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obocka Author

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iMac (2021) refuses to respond to sleep button in the Apple menu

New iMac (3 months) refuses to go to sleep when I click on Sleep button in the Apple menu. Anybody got a solution?

Thank you,

Pat

iMac 24″, macOS 12.0

Posted on Dec 15, 2021 2:16 AM

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hcsitas

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12,740 points

Posted on Dec 15, 2021 3:39 AM

Sleeping the iMac isn’t necessary, just let it switch off the display on timer. Disable Sleep in Energy Preferences too, it’s unnecessary on later Macs, all pain, no gain. Shut for long absences i.e. > 2 hours. To disable, check “Prevent…” in Energy Preferences and uncheck everything else. You can leave the display off time as is, unrelated to Sleep.

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