My Early 2011 15" MBP non-retina will not enter standby mode correctly. Meaning, when inactive for a few minutes, rather than just turning off the display, it goes into sleep mode, causing network shares to disconnect.
I have the Energy Saver settings set to never sleep while on power
This is a big problem for me, since I use NAS shares to store much of my work.
Is there a way to either
A) Disable sleep mode while plugged in (because usually when I need the shares up I'm plugged in) OR
B) Configure macOS to keep AFP shares connected while in sleep mode
I am running 10.13 High Sierra Beta
Best Answer
This Support Page at Apple does not specify your MBP as fulfilling the hardware requirements for using Standby mode: