Awake
Built for Apple Silicon · Native macOS

Keep your agents
running 24/7.

Downloads finishing, a long render, an overnight build, staying online with the lid shut — Awake keeps your Mac running with a single click. No Terminal, no settings maze. Just on when you want it, off when you don't.

From $2.50/mo · 3-day free trial · be first to know

Everything, nothing more.

One job — keeping your Mac awake — done properly.

01

One click to stay awake

Flip Awake on from the menu bar and your Mac won't drift off. Flip it off and everything's back to normal. That's it.

02

Timed sessions

Stay awake for 30 minutes, an hour, five hours, or until you say stop. Awake releases itself automatically when the timer's up.

03

Lid-closed mode

Keep your Mac running with the lid shut. Honest about it, too: this needs your Mac plugged into power, and we tell you when it isn't.

04

Display, your call

Keep the screen on, or let it sleep while the Mac keeps working. Your choice, one toggle.

05

Battery guard

On battery and running low? Awake steps aside automatically at your chosen threshold so you never cook your laptop or drain it flat.

06

Featherweight & private

A few megabytes, near-zero CPU, no account, no tracking. It sits quietly in your menu bar and does exactly one thing.

Up and running in ten seconds.

  1. 1

    Download & open

    Drag Awake to Applications and launch it. It lives in your menu bar — no Dock icon, no window.

  2. 2

    Click the sun

    Open the menu and hit Keep My Mac Awake, or pick a timed session.

  3. 3

    Get on with it

    Your Mac stays up until you turn Awake off or the timer ends. Simple.

Choose your plan.

Every plan runs the full app. Step up for more Macs, longer updates, and priority support.

Download Awake

Questions first? The FAQ is right below.

macOS

macOS 13 Ventura or later · Apple Silicon & Intel

Keeps your Mac awake from the menu bar — lid open or closed. No account, no setup.

Join the waitlist

v0.1.0 · .dmg · launching soon — join the waitlist to get it first

System requirements

macOS 13 Ventura or later · Apple Silicon & Intel · a few MB of disk space

  • 3-day free trial built in — no card, no account
  • License validates offline and stays on your Mac
  • Uninstall by dragging to Trash — nothing left behind

Straight answers

Does it really work with the lid closed?

Yes — while your Mac is connected to power. Keeping a Mac awake lid-shut on battery isn't safe (heat in a bag) and macOS doesn't support it, so Awake requires power for that mode and tells you when you're not plugged in.

Will it drain my battery?

Keeping your Mac awake uses more power than sleeping, naturally. Awake's battery guard turns things off automatically when you get low, so you're protected by default.

Does it collect any data?

No. No account, no analytics, no phone-home. Your license is validated once and then stored locally on your Mac.