Mac – Where did the MacPro 6,1 “Computer Sleep” setting go

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Anybody got a clue where the MacPro6,1 power / sleep setting went?

The only thing I can set is the "Turn display off after" slider.

On my old MacPro2,1 there were two settings:

  • Computer sleep
  • Display sleep

New MacPro6,1 Energy Saver Dialog:

MacPro6,1 energy settings

MacPro2,1 / MacPro4,1 Energy Saver Dialog:

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edit 1:

More frustrating, my PC goes into sleep/standby even when im running something like Terminal with SSH session. On the old system you could set a different sleep for the computer (i'm fine my screen goes to sleep in 5 minutes).

$ pmset -g 

Active Profiles:
AC Power        -1*
Currently in use:
 standby              1
 Sleep On Power Button 1
 womp                 1
 autorestart          0
 hibernatefile        /var/vm/sleepimage
 darkwakes            0
 gpuswitch            2
 networkoversleep     0
 disksleep            10
 sleep                1
 autopoweroffdelay    14400
 hibernatemode        0
 autopoweroff         1
 ttyskeepawake        1
 displaysleep         10
 standbydelay         10800

Best Answer

It is probable that Apple no longer feels the Computer sleep and Display sleep options are required.

The new Mac Pro has no spinning hard disk drives and has a modern power management system that can manage itself.

I suspect you can change settings using low level tools like pmset, but that those settings will be ignored.

Staying Awake

To keep your Mac awake during long running processes, use the Terminal.app command caffeinate:

caffeinate
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