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cloudres
Experienced | Level 12
3 years ago

Prevent the Mac from going into sleep mode during transfers

Hi everyone, I need to transfer several hundred GB to my online storage. What is the best way to keep the computer running, but without keeping the screen active? I would like to have it work overnig...
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cloudres
Experienced | Level 12
3 years ago

On Mac, unfortunately, when the screen goes into standby, the system also stops. At that point, the synchronizations of DropBox stop working. Currently, the only solution I have found is to disable the stop timer and turn off the monitor manually. This way, the system remains active and the synchronization never stops.

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Megan
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3 years ago

Hi cloudres, thanks for posting here! 

 

As Rich said, this would have to do with your OS, however what I personally do is to also lower my brightness to the lowest level when I need to keep the app running, in order to sync content. 

 

In any case, I am going to keep this thread open, so others can also contribute and share their tips and tricks on this. 

 

If you need anything else, let me know!

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