{"id":2617,"date":"2026-06-12T17:05:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T17:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/?p=2617"},"modified":"2026-06-23T11:18:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T11:18:17","slug":"how-to-keep-your-mac-awake-even-when-your-macbook-lid-is-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/how-to-keep-your-mac-awake-even-when-your-macbook-lid-is-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"How to keep your Mac awake, even when your MacBook lid is closed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"feat-image\"><img src=\"http:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/mac-apps-stay-awake-lid-closed.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">macOS is designed to put your Mac to sleep when it is not being used. That is usually exactly what you want. Sleep saves power, protects battery life, and keeps a MacBook from running when it is closed and stuffed in a bag.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes tasks like downloads, backups, remote sessions, and AI coding need a temporary exception. Fortunately, there are some great Mac apps for giving you this control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>macOS is designed to put your Mac to sleep when it is not being used. That is usually ...<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2617"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2620,"href":"http:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617\/revisions\/2620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stonegatepress.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}