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Prevent from sleeping in MacOS

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Hugo
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Hugo
DevOps Engineer in London

Previously, when taking the exam, I used to change my macOS power settings to prevent sleep.

Recently, alternative methods have been found to manage sleep settings… Temporary:

caffeinate -i -d
  • -i: prevent system sleep
  • -d: prevent display sleep

Permanent:

pmset -c sleep 0
pmset -c disablesleep 1
pmset -c displaysleep 0

To check the current settings:

pmset -g custom