Awake | Keep your Mac wide awake — exactly when you need it.

☀ Awake

Keep your Mac wide awake — exactly when you need it.

macOS app · coming soon

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Keep your Mac awake when you need it. Awake offers ☀ permanent mode or timed 🌅 sunset sessions. Beautiful themes, highlight colors, auto-start & menu bar timer. Small. Native. Calm.

Use cases

Long downloads or large file transfers

Prevent interruptions mid-upload/download to cloud storage, YouTube, or backups. Use ☀ Always On for indefinite transfers or 🌅 Sunset for estimated times.

Video rendering, compiling code, or heavy processing

Keep your Mac running overnight renders in Final Cut, Xcode builds, or 3D exports without the system dozing off. The menu bar countdown (if enabled) gives you at-a-glance progress awareness.

Presentations, screen sharing, or remote meetings

Stay visible and responsive during Zoom/Google Meet calls, Keynote slides, or TeamViewer sessions — even if you step away briefly. One-click ☀ On ensures no awkward "reconnecting" moments.

Watching long videos, streams, or tutorials

Netflix, YouTube binge, or a 3-hour course? 🌅 Sunset mode lets you set a generous timer (e.g., 4 hours) so your Mac stays awake without manual babysitting.

Stepping away but keeping Slack/Teams active

Quick gym break, coffee run, or lunch — toggle ☀ On so your status stays green and notifications flow. Returns to normal sleep when you turn it off.

Background tasks or remote access

SSH sessions, file syncing, Time Machine backups, or remote desktop — Awake overrides idle sleep so your Mac remains reachable without constant tweaks to Energy Saver settings.

MVP

Modes

☀ On

One click and your Mac won't sleep, screensaver won't kick in — indefinitely. Perfect for long downloads, renders, presentations, or when you're stepping away but need the screen alive.

🌅 Sunset

Choose how long you want to keep it awake: 15 min, 30 min, 1 h, 2 h, custom… Countdown runs quietly. When time's up — Mac returns to normal sleep behavior. Great for focused work sessions, watching, or temporary overrides.