should l just switch my 2023 Mac Pro off after my daily usage of ~3-7 hours? I switch off the apps that are still on and switch off the bluetooth and wifi, but battery still drains ~4-10% or far more if app is kept on. Switched off 2 full days and switched back on and only used 1% battery, it would be at least 10x that if had kept it on with nothing visible running. The thing is my Mac does not have the ‘sleep’ function, it was disabled and greyed out. Would enabling it and putting Mac Pro to sleep everytime not using be better than switching off at end of day? so to prolong battery life, Only switch off if longer than a day? l dont mind the 'inconvenience' of waiting for a start up when switching on. thanks.
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I would recommend enabling sleep mode, and just letting the machine go to sleep when you’re not using it. Your Mac runs housekeeping tasks in the background, when it is not being used, in order to maintain optimum performance. If you turn your Mac off then these housekeeping tasks never get a chance to run and maintain the system.
Macs are based around the user, so you shouldn't normally need to switch it off, unless you're not using it for a week or more.
You should investigate why the Sleep function is not working and fix it, then also disable the 'Wake up for Network access' and 'Power-Nap' checkboxes, and see how much battery is drained.
You should investigate why the Sleep function is not working and fix it, then also disable the 'Wake up for Network access' and 'Power-Nap' checkboxes, and see how much battery is drained.
thanks for tips, l enabled sleep again, but noticed no more sound when lid closed. is there a way of having sound when require it without opening terminal and the script again to enable then disable? 'Wake up for Network access' is off, should l check 'prevent automatic sleeping on power adapter when the display is off' ? its currently off. where is 'Power-Nap' ? l dont seem to have. is it normal to see a drop in power of 1-5% left overnight?
What kind of sound? Macs shouldn't make sound when asleep, and they certainly don't when they've been shut down.
1-5% drained or left?
I'd say 1-3% drained is normal, 5% is too high and looking at @jms-uk's comment, 0% is possible.
If you mean that you want to discriminately prevent sleep and continue audio playback with the lid closed, then Amphetamine app is the weapon of choice.
It has options to prevent sleep when the lid is closed, and thus audio playback will continue. You can also setup triggers so that it automatically starts when, say, opening music or podcasts apps. Also you can set it to ‘bleep bleep bleep’ if it’s active when you close the lid, just in case you unintentionally had it enabled and did want the Mac to sleep.
I use it keep my Mac awake with the lid closed, conditionally triggered when Plex Media Server is running and serving my LAN 👍
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sometimes when on the go with my macpro in back pack, l like to know if a trade went off or not, there is normally a 'siren' noise when a trade is executed. do macspro automatically sleep with the lid closed, unless 'sudo pmset -a disablesleep 1' typed into terminal? l can type it in every time if necessary
Read the post above the one you just typed. Without an app such as Amphetamine, or the use of a terminal command, MacBooks will always sleep when the lid is closed unless certain criteria are met such as being connected to an external monitor and external keyboard & mouse.
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