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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InsomniaX Alternatives for Mac
There are many alternatives to InsomniaX for Mac and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is Amphetamine, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to InsomniaX and many of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to InsomniaX are Caffeine for Mac, NeverNap, KeepingYouAwake and InsomniaZ.
Alternatives list
51 Amphetamine alternatives
51 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.
NeverNap prevents your Mac from sleeping or activating the screensaver. For 5 minutes or indefinitely. Perfect for presentations or long processes.
34 KeepingYouAwake alternativesKeepingYouAwake is a small menu bar utility for macOS (Version 10.13 and newer) that can prevent your Mac from entering sleep mode for a predefined duration or as long as it is activated.
KeepingYouAwake vs InsomniaX Comments
- KeepingYouAwake is Free and Open Source
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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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.
Invisible, smart mouse movements prevent your Mac from sleeping and keep the active status in Slack, Teams, and more.
Online all the time? It can't be easier!
Mouse jiggler macOS app that auto moves your cursor so that you always appear online and active on messaging apps. Ideal if you need to keep your connection to citirix or your VPN active without having to reconnect.
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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!.
This is a kernel extension and clients that allow the MacBook to disable sleeping when the lid is closed. MOUNTAIN LION IS NOT SUPPORTED
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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.