If you want to be 100% sure, don't select "Sleep." Instead, go to your Power Plan settings and set the display to turn off after 5 minutes, but set "Put the computer to sleep" to Never . This saves your monitor's lifespan while keeping the PC fully active. 2. macOS: Power Nap is Your Friend

By default, Windows puts the computer to sleep after a set period of inactivity. When this happens, your download stops.

On Windows, prefer Microsoft Store apps or download managers with background execution capability (e.g., Internet Download Manager with its "power management" plugin).