CaffeinateCat v1.1.0

What's new

CaffeinateCat's menu bar interface has been rebuilt. The old menu with its two rows and
nested duration submenus is gone. Clicking the coffee cup now drops down a proper panel.

A real panel instead of a menu

• A switch for each mode, with a one-line description of what it does. Flipping one
  on turns the other off, same as before.
• Durations are right there — Indefinite, 15m, 30m, 1h, or Custom — instead of hidden
  behind a submenu arrow.
• Custom durations now use hours and minutes fields with stepper arrows. Typing or
  clicking an arrow updates the running timer straight away. The old "how many minutes?"
  dialog is gone.
• A live countdown in the panel and next to the menu bar icon, so you can see how
  long is left without opening anything.

Renamed modes

Before	Now
Caffeinate	Keep Screen Awake
Keep Awake When Lid Closed	Keep Awake on Lid Close

Timer changes

• The 2h preset was dropped. Set 2h 0m under Custom to get it back — and that's
  now the default the custom fields start at.
• Emptying a custom timer to 0h 0m switches the mode off and restores the 2h default.

Unchanged

Everything that actually keeps your Mac awake works exactly as it did: the same idle
assertions, the same tightly-scoped pmset permission rule, and the same guarantee that
normal sleep is restored when you switch off or quit. If you already granted the
lid-close permission, you won't be asked again.

Requirements

macOS 11 (Big Sur) or later · Apple Silicon & Intel · administrator access once, for
lid-close mode only.

Unsigned build — right-click → Open the first time to get past Gatekeeper.

CaffeinateCat v1.0.0

CaffeinateCat v1.0.0

A tiny macOS menu-bar app that keeps your Mac awake — even with the lid closed and unplugged. ☕️

Features

• Caffeinate — keeps the screen on and prevents idle sleep.
• Keep Awake When Lid Closed — keeps your Mac running with the lid shut, even on battery. Perfect for builds, servers, downloads, or coding agents while you travel.
• Timers — run either mode indefinitely or auto-off after 15m / 30m / 1h / 2h / a custom duration.
• Starts caffeinating automatically on launch, so it just works.
• One-time admin setup for the lid-closed feature — no developer account or manual config needed.

Install

1. Download CaffeinateCat.zip below and unzip it.
2. Move CaffeinateCat.app to your Applications folder.
3. Since the app is unsigned, the first launch is blocked by macOS. Right-click the app → Open, then click Open in the dialog.
   • Alternatively, run: xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/CaffeinateCat.app

Requirements

• macOS 11 (Big Sur) or later
• Administrator access (once) to enable the lid-closed feature