By default, your laptop is set to enter sleep mode whenever you close down its lid. When that happens, every function or program on your PC is paused. But, what to do if you want to keep downloading files on your laptop with its lid closed? In that case, you can make changes in your laptop settings not to enter sleep mode when the lid is closed.
You will need to make some tweaks in the PC settings to let your computer continue working, usually even when the lid is closed. In this article, we are going to discuss the process of making some changes in Windows 10 settings. These changes will let your laptop operate typically with its lid closed. This process will not only be helpful for laptops but desktop as well. Windows 10 PC is usually set to enter sleep mode after a defined interval of time if you do not do anything on it.
If you have put something for download and your computer stays untouched for a given period, it will enter Sleep Mode, pausing every process running on your PC. Windows 10 settings have options that let you disable sleep mode on your PC.
This way, your download will continue, no matter how long it takes, even if you are not operating your PC. If you are a laptop user, this section is for you. Go to the next section if you use a Desktop and want to disable Sleep Mode. Now, talking about changing what your system does when the lid is closed, we will know about the steps involved in this process. The system settings, by default, put your PC into sleep mode when the lid is shut.
But through Control Panel, you can make tweaks in your PC to stop that from happening. Please remember that you will have to change settings in Insomnia X whenever you will need to keep downloads active, so once you restart, these settings will not hold. Graced with all these devices, connect each of them to your Mac laptop and ensure they are properly functioning. Once you close the lid when downloads are active, a Mac laptop will turn to the external display leaving all computing tasks active including the download jobs.
To revert back to normal display usage; open its lid and it will return back to its monitor for Mac Os For earlier versions, you just need to unplug the display, close and open it. You will be good to go. The tips given above should help you keep your big download jobs active even in your absence or when your lid is closed.
While you would want to keep downloads active when you are away, please ensure to take control of heating. It is very saddening to return or wake up when you have actually fried your laptop simply because you wanted to keep your downloads active. When your computer enters the sleep mode, all non critical functions of your computer is switched off and only the memory will be running—that too on minimal power. This means your ethernet ports, USB dongles, and other peripherals will also shut down and hence your downloads will get paused on interrupted.
Next click on Save Settings. Some older laptops which have lower RAM can get hot when the screen is closed and the laptop is running normally. Ensure that all of the vents of the laptop are open and you do not keep any other item on top of the lid to prevent damage due to heat. My older laptop used to make lot of noise when it was idle and it disturbed my sleep when I had downloads going all through the night.
Firefox and Chrome have an extension called AutoShutdown which can be used to shutdown your computer once downloading is completed. These extensions will help prevent overheating of your laptop and can reduce consumption of electricity in case you leave the laptop running through whole night. In case you are downloading using P2P file sharing platform such as uTorrent, then you can choose the option to Autoshutdown. I personally love using my Macbook because of the speed at which the laptop resumes even if my system was in sleep mode.
NoSleep helps keep downloads going even when the lid of your laptop is closed and you do not even have to connect a mouse or a monitor to keep the system awake. The best part about NoSleep is that it is free but the developer runs on donations so you can consider making a donation if you liked the app.
The app can be installed without any issues but the user will have to accept the terms and conditions of the app which can trigger few warnings. Power surges or power drops occurring when a machine is powered by its power adapter are more harmful to a sleeping computer than to one that is completely shut down.
Heat produced by a sleeping machine exposes all components to higher heat more of the time. Computers left on all the time may have a shorter life. In situations where you just need to quickly take a break, sleep or hybrid sleep is your way to go. It is totally fine and will not cause any problems.
Just make sure what you have set the system to do when you close the screen. You can set it to do nothing, to put the system to sleep, to put the system on hibernation or shut the system down. The more you use your computer, the more applications will be running, from cached copies of attachments to ad blockers in the background.
Or you can manually put it into Hibernate mode. You can also completely shut it down. This puts a lot of stress on the components and shortens their life cycles. In a nutshell, a modern computer can run for multiple days without a complete shutdown. It goes without saying that you need to reboot it to complete some installation or update process. But most of the time, hibernate should be just fine.
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