InsomniaX Alternatives
InsomniaX is described as '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' and is an app in the OS & Utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to InsomniaX for Mac and Windows. The best alternative is Amphetamine, which is free. Other great apps like InsomniaX are KeepingYouAwake (Free, Open Source), Don't Sleep (Free), Caffeine for Mac (Free) and Lungo (Paid).
- Amphetamine is a little app that lives in your menu bar which can effortlessly override your energy saver settings and keep your Mac awake. View 35 alternatives to Amphetamine
- A Caffeine clone for macOS Yosemite, El Capitan and Sierra (including Dark Mode). View 16 alternatives to KeepingYouAwake
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
KeepingYouAwake vs InsomniaX
InsomniaX keeps the MacBook awake while the lid is closed. KeepingYouAwake just prevents it from going to sleep while it is open, but does not work when the lid is closed. - Don't Sleep is a small portable program to prevent system shutdown, Standby, Hibernate, Turn Off and Restart. View 24 alternatives to Don't Sleep
- Caffeine is a tiny program that puts an icon in the right side of your menu bar. View 35 alternatives to Caffeine for Mac
Discontinued
This software has not been updated in 9 YEARS!
(Reassigned from dangerous by IanDorfman on 2019-04-18)- Free • Proprietary
- Mac
- Coffee Buzz is the easiest and safest display-sleep preventer available, with simple operation and exclusive Safety Auto-Shutoff feature. Keeping your Mac awake (and letting it sleep again) is as simple as a click!. View 8 alternatives to Coffee Buzz
- Annoyed by the display getting dim when you're reading or watching something? What if the computer could “see and hear” you? View 25 alternatives to Should I Sleep
- NoSleep makes closing of your MacBook lid possible without going to a sleep mode. View 20 alternatives to NoSleep
Discontinued
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- This is a kernel extension and clients that allow the MacBook to disable sleeping when the lid is closed. MOUNTAIN LION IS NOT SUPPORTED View 18 alternatives to InsomniaT
- PleaseSleep is a utility software designed for Mac OS X that helps put your computer to sleep when you know some other app is preventing your Mac from going to sleep. View 16 alternatives to PleaseSleep
Discontinued
The developer has quit and the official site is gone except for a farewell message, but the site has been archived by Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20151202113600/http://www.dragonone.com/products/macosx/pleasesleep/
- Free • Proprietary
- Mac