Open system preferences you can click the apple logo at the top left of the screen and select system preferences from the dropdown menu or select its grey cog icon from the dock assuming you ve not removed it.
How to make your screen not turn off mac. Choose system preferences from the apple menu then click energy saver. Doing this will turn the screen black and put it to sleep but leave the mac on. Connect your mac to a power adapter while its lid is open. To switch between apps while in full screen mode you can use a three finger swipe gesture on your mac trackpad or use the command tab shortcut keys.
Use the slider to choose the time of inactivity. How to rotate the screen on a mac. Start up or wake tick the top checkbox and choose a day or group of days from the pop up menu then enter a time. 2 click the energy saver icon.
4 now create your custom power schedule. Open the lid of your mac even if it s not connected to power. Select displays the first option on the second row. If you don t have an eject key press control shift power.
If you want to turn off the display of a mac but leave the computer running it s easy with a few keystrokes. 2 additionally macbook pro and macbook air models introduced in 2018 or later turn on when you press any key on the keyboard or press the trackpad. The dock is either on the left right or bottom of your mac s screen.