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parrym Author

Level 1

11 points

Is caffeinate broken in macOS Sierra?

I'm running a late 2016 MBP with current level of macOS Sierra. While in clam shell mode and connected to power I'm not able to prevent the mac from going to sleep via the caffienate command. I've tried to use various different options: -i or -s. I leave the terminal window up and do not fork the task to background.

I've also tried various utilities from the Mac App store, most recently one called Caffeine. None of the these seem to work either.

My energy saver settings are:

Most of the time I want the behavior as detailed in the image. However, there are times I want it remain awake without having to modify these settings.

Is anyone else having this problem?

Mark

Posted on Feb 9, 2017 6:47 PM

24 replies

MadMacs0

Level 5

5,227 points

Feb 10, 2017 9:26 PM in response to leroydouglas

leroydouglas wrote:

Apple Feedback http://www.apple.com/feedback/

Or for a somewhat stronger voice

Apple Beta Software Program

KiltedTim

Level 10

203,782 points

Feb 9, 2017 6:50 PM in response to parrym

Don't know if Caffeine has been updated recently. It went dark for a while and I ended up switching to Amphetamine, which has done the job nicely.

MadMacs0

Level 5

5,227 points

Feb 9, 2017 8:29 PM in response to parrym

Caffeine hasn't worked properly since maybe Yosemite and doesn't seem to be supported any more.

I've been using KeepingMeAwake, which is still under active development.

parrym Author

Level 1

11 points

Feb 10, 2017 8:06 PM in response to Ian Leckie

Ok. I'll take a look at Amphetamine. No one using the built in osx commandline though?

dialabrain

Level 10

125,507 points

Feb 10, 2017 8:29 PM in response to parrym

here's some info that may be of interest…

http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/219885/use-caffeinate-to-prevent-sleep- on-lid-close-on-battery

MadMacs0

Level 5

5,227 points

Feb 10, 2017 8:36 PM in response to leroydouglas

No, because they are not unique to caffeinated. The "&" in Terminal simply means that another command is to come and you can use man nohup to read about that command.

MadMacs0

Level 5

5,227 points

Feb 10, 2017 8:59 PM in response to leroydouglas

Caffeine is an older app from Lighthead software that the OP mentioned in the first posting.

caffeinated was an autocorrect error that I can no longer edit.

MadMacs0

Level 5

5,227 points

Feb 10, 2017 9:09 PM in response to parrym

The one most relevant seems to be -S and it does not work.

Perhaps it will be fixed in 10.12.4?

Jun 9, 2017 10:43 AM in response to MadMacs0

I used the suggested "caffeinate &"and it works. Only thing I could find to use on Sierra. Very frustrating to discover this problem when I'd been using caffeinate with no problem on Yosemite.

Is caffeinate broken in macOS Sierra?