Amphetamine

Welcome to Amphetamine, the most awesome keep-awake app ever created for macOS. Amphetamine can keep your Mac, and optionally its display(s), awake through a super simple on/off switch, or automatically through easy-to-configure Triggers. Amphetamine is extremely powerful and includes advanced features for those who need them, yet remains intuitive and easy-to-use for those who don’t need all of the bells and whistles.

Features

Click to Keep Your Mac Awake

Quickly start a keep-awake session from Amphetamine’s menu to keep your Mac awake.

  • Indefinitely, for a specified amount of time, or until a specified time
  • While a file is downloading
  • While a specific app is running

During a keep-awake session, choose to allow or prevent:

  • Display sleep
  • Screen saver activation
  • System sleep when built-in display is closed
  • Automated mouse cursor movement
  • Locking of the screen

Advanced Automation

Create a Trigger to automatically keep your Mac awake.

  • While an external display is connected
  • While your Mac’s display is being mirrored
  • While a USB or Bluetooth device is connected
  • While a specific app is running
  • While a specific app is running and is frontmost
  • While your Mac’s battery is charging and/or when the battery is above a threshold
  • While your Mac’s power adapter is connected or disconnected
  • While your Mac has a specific IP address
  • While your Mac is on a specific Wi-Fi network
  • While your Mac is connected to Cisco AnyConnect VPN service
  • While your Mac is using a specific DNS servers
  • While headphones or another audio output is in use
  • While a specific drive or volume is mounted
  • While your Mac’s CPU is being utilized to a specific threshold
  • When your Mac has been idle for a specific threshold

What Else Does Amphetamine Do?

Amphetamine is the most powerful and customizable keep-awake utility ever created for macOS. Some other notable features are:

  • Lock your Mac’s screen after a period of inactivity
  • Move the mouse cursor periodically
  • Keep your MacBook awake while its display/lid is closed
  • Keep your drive awake with Drive Alive
  • AppleScript support
  • Use your own menu bar icons
  • Use your own notification sounds
  • Allow your display to sleep while keeping your Mac awake
  • Allow screen saver to run after a customizable period of inactivity
  • Optional session time remaining display in the menu (with 12/24 hour support)
  • Auto-end session if your Mac’s battery is low
  • Hot key support for starting/ending sessions, enabling disabling display sleep, and more

Installation

Download newest release from apps.apple.com

Examples

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