In this guide, we will show you a potential workaround that should help you fix the issue of being unable to turn off “Prevent automatic sleeping on power adapter when the display is off”. In its default state, your mac will automatically go to sleep after a scheduled time period. However, you could prevent that from happening by turning on the aforementioned feature.
Enabling this functionality could come in handy under numerous circumstances, such as when you are planning to download a large file and don’t want it to get disrupted mid-way. Moroever, the OS has given granular control over this functionality to turn it off as and when required. However, that is proving to be easier said than done for macOS Ventura users as they are unable to disable this feature. If you are also in the same boat, then this guide will help you fix this issue once and for all.
Fix: Cannot turn off “Prevent automatic sleeping on power adapter when the display is off” on Macbook
- Head over to System Settings > Lock Screen > “Turn display off on power adapter when inactive”
- Now select any random time frame from the list [any will do, just don’t select Never].
- Once done, go back to System Settings > Advanced. You could now disable the “Prevent automatic sleeping on power adapter”.
- If you are still facing any issues, then force quit System Settings from Activity Monitor a couple of times and then retry disabling it.
That’s it. These were the steps to fix the issue of being unable to turn off “Prevent automatic sleeping on power adapter when the display is off”. If you have any queries concerning the aforementioned steps, do let us know in the comments. We will get back to you with a solution at the earliest.
