed with it (I'm assuming this is a Mjoave behavior) and its that I cannot change when my monitors shutoff, vs when the computer itself go to sleep.

I prefer to have my monitors shutoff after 2 minutes and the computer go to sleep at 15-20. This always saves me a few seconds if I need to access the computer within the 15-20 minute interval.

When I got my mini I set the monitors to go to sleep at 2 minutes and that also put the computer itself to sleep. I noticed that there was no longer a separate ticker for a sleep time. I did find a terminal command that set the sleep time separately, but after a restart it has went back to the old mode of going to sleep after the 2 minutes, or when the monitors turn off.

What I have done for the time being is turn the monitors off after 2 minutes and unchecked the box to keep the computer from going to sleep. So currently the mini is on 24/7.

Hoping someone here knows of a fix or a command that will be permanent.

Thanks,

Han

 

[cruisin]

You can easily have a script that runs on every login that enables your chosen settings as a quick hack. Or set a screensaver for the duration.

https://support.apple.com/en-ca/HT202824

This seems to say the Mini should still have separate sleep settings. They haven't updated the page since 2017, so it could be a new Mojave "feature" that they haven't added documentation for.
[doublepost=1542825244][/doublepost]Based on:

https://apple.stackexchange.com/que...out-missing-from-the-energy-saver-preferences

and

https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...-setting-wtf-heres-why.1598329/#post-17457370

It seems that all recent Macs (Haswell and higher) have eliminated the feature, due to the CPU having a smartphone-like idle mode where it sort-of sleeps. You could also set caffeinate in Terminal each time or get an app like Amphetamine to tweak sleep settings.

 

[mrhansolo]

Thanks for the app recommendation. Even though I don't restart often, having to enter the Terminal command each time would be something I would forget to do.