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Whenever the display goes to sleep on my MacBook, the drive shuts down and stops the back-up. This 2011 MacBook likes to meet energy guidelines and sleeps a lot, even with settings tweaked to the max in System prefs. | Whenever the display goes to sleep on my MacBook, the drive shuts down and stops the back-up. This 2011 MacBook likes to meet energy guidelines and sleeps a lot, even with settings tweaked to the max in System prefs. | ||
:''– Dan | :''– Dan Stewart (Big Dan) | ||
=The solution= | =The solution= | ||
Revision as of 09:25, 30 January 2012
Caffeine is a free app that keeps the Mac awake.
The problem
Whenever the display goes to sleep on my MacBook, the drive shuts down and stops the back-up. This 2011 MacBook likes to meet energy guidelines and sleeps a lot, even with settings tweaked to the max in System prefs.
- – Dan Stewart (Big Dan)
The solution
I have used the free app Caffeine for years and it works great.
- – Keith
Credits
Contributed on Mac-Ministry List in January 2012.
External links
- Caffeine, Mac App Store Preview
- Lightheadsw.com, developer's site (includes an older version for OS X 10.4)