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Probably want to check your policies if using a business-owned mac. Caffeinate probably violates your security policies if it’s a decent sized company.


You can lock the screen while caffeinated though.


Automatic screensaver enable after a period of inactivity is considered a fail safe control.


`caffeinate` can set assertions, the same assertions that Zoom or PowerPoint or Keynote do to stop the screen going to sleep during a meeting or presentation, the same assertions that the browsers can set during streaming video, so you absolutely can bypass whatever your admins set using `caffeinate -dmisu` which sets every assertion available.


It’s not about capabilities, it’s about policy. Willfully violating security policies is generally going to go over poorly.


I thought that was its primary use case these days


Why?


with sleep comes "unlock screen" ;)


Caffeinate with -u and then lock your screen. (Apple menu -> lock screen)

It'll stay connected/running/screen-on/etc but it's still locked.


Ouch! Thanks!




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