This article will show the recommended sleep settings on your Mac to ensure your child's iOS device continues to be monitored as often as possible.
Learn how you can keep your Macbook awake below.
These steps may vary slightly depending on your version of Mac.
Keep Your Macbook Awake
- Open
System Preferences.
- Click 💡 Energy Saver. In newer versions of Mac, this is called
Battery.
- Under both Battery and Power Adapter settings, uncheck "Put hard disks to sleep when possible."
- Under both Battery and Power Adapter settings, check "Prevent computer from sleeping automatically when the display is off."
- Under both Battery and Power Adapter settings, check "Wake for network access."
- Open
- Click
- Click Options.
- Set Put hard disks to sleep when possible to Never. If you don't see this option, move on.
- Set Wake for network access to Always.
- On the left, click Displays.
- Click Advanced.
- Find Prevent automatic sleeping on power adapter when the display is off and toggle it on.
(Optional) Schedule Mac to Turn on Automatically
- Click Schedule... in your Energy Saver preferences.
- Schedule a time for your Mac to turn on every day. Every family is different, but we recommend a 12-hour window for the computer to be turned on.