Amphetamine is a little app that lives in your menu bar which can effortlessly override your energy saver settings and keep your Mac awake.
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Deep Sleep Alternatives
Deep Sleep is described as 'Simple Dashboard widget which allows users to put their computer into hibernation mode, also sometimes called software suspend mode. This widget only works on a limited number of Apple computer models' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Deep Sleep for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Flathub and F-Droid apps. The best Deep Sleep alternative is Amphetamine, which is free. Other great apps like Deep Sleep are Stimulator, Caffeine for Mac, NeverNap and InsomniaZ.
Alternatives list
- 49 Amphetamine alternatives
This is a simple app that prevents the desktop environment (DE) from sleeping while its on. It should work regardless of the used DE thanks to the Inhibit portal.
49 Caffeine for Mac alternativesCaffeine is a tiny program that puts an icon in the right side of your menu bar. Click it to prevent your Mac from automatically going to sleep, dimming the screen or starting screen savers.
Comments about Caffeine for Mac as an Alternative to Deep Sleep
- Caffeine for Mac is Free and Open Source
49 NeverNap alternativesNeverNap prevents your Mac from sleeping or activating the screensaver. For 5 minutes or indefinitely. Perfect for presentations or long processes.
Use Mac with external monitors with lid closed even when you are on battery power. Play music, airplay movies, download/upload lid closed. Most modern and up to date app.
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Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Mac
33 InsomniaX alternativesIt always has been a missing feature: disabling the sleep mode on a Apple Laptop. Who does not want to use it as a big juke-box or go warwalking. The best looking server ever, especially at about one inch height.
Annoyed by the display getting dim when you're reading or watching something? What if the computer could “see and hear” you?
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Clapet is a utility that aims to improve clamshell mode on your Macbook by automatically managing sleep when an external display is detected.
A small GNOME utility application to send Wake On LAN (WoL) magic packets to devices in a network.
Coffee allows you to keep the display awake without having to change the device settings. It can be toggled at various places:
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Platforms
- Android
- F-Droid
Prevents your computer from going to sleep, hibernate, dim the display or start the screensaver. Application runs in the system tray when closed. New in version v1.3: -Parameter support. v1.2: Option to let display fall asleep. v1.1: Sleep timer.
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this keeps your mac awake while deep sleep is supposed to put it to sleep