- set display off to never (far right option on the slider)
- tick 'prevent your mac from automatically sleeping when the display is off.
It's a bit convoluted but it works.
Instead of setting display to never you can use a tray utility to manage that, in the past caffeine was the goto app for this. With mac M1 I am using owly but I'm not sure why it was just the first thing I installed on my fresh machine.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/owly-prevent-display-sleep/id8...
This is how to do it: https://www.lifewire.com/prevent-macbook-from-sleeping-when-...
- You need to be plugged into the power.
- got to battery settings.
- power adapter
- set display off to never (far right option on the slider)
- tick 'prevent your mac from automatically sleeping when the display is off.
It's a bit convoluted but it works.
Instead of setting display to never you can use a tray utility to manage that, in the past caffeine was the goto app for this. With mac M1 I am using owly but I'm not sure why it was just the first thing I installed on my fresh machine. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/owly-prevent-display-sleep/id8...