You can now enable the Hibernation or Deep Sleep mode in Mac OS X Lion with this set of commands on Terminal. This trick is especially useful for those using notebooks running 10.7.
Apple, by default, doesn’t give any option to put your notebook in deep sleep mode. The reason? Its because the Mac Notebooks use magnetic closure detection instead of the typical physical clasps, to detect if the screen has been closed. But what if you want to really put your MacBooks in deep sleep mode and have it in the same state until you open the lid and perform some operation? Well’ there’s a way for that!
This trick will put your Macbook on deep sleep or hibernate mode instead of putting it in sleep mode when the lid is closed. Even in sleep mode, the memory is running in the background to perform some basic operations. But this trick, would put your MacBooks into a complete shutdown mode and resume when you turn it back on.
How to put your Mac Notebooks in Deep Sleep or Hibernate mode?
[alert_box type=”Info”]Admin privileges required![/alert_box]- Fireup Terminal (Applications > Terminal)
- Type this command:
sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 25 - This would prompt you to enter your password. Once entered, you’re done!
How to disable Deep Sleep or Hibernation in MacBooks?
This is pretty simple. All you need to do is type the following command in Terminal once again.
sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 3
This will now put your Macs only to sleep mode. The deep sleep will be disabled!
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