Set sleep and wake settings for your Mac
You can set sleep and wake settings for your Mac. For example, you can set your Mac to go to sleep after a specified duration of inactivity, or set it to wake for network access.
Note: Some of the options may not be available, depending on your Mac.
Set your Mac to go to sleep after inactivity
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)Do any of the following:
Click the pop-up menu next to “Turn display off on battery when inactive” on the right, then choose an option.
Click the pop-up menu next to “Turn display off on power adapter when inactive” on the right, then choose an option.
Specify sleep and wake settings for a Mac laptop
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
Click Options on the right, then do any of the following:
Stop automatic sleeping when the display is off: Turn on “Prevent automatic sleeping on power adapter when the display is off.”
Put hard disks to sleep: Turn on “Put hard disks to sleep when possible.”
Update your system while it’s asleep: Click the pop-up menu next to Enable Power Nap, then choose an option.
Allow your Mac to wake briefly so users can access shared services (if applicable): Click the pop-up menu next to “Wake for network access,” then choose an option.
Specify sleep and wake settings for a Mac desktop computer
On your Mac, choose Apple menu
in the sidebar. (You may need to scroll down.)Do any of the following:
Stop automatic sleeping when the display is off: Turn on “Prevent automatic sleeping when the display is off.”
Put hard disks to sleep: Turn on “Put hard disks to sleep when possible” on the right.
Update your system while it’s asleep: Turn on Enable Power Nap on the right.
Allow your Mac to wake briefly so users can access shared services (if applicable): Turn on “Wake for network access” on the right.