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How to prevent OSX from putting a computer to sleep when a VM is running in VMWare Fusion

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Mar 15, 20266620 views
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I have discovered the hard way that bad things happen to my VMs if my macbook pro goes to sleep while a VM is running. Is there a way to prevent my computer from being put to sleep when VMWare Fusion is running a VM but allow it to be put to sleep otherwise?

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Fix for: How to prevent OSX from putting a computer to sleep when a VM is running in VMWare Fusion

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To paraphrase the iPhone ads, there's an app for that: Caffeine It is a menubar app. Click prevents computer from sleeping, click again and the computer can sleep like normal.

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