Caffeine

Maintain your Mac awake as long as you want.

Caffeine is a simple application that, while its active, will avoid your computer going to sleep. Even though this function can be configured by means of the System Preferences, with this software you will always have a small cup of coffee, on the right side of the menu bar, available to save you time.

  If the coffee cup is full or active, the computer won't go to sleep. This is really useful when we are watching a film, we have a download application working, or we simply don't want our Mac to go to sleep. With a simple click on the cup, it will appear empty, and Caffeine will be deactivated. Therefore, the computer will go to sleep whenever it is configured to do so.

  Caffeine has a simple set of options that can be seen by right clicking on its icon. By means of these options we will be able to program the application to stay active during a specific amount of time, that can range from 5 minutes to 5 hours. We can also configure if the application will open when the system starts, and if it will activate then.

  With Caffeine you will be able to view films on your Mac without it going to sleep, no matter what configuration you have. You will only have to worry about not falling asleep.