Keepingyouawake mac pro#

That would remind you to undo the hack after your presentation is over. KeepingYouAwake Its a suitable replacement for the now-defunct Caffeine app. The easiest thing to do would be to leave the Terminal open during your presentation. You need to remember that you’ve invoked it.

Keepingyouawake mac pro#

I give presentations on my Macbook Pro all the time and I’m constantly swiping the trackpad to prevent the machine from going to sleep (even when I don’t have to).

This command is appropriately called caffeinate. Instead, there’s a built-in terminal command that can temporarily keep your Mac awake and prevent all sleep settings. But this isn’t ideal, as it both involves a few extra steps and you may forget to set it back when you’re done. In these instances, you could go to System Preferences > Energy Saver and use the slider to tell your Mac to “never” sleep. Wimoweh allows you to keep your Mac awake when any process is running. Once you have activated KeepingYouAwake, you can simply lock the screen (by pressing Control + Command + q). But sometimes we intentionally don’t want our Macs to sleep, such as when preparing to give a Keynote presentation or when you’re letting a colleague or family member use your Mac. KeepingYouAwakes icons are Retina-compatible and do look nice in the dark themed menu bar. We generally want our Macs to sleep when not in use: saving battery life, reducing energy usage, and increasing the longevity of our Mac’s components.