SleepWatcher for Mac
Execute commands when sleeping or awakening.
Free
In English
Version 2.2.1When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission
SleepWatcher overview
SleepWatcher is a command line tool (daemon) for macOS that monitors sleep, wakeup and idleness of a Mac. It can be used to execute a Unix command when the Mac or the display of the Mac goes to sleep mode or wakes up or after a given time without user interaction. It also can send the Mac to sleep mode or retrieve the time since last user activity. A StartupItem, sample start and sleep scripts and the source code for sleepwatcher are included in the download. A little bit knowledge of the Unix command line is required to benefit from this software.
What’s new in version 2.2.1
Version 2.2.1:
- SleepWatcher now is a 64-bit binary (and still contains 32-bit binaries for Intel and PowerPC)
- With the -b -r option, the resumecommand is no longer executed repeatedly when it takes a longer time (in the order of the -b break duration) to run
SleepWatcher for Mac
Free
In English
Version 2.2.1
What users say about SleepWatcher
Try our new feature and write a detailed review about SleepWatcher
(13 Reviews of SleepWatcher)
Comments
User Ratings
May 21 2020
Version: 2.2.1
Doesn't start, system.log snapshot:
May 16 11:58:33 MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (de.bernhard-baehr.sleepwatcher): This service is defined to be constantly running and is inherently inefficient.
May 16 11:58:33 MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (de.bernhard-baehr.sleepwatcher[66665]): Could not find and/or execute program specified by service: 86: Bad CPU type in executable: /usr/local/sbin/sleepwatcher
May 16 11:58:33 MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (de.bernhard-baehr.sleepwatcher[66665]): Service setup event to handle failure and will not launch until it fires.
May 16 11:58:33 MacBook-Pro com.apple.xpc.launchd[1] (de.bernhard-baehr.sleepwatcher[66665]): Service exited with abnormal code: 78
Feb 19 2012
Version: 2.2
This does exactly what I need and works well. Granted, it takes a bit of work to install and configure compared to GUI apps, but that shouldn't stop someone who needs such functionality to spend the time to work it out. However, if you'd rather use a GUI app, there's Scenario in the App Store. Many thanks to the developer for taking the time to create and share this useful utility.
Jan 31 2012
Version: 2.2
I like SleepWatcher, but I really wish someone would take this concept into a user-friendly realm where you can simply install this, have basic options within a simple GUI for running apps, etc. after your computer wakes up with no need for using terminal.
People would purchase a product like that.
Aug 28 2011
Version: 2.2
This is way too geeky, people who can use this don't need it. Put a human interface on it however and you have a winner.
Jul 27 2011
Version: 2.1.2
2.1.2 What's new: the version history in the README file indicates this is a Lion-compatibility releasse
