MacBook – Looking for a way to mimic the battery-saving behavior of closing the lid without actually doing so

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I'm looking for a way to keep the lid up, yet tell my Macbook Pro Late 2013 to do what it would do if the lid was actually closed. When I close the lid, the battery lasts for a long time, not so when the lid is open but I sleep the display.

I would like a way to tell my Macbook to sleep the display, yet if no interaction after a certain amount of time, then go into the mode comparable to closing the lid. All while keeping the lid open at all times because I have an external display and it's unnecessary having to close the lid when I'm done using it. When I'm ready to use it, I would just wake it using my bluetooth keyboard, or the power button. That would be comparable to opening the lid.

I have my hibernation setting at 3.

I'm sure there are some terminal commands to make this happen, I'm just unaware of it.

Best Answer

You can find these options in System Preferences > Energy Saver.

Drag the "Computer Sleep:" slider to the left.

Energy Saver Preferences

Note that for newer Apple portables, Yosemite combines the sleep and display sleep option:

http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/2013-mba-no-computer-sleep-setting-wtf-heres-why.1598329/

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