Wake
Wake stops your Mac from going to sleep while you need it. Click its icon and choose how long, whether that’s the next 15 minutes or until you turn it off.
Free for 7 days. Requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later on Apple silicon or Intel.
Downloads, exports, backups and presentations shouldn’t stop because your Mac nodded off. Wake keeps it going for a set time or until you say so, and it’s always one click away.
Keep your Mac awake for 15 minutes, half an hour or anything up to 8 hours, and Wake switches off by itself when the time’s up.
Choose Turn On and your Mac stays awake until you turn Wake off again.
While a timer’s running, Wake’s menu shows how much time is left before your Mac can sleep again.
Hold Option and click the menu bar icon to turn Wake on or off without opening the menu.
There’s nothing to set up before you use Wake. If you’d like it to behave a little differently, its settings are short, and you won’t need to sign up for anything or approve anything in System Settings.
Your display can go dark to save power while your Mac stays awake and carries on with what it’s doing.
Wake can turn itself off when your battery drops below 20%, so a long timer won’t run your MacBook flat.
Have Wake open when you log in, and switch on as soon as it opens, if you want your Mac awake from the start.
Wake needs no permissions and no account, and it collects no analytics. It goes online only to activate your licence and check for updates.
Lifetime licence
$9once
Requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later on Apple silicon or Intel.
Try it free for 7 days, then buy it in Wake.
Prices are in US dollars and include tax. Stripe handles checkout.
Buying for a team? Ask us about team licences.
Any Mac running macOS 14 Sonoma or later, with Apple silicon or an Intel processor. To update macOS, open System Settings › General › Software Update.
Not on its own. When you close a MacBook’s lid, macOS puts it to sleep unless it’s connected to power, an external display and a keyboard, which Apple calls clamshell mode. Wake doesn’t override the lid, so keep it open if you need your Mac to stay awake.
No. Wake doesn’t ask for access to anything on your Mac. It goes online only to activate your licence and check for updates.
Up to 3 of your Macs. To move Wake to a new Mac, choose Deactivate This Mac on the old one.
Try Wake free for 7 days, with no card. If you buy it and change your mind within 30 days, we refund you in full.
Requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later on Apple silicon or Intel.