Sleep mode

[eastbayrae]

How so I shut this off when on battery? I just got an MBA yesterday.


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[Shanicenicolle]

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[eastbayrae]

It's relevant in that it is the hardware I am having an issue with. When on battery the wifi shuts off when the screen goes dark.


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[Massie]

System Preferences. See directions here under the Sleep section: Mac Basics: Set your preferences

 

[Shanicenicolle]

Lmao I automatically thought masters in business admin. Too early. My apologies

 

[tigerinexile]

The threads about Airs are very amusing if one thinks that people are talking about MBA degree programs.

(Me, I'm finishing up an MBA, and I bought an MBA to deal with my final year of classwork...)

 

[TurboTiger]

I have an MBA but I don't have an MBA

Good Luck

 

[eastbayrae]

Well I don't want the screen on all day. I tried NoSleep and it doesn't work. As soon as the screen goes dark the wifi shuts off. So anything I am downloading stops.

 

[Massie]

Maybe try looking into InsomniaX.

Other ideas: do you have the same issue if you just put up a screensaver? Or crank the backlight way down? Or if you have an external monitor you could in theory use Clamshell Mode.

Good luck!

 

[eastbayrae]

NiSleep worked for me. Did you have the network activity add on (in app purchase)?

Or just go into Energy Saving in Preferences and set the computer sleep to never and display sleep to x minutes.

I am using NoSleep now and it is very spotty as to if it's going to work or not. I had a chat with Apple and they said due to the special design of the MBA hardware that there is noway to keep the wifi running when it is on battery and the screen is off. It is in sleep mode at that point. The CSR told me this is not an issue in the MBP, which I will be looking at getting when Apple does the Haswell refresh in October.

 

[Massie]

Interesting, I was wondering why I didn't recognize this issue from my MBP.

 

[LVMHgirl]

Hmmm. I just replaced my MBP with an MBA over the weekend. Haven't noticed the wifi disconnecting during sleep mode yet but wow, good to know. Thanks.

 

[rjkgr]

i turned off my sleep mode but it still goes on sleep! haha how?