Lid Awake 0.1.2

Adds Sparkle update checks and self-update support.

• Adds an Updates settings pane and menu bar update action.
• Packages the signed Sparkle framework into release builds.
• Publishes appcast.xml for in-app update checks.
• Supports Apple Silicon on macOS 14 or newer only.

Lid Awake 0.1.1

Compatibility

This release supports Apple Silicon Macs only. The app and helper binaries are arm64; Intel Macs are not supported by v0.1.1.

Homebrew

brew tap thuongtin/tap
brew install --cask lid-awake

The Homebrew cask declares depends_on arch: :arm64, so Intel Macs are blocked at install time.

Download

Recommended: download LidAwake-0.1.1-macos.dmg and LidAwake-0.1.1-macos.dmg.sha256.

Verify the DMG checksum:

shasum -a 256 -c LidAwake-0.1.1-macos.dmg.sha256

Expected SHA-256:

5ad7a8827e16f9eda71752ba183bdebb89f5dc1e99978734b7350d6b42d6df25  LidAwake-0.1.1-macos.dmg

The zip archive is also available for scriptable downloads:

47273df2bebf35895283fcce2a8be6ffd01ff5d069c0ec2c2a7676ef8510bdb7  LidAwake-0.1.1-macos.zip

This build is Developer ID signed, notarized by Apple, and stapled. Normal installs do not require xattr.

Changes

• Added a signed, notarized, and stapled DMG installer for the normal macOS install flow.
• Fixed launch and permission refresh behavior so opening the app while the lid is already closed does not trigger lock-on-close or display-off side effects.
• Replaced the SwiftUI MenuBarExtra window with an NSStatusItem and transient popover to reduce idle CPU usage.
• Improved closed-lid display-off reliability for transition timing and lock-on-close flows.
• Added helper repair handling for stale Advanced Helper update states.