RealVNC and closed lid connection issue

[susja]

I'm on my MacBook Air 2020 running Sonoma 14.5. For RealVNC I use Lite mode.
I installed RealVNC server and it works perfectly fine when the lid is open.
With closed lid ... it either not responsive or simply failed to connect to server with error that server is not listening to cloud connections.
I checked all power setting recommended for 'closed lid' and recommended by RealVNC but still only open lid allow me to use it properly .
Eventually ... the last thing that worked for me was to run this command:
sudo pmset -a disablesleep 1
It put laptop in 'sleep' and I don't have the issue with connection.
Note: another MacBook that I re-installed Monterey and configured RealVNC same way works fine ... because I attached external Monitor to it.
My assumption is that on Sonoma I have some kind of 'sleep' driver issue or something else.

Hence, assuming that most of the time I use Sonoma MacBook with closed lid i.e. either remotely or don't use at all very rare... is it acceptable solution to prevent sleep as I described above? Maybe you have some other suggestions?


Appreciate your help ..

 

[Raz0rEdge]

Closing the lid puts the Macbook to sleep. The exception to this if you have an external monitor plugged in. That puts the Macbook into Clamshell mode and allows it to run,

Setting the Macbook not to sleep means that it will end up running and this need to be plugged in at all times. In the long run, this will hurt the battery performance..

 

[susja]

Closing the lid puts the Macbook to sleep. The exception to this if you have an external monitor plugged in. That puts the Macbook into Clamshell mode and allows it to run,

Setting the Macbook not to sleep means that it will end up running and this need to be plugged in at all times. In the long run, this will hurt the battery performance..

Thanks for your input.
In my case I keep it plugged in all the time and use not as laptop but rather as desktop.
Right, my second MacBook likely works fine with VNC because it has external monitor ... but then I'm surprised why we have various settings in 'power managment' to handle 'closed lid' like 'Prevent automatic sleeping when ...'
Anyway ... thanks for your words

 

[ferrarr]

On a portable PC a closed lid is for sleeping the computer or to use with an external monitor. A desktop would be better suited for your usage. I have a winOS portable PC I use with my monitor for this purpose. When I need to a change the input on the monitor to the Win 11 PC when I need to check something.

 

[Raz0rEdge]

Without an external monitor plugged in, the notebook behaves like a notebook. With an external monitor plugged in, it behaves like a desktop since you'll end up using a separate set of keyboard/mouse to control the Mac.