Restore default power management settings

Resetting the SMC can be a bit drastic especially when you can issue a simple command in Terminal:

"sudo pmset restoredefaults"

Without the quotes and key in the admin password which you won't see being typed.

therealdyls Said:

"Restore default power management settings: [...]My question is, how to I restore all power management settings, including default hibernation mode/standby/delay/sleep etc?[...]"

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Restore these to Default Settings:

1. Open: System Preferences
2. Select: Energy Saver
3. Go to: Power Adapter tab
4. Click: Restore Defaults button
5. Go to: Battery Adapter tab
6. Click: Restore Defaults button

therealdyls wrote:

Hi,

I have a MacBook Pro 15" 2018 and a while ago I played around with the 'pmset' values trying to prevent unnecessary SSD writes from frequently hibernating and waking, thinking it would decrease the lifespan of the SSD. However I'd actually appreciate better battery performance.

My question is, how to I restore all power management settings, including default hibernation mode/standby/delay/sleep etc?

I feel like restoring in settings doesn't actually reset the pmset values, or does it?

Or does anyone know the default pmset values for my model?

Many thanks in advance!

reset the SMC https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295

You're right but OP already tried that as that was suggested first and it didn't work.

therealdyls wrote:

Thank you, I’ll give that a try :)

Antonio Rocco wrote:

Resetting the SMC can be a bit drastic especially when you can issue a simple command in Terminal:

"sudo pmset restoredefaults"

Without the quotes and key in the admin password which you won't see being typed.

No more drastic then going to system preferences and clicking the "restore defaults" option