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.

=== 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's the Catch? ===

No catch. Amphetamine is 100% free. It's a gift from me to you. Enjoy!

• No advertisements

• No in-app purchases

• Nothing to unlock/no "pro" version

• No annoying prompts asking you to review Amphetamine

• No links for other paid apps

• No tracking

• No data-harvesting

=== 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

=== System Requirements + Other Details ===

• Amphetamine requires macOS 10.11 El Capitan or higher; some features require a higher version of macOS

• Amphetamine supports Retina displays and macOS dark mode.