Not sure if my M1 Mini is sleeping. Left overnight, the display is off, but the power LED on the front is solid white. I would assume that if sleeping, it would be pulsing on-off. How can you tell if a M1 Mini is in sleep mode?
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Does your M1 Mini sleep?
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Had the same question and found this:
support.apple.com
My display goes off and my drives power down, so I can accept this.
Mac computer status indicator light behavior - Apple Support
Learn about various status indicator light (SIL) behaviors and what they mean.
My display goes off and my drives power down, so I can accept this.
I just plugged my M1 Mini into my APC UPS that displays load, and just doing normal things, it's at 1-3W. CRAZY!!!
Who cares if it sleeps or not when it's only using 1-3 watts! That is just plain ridiculous! LOVE IT!
Who cares if it sleeps or not when it's only using 1-3 watts! That is just plain ridiculous! LOVE IT!
That means a current draw of approximately 10-30mA at 120v, or in layman's terms, less than the LED lightbulb that lights my room.
Mine seems to be sleeping, but occasionally the led on the connected CalDigit thunderbolt dock lights up. Monitor stays off though.
Mine too. I have the Scarlett Focusrite 2i2 connected to my mac mini m1, and it occasionally turns on and off now and then when sleeping. This causes my speakers to pop every time this happens. I'm concerned if this could damage my connected devices, like my external hard drives.