how to delay sleep ??
Hello everyone. Im wondering if I can delay sleep option on Mac or if there is a keyboard combination I can klick to put my Mac to sleep.
I don't have enough time to turn off the mouse and Mac wakes up .....
Mac mini, macOS 26.2
Sounds like you want to put your Mac to sleep with a delay that allows you to turn off your mouse. Not sure why, if your Mac is asleep then your mouse will use almost no power.
The keyboard methods for sleep apply to built-in keyboards (my MBP has one, and they work on that but NOT on a connected Magic Keyboard), so if you have the Mac Mini in your byline then these options will not be helpful.
Sleep, log out, and shut down shortcuts
Alternatively, you can use the Shortcuts app to create a simple shortcut with two commands, Wait (set the delay you want) and Sleep, and you can assign a keyboard shortcut to it.
Intro to Shortcuts on Mac - Apple Support
Sounds like you want to put your Mac to sleep with a delay that allows you to turn off your mouse. Not sure why, if your Mac is asleep then your mouse will use almost no power.
The keyboard methods for sleep apply to built-in keyboards (my MBP has one, and they work on that but NOT on a connected Magic Keyboard), so if you have the Mac Mini in your byline then these options will not be helpful.
Sleep, log out, and shut down shortcuts
Alternatively, you can use the Shortcuts app to create a simple shortcut with two commands, Wait (set the delay you want) and Sleep, and you can assign a keyboard shortcut to it.
Intro to Shortcuts on Mac - Apple Support
You can create the following AppleScript
delay 300 -- Wait for 5 minutes (300 seconds)
tell application "System Events"
sleep
end tell
and save it as an Applicatons. Then when you double click on the app the Mac will go into sleep after the predetermined 300 seconds (5 minutes). You can change the 300 to any time you want.
FWIW, I can put my M3 iMac to sleep, even with a third-party external keyboard by pressing control-shift-power button. I assume a Mac mini would work the same.
See > Sleep, log out, and shut down shortcuts from this page…
It's because I use the desk for something else and I knock mouse and wake up the Mac......
Where can I find this sleep settings you included the screenshot ?? I have a Mac mini. That 10 seconds would be awesome
That's the macOS Shortcuts app, it's in the Applications folder on your Mac.
Intro to Shortcuts on Mac - Apple Support
few seconds before sleep ??
