M1 Pro - disable sleep possible?

[brucele]

Is it possible to disable sleep mode, have the display off and close the lid?

I use Opera browser to download and upload files to Google drive.

The transfers shows network disconnect after a certain time or it timeouts.

Tried to use Amphetamin and it somewhat works but I need to enable mouse movement which leads to display being on even though I close the lid.

Any suggestions?

TIA

 

[chabig]

You can't disable sleep in that scenario, so your easiest action is not to close the lid. If you really want to turn off the internal display, set a hot corner in System Preferences to "Put display to sleep".

 

[ksj1]

System Preferences->battery->Power Adapter

Check the box for 'Prevent computer from sleeping automatically when display is off'.

You might need to uncheck 'Put hard disks to sleep when possible'.

Edit - I use an external display with MacBook in clamshell.

 

[chabig]

You can't disable computer sleep in that scenario, so your easiest action is not to close the lid. If you really want to turn off the internal display, set a hot corner in System Preferences to do that.

Edit: Sorry about the double post.