Wakes your Mac for scheduled jobs, holds it awake while long work finishes, and lets it sleep otherwise. Finds the cron jobs that have been missing runs; keeps a coding agent running with the lid shut.
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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 25 alternatives to Deep Sleep for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Windows, Linux, Flathub and Homebrew apps. The best Deep Sleep alternative is goguma app, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Deep Sleep are Amphetamine, Stimulator, caffeinate & disablesleep and Caffeine for Mac.
Alternatives list
51 goguma app alternatives
74 Amphetamine alternativesAmphetamine 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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59 Stimulator alternativesThis 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.
caffeinate & disablesleep replaces two macOS terminal commands: caffeinate -disu and sudo pmset -a disablesleep 1. One click keeps the Mac awake, with an option to stay awake when the lid is closed. Timed sessions run from 15 minutes to 8 hours, or forever.
72 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.
DiscontinuedThe last version (1.1.3) is from May 2020.
Caffeine for Mac vs Deep Sleep Comments
- Caffeine for Mac is Free and Open Source
NeverNap 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
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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.
It 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.
60 Keep Me Awake alternativesA small GNOME utility application to send Wake On LAN (WoL) magic packets to devices in a network.
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this keeps your mac awake while deep sleep is supposed to put it to sleep