Macos – Prevent mac from going to sleep immediately after the closing lid

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Everything I can find on this subject prevents your Mac from going to sleep until you specify when you want it to go to sleep. Sometimes I close the lid of my laptop then realize I forgot to do something and I immediately open it back up. But then it has already gone to sleep and it is ~30 seconds before I can use it again. Is there any way I can delay it from going to sleep for a minute or two?

Edit for clarification: There is period of time after closing the lid (30 seconds or so) where when I open it back up, the screen is black with only a mouse. But after 30 seconds to about 10 minutes, I can use it within a second or two of opening it. If it helps, I have MBPR and all software is up to date.

Best Answer

If you mean that you want to be able to close the screen without putting the MBA to sleep, then that's not supported. There is a hack that will prevent sleep:

http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/22211/insomniax

but as with any such hack, you use it at your own risk (and it's not been updated in a couple of years so it may not work with current Macs). The MBA, while quite capable, isn't designed to run 24/7, so if you never let it sleep, you may encounter heat issues at some point.

If that's not what you mean, please clarify what it is you wish to accomplish.

Regards.

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