You can set a short interval in the Energy Saver options and then, when you need the Mac to stay on for longer, activate Caffeine to keep it awake.Ĭaffeine, however, is only a partial solution.
CaffeineĬaffeine-which I covered when I looked at simple solutions to common Mac problems-is a free menubar app that gives you more control over when a Mac sleeps. To get more control over when a Mac sleeps you need to turn to third party apps. Files downloading from the Internet? Watching a movie? Final Cut Pro Project exporting? It doesn’t care. The problem with relying on OS X’s built in energy saving options is that they are essentially a dumb tool if you step away from the Mac for the allotted time, it goes to sleep regardless of what else is going on. The shorter the interval, the faster the Mac will go to sleep once you stop using it, and thus the more battery life you’ll save. In the Energy Saver Preference Pane you can configure how long before a Mac’s display, and the computer itself, go to sleep. You can do it just by closing the lid on the MacBook however, it’s better to configure things to happen automatically. All modern MacBooks have an SSD so they wake up extremely fast putting the computer to sleep no longer involves waiting ages for it to come back to life whilst it reads data from a slow hard drive. One of the simplest ways to conserve a Mac’s battery life is to have it go to sleep when it’s not doing anything. Put the Mac to Sleep When It’s Not in Use In this tutorial I’ll show you some of the ways you can do that. Still, there are times- such as when you’re travelling-when you want to ensure a MacBook stays running for as long as possible.Ĭonserving battery doesn’t mean not using the Mac or not doing what you want with it, it’s just about making sure that no battery life is wasted.
MacBooks have some of the best battery life of all laptops: the 13“ MacBook Air is meant to last up to 12 hours but often lasts longer, while even the 15” MacBook Pro should stay running for at least nine hours as long as you aren’t doing anything too strenuous.
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