Plugin · built into DesktopHQ2
Awake.
One click turns the moon into a sun, and your Mac stops dozing off: until you turn it off, for a while, or only while one group is showing.
Step away. Your Mac won’t.
Every state lives in the same spot in your bar, so nothing around it ever moves.
Off
A moon in an empty ring. Your Mac sleeps as usual.
On
A yellow sun in a full ring. No idle sleep until you turn it off.
For a while
30 minutes to 4 hours, with the time left counting down in the ring.
While a group shows
Holds only while that group is showing; dimmed everywhere else.
Play with it.
The real controls, with sound. Tap to start.
On until you say
One click and your Mac stays awake through long exports, downloads and builds.
For a while
30 minutes, 1, 2 or 4 hours from the right-click menu, then it turns itself off.
While a group is showing
Keep the Mac up only while your “Render” group is in front, and let it rest otherwise.
Battery-safe
On battery at 10% or less it turns off by itself and tells you.
Display or system
“Let the display sleep” keeps only the system awake, so the screen can still go dark.
Nothing left behind
Quit, disable or crash, and macOS releases the hold with the plugin’s process.
Shortcuts.
- Turn Awake on or off: set your own in Settings → Shortcuts
Adding it.
- Click Add Awake. The link opens DesktopHQ. Nothing is downloaded.
- Confirm. DesktopHQ asks “Add Awake to your bar?” before anything changes.
- Find it in your bar. It flashes once so you can spot it. Turn it off any time in Settings → Plugins.