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I've worked around this problem on each mac laptop I've owned over the years by configuring "hibernate on lid close." When I open the lid of the mac it takes m

I've worked around this problem on each mac laptop I've owned over the years by configuring "hibernate on lid close." When I open the lid of the mac it takes maybe 20-30 seconds to resume. I consider this a small price to pay in exchange for reliable sleep and less battery drain with the lid closed. If you want to try this, run in the terminal: sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 25 If you don't like it, you can restore defaults with: sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 3

jdranczewski 1y ago
I've had to do this to my Windows laptop recently after it started completely draining the battery when going to normal sleep. Wakes up reasonably quickly still, and no power management problems!
unit_circle 1y ago
This is the simplest solution that enables the behavior that I think most people who care enough to comment here want
- teejmya 1y ago
  Thanks! I hope it helps folks as much as it has helped me.
brian-armstrong 1y ago
Does hibernate play nice with FDE? I know in Linux there are varying caveats around committing memory to disk wrt disk encryption
- teejmya 1y ago
  When resuming from hibernation I’m not prompted for credentials until the system has resumed, so I have to imagine the disk remains decrypted, i.e. same behavior as sleep.
janandonly 1y ago
I just got my MacBook Air of the shelf to run this command. But I had to hook it up to a power outlet, because the battery was drained
causal 1y ago
Can you explain what this does?
- Nezteb 1y ago
  From `man pmset`: SAFE SLEEP ARGUMENTS hibernatemode supports values of 0, 3, or 25. Whether or not a hibernation image gets written is also dependent on the values of standby and autopoweroff For example, on desktops that support standby a hibernation image will be written after the specified standbydelay time. To disable hibernation images completely, ensure hibernatemode standby and autopoweroff are all set to 0. hibernatemode = 0 by default on desktops. The system will not back memory up to persistent storage. The system must wake from the contents of memory; the system will lose context on power loss. This is, historically, plain old sleep. hibernatemode = 3 by default on portables. The system will store a copy of memory to persistent storage (the disk), and will power memory during sleep. The system will wake from memory, unless a power loss forces it to restore from hibernate image. hibernatemode = 25 is only settable via pmset. The system will store a copy of memory to persistent storage (the disk), and will remove power to memory. The system will restore from disk image. If you want "hibernation" - slower sleeps, slower wakes, and better battery life, you should use this setting. Please note that hibernatefile may only point to a file located on the root volume.

jdranczewski 1y ago

I've had to do this to my Windows laptop recently after it started completely draining the battery when going to normal sleep. Wakes up reasonably quickly still, and no power management problems!

unit_circle 1y ago

This is the simplest solution that enables the behavior that I think most people who care enough to comment here want

teejmya 1y ago
Thanks! I hope it helps folks as much as it has helped me.

brian-armstrong 1y ago

Does hibernate play nice with FDE? I know in Linux there are varying caveats around committing memory to disk wrt disk encryption

teejmya 1y ago
When resuming from hibernation I’m not prompted for credentials until the system has resumed, so I have to imagine the disk remains decrypted, i.e. same behavior as sleep.

janandonly 1y ago

I just got my MacBook Air of the shelf to run this command. But I had to hook it up to a power outlet, because the battery was drained

causal 1y ago

Can you explain what this does?

Nezteb 1y ago
From `man pmset`: SAFE SLEEP ARGUMENTS hibernatemode supports values of 0, 3, or 25. Whether or not a hibernation image gets written is also dependent on the values of standby and autopoweroff For example, on desktops that support standby a hibernation image will be written after the specified standbydelay time. To disable hibernation images completely, ensure hibernatemode standby and autopoweroff are all set to 0. hibernatemode = 0 by default on desktops. The system will not back memory up to persistent storage. The system must wake from the contents of memory; the system will lose context on power loss. This is, historically, plain old sleep. hibernatemode = 3 by default on portables. The system will store a copy of memory to persistent storage (the disk), and will power memory during sleep. The system will wake from memory, unless a power loss forces it to restore from hibernate image. hibernatemode = 25 is only settable via pmset. The system will store a copy of memory to persistent storage (the disk), and will remove power to memory. The system will restore from disk image. If you want "hibernation" - slower sleeps, slower wakes, and better battery life, you should use this setting. Please note that hibernatefile may only point to a file located on the root volume.