Although you like you like to Mac turns on when you open the lidthere are certain occasions in which we may need to do it only if we press the button, so Apple has officially shown us how it would be done.
Apparently, although they are things that the community has discovered, such as updating some AirPods, Apple is showing documents so that new users do not have to look for it on the Internet or guess it, doing these simpler tasks yet.
How to prevent Mac
Although it is simple, it will not be as much as going to the adjustment menu, and we will have to use the terminal and commandsalthough it is still relatively easy, and we will explain it in 4 very simple steps translated directly from the official Apple English document.
- Make sure your Mac laptop with m1 or upper Apple chip is using Macos Sequoia or later.
- Open the application Terminalwhich is in the folder utilities of its applications folder (or looking for it at the Finder).
- Write one of these commands in terminal and then press Enter:
– To avoid starting when you open the lid or connect to food: Sudo Nvram Bootprefic =%00
– To avoid starting only when you open the lid: Sudo Nvram Bootprefic =%01
– To avoid the beginning only when connected to food: Sudo Nvram Bootprefic =%02 - Write your Administrator password When requested (terminal does not show the password as it is written), then press Enter.
At this time, and without even restarting the MAC, you should see the applied changes. In case of wanting to go back, and undo everything, we should write again at the terminal, the «Sudo Nvram -D Bootprefic» command.
It is true that, most users, when they lift the lid, want the MAC lie, and being open, so it could be a way to prevent this from happening on the contrary, and the team itself is turned on with it, which could assume, without touching it, a battery consumption.
In other cases, the Mac comes on if it is connected to the current, something that, sincerely, seems silly, despite not losing battery, because it would degrade it, so we can also avoid it in this way.
And you, do you need your Mac not to turn on when you open the lid, or do you see it unnecessary for the vast majority of cases? Tell us your experience and if you will really use this. For my part, but it doesn't hurt to know, since one day I need it, and do not know if it can be done, or not, and I will remember this, coming to see what commands they were, and applying them.
