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.

Download for Mac Start free — 3 days, no card · Notarized by Apple

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.

One price. Yours forever.

No subscription. Pay once, use it on every Mac you own, and get every future update.

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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.

Download for Mac

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Uninstall anytimeNothing left behind
Fastest install · about 10 seconds
curl -fsSL https://www.useawake.xyz/install.sh | sh

Paste it in your terminal — or hand it to your agent. It downloads, installs to Applications and launches Awake for you.

Straight answers

Is Awake safe for my Mac?

Yes — for virtually every setup, completely safe. Keeping your Mac awake with the lid open, or with the lid closed while plugged in, carries no risk at all. The only mode with any theoretical risk is "even on battery" with the lid shut on a fanless MacBook Air under heavy load — and it's very unlikely, but heat could build. We solved that: Awake watches your Mac's heat sensor and automatically stops the moment it starts running hot (and at low battery, and after 8 hours). So you're protected in every mode.

Does it really work with the lid closed?

Yes. On power, keeping your Mac running with the lid closed is a one-click default — no external monitor needed. There's also an advanced even on battery mode for going fully unplugged with the lid shut.

Can the lid-closed mode overheat my Mac?

Here's the honest physics: a closed laptop running on battery has nowhere to vent — the shut lid traps heat against the body. On a Mac with fans (MacBook Pro), this is a non-issue; the fans handle it. On a fanless MacBook Air, sealed in a bag under heavy load, it can get warm. So Awake watches your Mac's own heat sensor and automatically stops the moment it starts running hot — plus it cuts off at 20% battery and after 8 hours. Common sense still applies: for unplugged use, the safest option is simply to leave the lid open. On power, none of this matters — vent away.

Does it collect any data?

Nothing personal — no account, no name, no email, nothing about you or what's on your Mac. Awake sends one anonymous count when it's opened and when a feature is used, so I can see what people actually use and improve it. That's the whole extent of it, and it's just numbers.

How do I remove the lid-closed-on-battery helper?

The advanced lid-closed-on-battery mode installs a small background helper. To remove it completely — which also resets your sleep settings to normal — open Terminal and run:

sudo /Library/Application\ Support/Awake/lidguard/install.sh uninstall

Everything else in Awake keeps working; only the advanced helper is removed.