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pmset — Configure macOS power management settings, as one might do in System Preferences > Energy Saver. Com

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Problem

How to use the pmset command: Configure macOS power management settings, as one might do in System Preferences > Energy Saver. Commands that modify settings must begin with sudo. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/pmset.1.html>.

Solution

pmset — Configure macOS power management settings, as one might do in System Preferences > Energy Saver. Commands that modify settings must begin with sudo. More information: <https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/pmset.1.html>.

Display the current power management settings:

pmset -g

Display the current power source and battery levels:

pmset -g batt

Put display to sleep immediately:

pmset displaysleepnow

Set display to never sleep when on charger power:

sudo pmset -c displaysleep 0

Set display to sleep after 15 minutes when on battery power:

sudo pmset -b displaysleep 15

Schedule computer to automatically wake up every weekday at 9 AM:

sudo pmset repeat wake MTWRF 09:00:00

Restore to system defaults:

sudo pmset -a displaysleep 10 disksleep 10 sleep 30 womp 1

Code Snippets

Display the current power management settings

pmset -g

Display the current power source and battery levels

pmset -g batt

Put display to sleep immediately

pmset displaysleepnow

Set display to never sleep when on charger power

sudo pmset -c displaysleep 0

Set display to sleep after 15 minutes when on battery power

sudo pmset -b displaysleep 15

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