Caffeine
Caffeine is a simple menu bar utility that prevents your Mac from automatically going to sleep, dimming the screen, or starting screen savers. The app displays a small coffee cup icon in the menu bar that you can click to toggle sleep prevention on and off. It's particularly useful for presentations, watching videos, or any time you need your Mac to stay awake without changing your system's power settings. The original Caffeine was a popular open-source tool that became essential for many Mac users who needed quick control over their computer's sleep behavior.
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1 suggestionGood news! A modern, native Apple Silicon version of Caffeine is now available on the Mac App Store called 'Caffeine Utility'. This updated version is written in Swift and fully optimized for both Intel and Apple Silicon (M-series) chips. It inherits the functionality of the original open-source Caffeine while adding modern security standards, Dark Mode support, high-resolution Retina display compatibility, and App Sandbox protection. You should replace your old Intel version with this native Apple Silicon build for better performance and compatibility.
Native version · Reported by in the community.
This app may have been updated to a native build — device(s) no longer report it as Intel-only, but no explicit confirmation has been received.
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