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prevent sleep mode

How do I prevent my iMac from going to sleep?

iMac, macOS 10.13

Posted on Dec 19, 2019 5:45 PM

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Posted on Dec 19, 2019 5:50 PM

Open the Energy Saver pane of System Preferences and set the computer sleep timer to Never. This doesn't stop people from manually putting it to sleep, either directly or by scripting.


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