Caffeine for Mac
Don't let your Mac fall asleep.
Free
In English
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Caffeine overview
Caffeine is a tiny program that puts an icon in the right side of your menubar. Click it to prevent your Mac from automatically going to sleep, dimming the screen or starting screen savers. Click it again to go back. Hold down the Command key while clicking to show the menu.
The menu now has a sub-menu for deactivating Caffeine automatically after a number of minutes.
What’s new in version 1.1.3
Version 1.1.3:
New:
- Support for macOS Mojave, Catalina (including Dark Mode)
- Release is now Notarized by Apple.
- Hardened Runtime enabled for security.
- Updated menu bar icons to improve appearance on Retina displays.
- Improved experience when prompting for accessibility permissions.
- Added Help & Feedback area to enhance user support.
Fixed:
- Icon occasionally remains highlighted after closing menu on macOS Sierra and later.
Caffeine for Mac
Free
In English
Version 1.1.3
What users say about Caffeine
Value: 5.0
I have loved this app for a long time, but I found that under Big Sur I was having intermittent problems with error message on time machine, saying TM was unable to complete a backup. The problem was fixed by a reboot, but then would return. For months I thought it was something about my external TM hard drive... Until I tried removing programs one by one from auto startup. And it turned out that when Caffeine was removed, the problem went away. BTW, the same thing applies to Jolt!, another app I had tried. So do give Caffeine a try, but if this problem develops, try removing it and see if it helps.
Other user ratings:
Ease of use | 5.0
Features | 5.0
Reliability | 5.0
Customer support | 3.0
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Apr 26 2023
Version: 1.1.3
Why does this app ping https://analytics.intelliscapesolutions.com every 2 minutes?
Apr 11 2023
Version: 1.1.3
It was a great, very simple app but its development was abandoned in 2021 and it does not support dark mode, rendering the menu bar icon invisible in that case. It's sorely in need of an update.
Nov 7 2021
Version: 1.1.3
didn't work for me on os 12, mac still went to sleep.
solved with a very similar app available on mac app store "Owly"
Apr 13 2021
Version: 1.1.3
Didn't work. Mac slept right away with this app on.
Jan 27 2021
Version: 1.1.3
This is awesome. You know why? I can sleep now and my Teams app still will show my status as "active".
