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# Find out which sleep mode your Mac uses
- URL: https://ostreff.info/find-out-which-sleep-mode-your-mac-uses/
- Published: 2022-01-20T10:55:40.000Z
- Updated: 2022-01-20T10:55:40.000Z
- Author: Jordan Ostreff
- Tags: MacOS, #Apple

You should use Terminal to find out which sleep mode your Mac is currently set to use. Then you can use Terminal to change it to a different mode if you want to.

```console
pmset -g | grep hibernatemode

```

Possible results are:

```console
hibernatemode 0 (standard sleep)
hibernatemode 1 (hibernate mode, for pre-2005 portable MacBooks)
hibernatemode 3 (safe sleep)
hibernatemode 25 (hibernate mode for post-2005 MacBooks)

```

Changing is possible executing following command:

```console
sudo pmset -a hibernatemode X

```

Sleep modes are explained in more details [here](https://mackeeper.com/blog/mac-sleep-modes-explained/?ref=ostreff.info).