Ask HN: How to Hibernate Mac Studio?

Windows has feature where it pauses all running apps, and shuts down the computer. You can remove power, and then when connected back, it resumes wherever it left of. Even maintaining clipboard content, you can even resume unsaved games.

Closest I found in MacOS is reopen previous windows, which just launches the launcher of few apps I use, but doesn't actually resume.

3 points | by xeonax 15 hours ago

2 comments

runjake 6 hours ago
What are you trying to accomplish by hibernating exactly?
While I'd recommend against it, the command I believe you're looking for is:
```
  sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 3
```
Edit: this does not appear to work correctly on macOS 15? I'm getting mixed results[1]. It looks like Hibernate was added back to Apple Silicon Macs with macOS 11.3[2]
1. https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/416108/how-to-enab...
2. https://support.apple.com/en-us/106338
solardev 13 hours ago
It's not an option exposed to users, normally.
You have to set some CLI flags for it: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/51725/do-macbooks-...
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- runjake 6 hours ago
  Hmm, this doesn't seem to work right on macOS 15?
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  - solardev 4 hours ago
    Oh yikes, my bad, it's way outdated. Sorry!