Keep AwakeKeep Awake
A small cup in your menu bar that stops your Mac from falling asleep while you need it. Turn it on for as long as you like, then let the Mac rest again.
Coming to the Mac App Store.
Modes
- Until further notice
- Stays awake until you turn it off.
- Until a time
- Pick a time today or tomorrow.
- For a while
- 30 min, 1, 2, 4 or 8 hours.
- Until an app quits
- Ends when the app you choose closes.
- Off
- One click and the Mac sleeps as usual.
Switches
- Keep screen on too
- The display stays lit as well.
- Allow on battery
- Otherwise it pauses when unplugged.
- Start at login
- Opens quietly when you sign in.
- Notify when it ends
- A short note when a timed hold ends.
- Show time left
- A countdown beside the cup.
- Requirements
- macOS 14 or later.
- Privacy
- Collects nothing and never goes online. Privacy policy
- Help
- How each mode works, and common questions. Support
- Good to know
- Closing the lid still puts a MacBook to sleep. Keep Awake only stops idle sleep.