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MacOS - Dim or Sleep external Display without cutting power to peripherals
I am using a MacBook (M1 MBP Sonoma 14.1.2) with an external display (BenQ P3). The screen acts as a hub and powers my audio interface and external hard drives.
Currently my Mac will go to a ...
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How to find an app that blocks the screen saver or auto turns the display off?
Yesterday, my MacBook was on the screen/display for 24 hours non-stop. Below is the "Screen Time" data.
I actually wanted to ask why it's happened, but after I asked here I tried to close ...
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Screensaver/turn off second screen while not in use
So I've started working with an external monitor connected to my MacBook Pro trough a elgato thunderbolt 2 dock. I've made the external monitor my primary monitor, and since it's ultrawide I rarely ...
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Displays won't sleep while screen-saver is running [duplicate]
So, I've got my screen-saver set to come on after 5 minutes,
… and my display to sleep after 1 hour:
Unfortunately, I get up every morning, and the displays are still running Aerial. I really, ...
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Macbook pro external display (while in clamshell mode) won't sleep all of a sudden
before, when I left my macbook pro alone for 15 minutes in clamshell mode the external display would go to sleep instead of putting on a screen saver. Now all of a sudden it goes into screen saver and ...
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Is there a way for locking the screen and putting it to sleep/activating the screen saver to be two different events on a MBP?
This question is very similar to what I want to accomplish, except for the fact that I also want to be able to put the display to sleep at times without triggering it to ask me for a password. I ...
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Why didn't my Macbook sleep (USB Keyboard/Mouse was connected, lid open)
First off, let's begin with some research that I did before asking this question.
Now, in my situation, I was using my Macbook Pro (Mountain Lion) with an Apple USB keyboard connected to the computer....
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Sleeping screen (Cinema Display) keeps waking up. How can I make it sleep until mouse is moved?
I have my Mac Pro (Cyrus) configured not to fall asleep completely but to let the screen sleep when not used for half an hour. I also use the keyboard shortcut for forcing the display to sleep.
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