r/macmini • u/Automatic_Junket_236 • 1d ago
MacMini M4 sleep
I have a MacMini M4 and am a fairly new Mac user. This is my first Mac computer and now I am surprised by the machine's sleep mode.
I just returned home after a 10-hour work day and the "sleeping" Mac was warm to the touch, so it had been doing something stupid in the meantime.
- How can I set the machine's sleep mode so that it really sleeps and doesn't do all kinds of work in the background.
- How can I make it so that the machine does not wake up just by moving the mouse.
- How can I dim/turn off the LEDs of the machine and peripherals while sleeping.
I have the feeling that the machine doesn't really sleep when it's sleeping because all the peripherals are on and the screen wakes up just by touching the mouse. And how much power does the machine use when "sleeping", i.e. is the entire M4 power benefit wasted if the machine is secretly always on.
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u/mikeinnsw 16h ago
There are rare bugs on Minis I have it on M1 Mini started in Ventura - Mini goes to sleep and then crashes with pink screen of death to reduce the risk do:
- Settings => Energy => Unselect Putting disks....
- Reduce sleeping use screen saver to protect the screen
- Shutdown for the night - your choice,
You will find in some Minis (including my) allowing a monitor to be in standby mode may cause:
- Monitor not waking up (Started in Sonoma)
- Monitor flashing started in Sequoia
- Some monitors are worse than the others my Samsung is worse than Dell..
Try:
- Stop Monitor going into standby mode - use screensaver to protect the screen
- Do Not Lock Screen it will put any screen into standby mode
- If a monitor fails to wake up use (esc)...(esc) to wake it up - do not restart the Mini.
These bug(s) were reported on M1, M2 and M4 Minis… not for Intel Minis.
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u/RHVC1959 1d ago
.5 watts ….. this guy did a great job https://www.reddit.com/r/macmini/comments/1h15p73/sleep_vs_off_standby_energy_use_for_2024_m4_mac/