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macos sleep command line

how do I get my Mac mini 2020 to sleep from the command line. I need the CL, as I use a third party mouse and keyboard. I cannot effectively sleep the Mac from the menu in the top left, as mouse movement just puts the Mac straight back on.


I used to use the pmset /sleepnow command. I am having issues with this, as resume is quite slow, around 24 seconds. I am convinced this is doing a hibernate, rather than a sleep.


Is there a better way of doing "sleep" on the command line?

Posted on May 1, 2020 4:43 AM

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Posted on May 1, 2020 5:30 AM

You can tell Siri 'go to sleep'.

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