By default, OS X automatically sends your computer into sleep mode as soon as you close its lid. But sometimes, you don’t want it to sleep even if you close the lid, let’s say you’re listening to the music and there’s no need for you to look at the screen. Now, there’s a third-party app that can help you prevent your Mac from going into sleep mode whenever you flip down your computer’s screen.
InsomniaX allows you to keep your Mac awake even when the lid is closed so that you can continue to listen to music or whatever else you’re running on it. In order for the app to work, make sure your Mac meets the following:
After making sure that your computer is compatible with the app, you may now proceed with the steps below:
STEP 1: Go to the MacUpdate website, then download Insomnia X, and then save it on your Mac. STEP 2: Double-click on the downloaded archive to extract the actual app file, and then double-click on that app to launch it. STEP 3: When prompted if you want to open the app, click the Open button.
STEP 4: Click the Agree button on the Insomnia X Readme screen.
NOTE: Doing this will instantly add the app in the menu bar, which is a little moon icon appearing on the menu bar.
STEP 5: Click on the moon icon, then select Disable Lid Sleep.
STEP 6: On the pop-up screen, enter your username and password to allow the app to make changes to your system, then click OK. STEP 7: Confirm if the setting is successful by pulling down the app menu, and see if the option that you changed above has an icon before its name.
NOTE: From this point on, your MacBook will not go into sleep mode anymore even if you close the display. If you change this option frequently, the app offers you the ability to set a hotkey to switch between enable and disable status of the feature. If you want to set that up, proceed to the next step.
STEP 8: Click on the app icon on the menu bar, then select Preferences followed by Set Lid Sleep Hot Key.
STEP 9: Press the keys that you wish to set as your hotkeys.
NOTE: You can now use this key combination to control the Lid Sleep feature of your MacBook.
