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Amphetamine — Powerful keep-awake utility for macOS
Welcome to Amphetamine, the most awesome keep-awake utility ever created for macOS. Amphetamine can keep your Mac, and optionally its display, awake through a super simple on/off switch, or automatically through easy-to-configure Triggers.
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@_jacksmith Opposite experience for me, I switched to Amp cause NoSleep stopped working for me after 10.11. I guess we're just lucky with the abundance of app options we have :)
@secretmapper yes, apologies. Actually I was wrong. It was caffeine that I had which wasn't working. I switched to this (amphetamine) and it's great
@_jacksmith be careful with this kind of comments, as somebody googling your name might stumble upon this comment and think you're a drug user
What's New in Version 3.0:
- Set up an infinite number of Triggers, each with its own set of conditions
- Expanded schedule options for Triggers
- Trigger sessions and "single-use" sessions now operate independently
- New icons and sounds
- Hide/show icon in Dock
- Complete rewrite of application
- A bunch of little things you probably won't notice
Amphetamine should have an option to disable lid sleep on Macs. That way I can finally retire insomniaX :)
@ethan021021 Unfortunately this isn't possible with an app from the Mac App Store. This requires a kernel extension which is prohibited by Apple's guidelines.
Great side-effect feature is changing the notif noise to coffee-pour ☕. It reminds me to look up every 20 minutes and take a drink (hopefully of water).
@govindrai Thanks! Put in a support ticket and we'll try to figure out what's going wrong https://instinctualflaw.uservoic...
I read in the review picture that it's "Better than Caffeine."
How so?
Edit: Nevermind, decided to give it a go and I was immediately converted. Key features that make it better than Caffeine:
- Triggers and sessions, ie, stay awake only when certain conditions are met (on a specific WiFi network, specific apps are running, etc.)
- Better icons!
- Can put display to sleep or to screensaver while keeping drives awake
@kixpanganiban Caffeine is buggy as sh*t. My heart goes to anybody who's still using it...
@gopietz My experience was the opposite. I went back to Caffeine after amphetamine wouldn't trigger properly. It's been a while though so could be a time to try it again.
@gopietz @kixpanganiban caffeine was buggy and stopped working for me. no issues with amphetamine
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