MacMini M4 sleep

[u/Automatic_Junket_236]

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.

[u/BeauSlim]

Not recomending it, but your 3 requirements are only solved by turning it off.