M1 iMac Screen Dims and goes back to sleep after waking with shortcut

Im using a caffeinate -u -t5 SSH command line to wake my mac from a shortcut. Works fine; but then my mac will dim; and go back to sleep. What can I change to keep it fully away for at least 30 minutes.

could I simply say caffeinate -u -t300?

Posted on Aug 9, 2021 6:04 AM

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