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Caffeine is a tiny program that puts an icon in the right side of your menubar. Click it to prevent your Mac from automatically going to sleep, dimming the screen or starting screen savers. Click it again to go back. Hold down the Command key while clicking to show the menu.
The menu now has a sub-menu for deactivating Caffeine automatically after a number of minutes.
The menu now has a sub-menu for deactivating Caffeine automatically after a number of minutes.
What's New
Version 1.1.1:
- Fixed a bug where Caffeine was effective when another user account was active
Requirements
Intel/PPC, Mac OS X 10.5 or later
Intel/PPC, Mac OS X 10.5 or later
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Caffeine is a tiny program that puts an icon in the right side of your menubar. Click it to prevent your Mac from automatically going to sleep, dimming the screen or starting screen savers. Click it again to go back. Hold down the Command key while clicking to show the menu.
The menu now has a sub-menu for deactivating Caffeine automatically after a number of minutes.
The menu now has a sub-menu for deactivating Caffeine automatically after a number of minutes.
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Shadokuss reviewed on 28 Mar 2014
Jstgermain reviewed on 15 Apr 2013
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Seems to be doing nothing at all, as my Mac is still sleeping based on Energy Saver preferences.
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gorges reviewed on 20 Mar 2013
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Will have to troubleshoot, but at present app does not seem to work.
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Llongley reviewed on 29 Dec 2012
Power Nap has its place but unfortunately the power nap mode does not respond to most non apple applications once engaged. This resolves that problem.
It always amazes me that people read a developers statement about what his/her app is supposed to do and then download it expecting it to do something very different…and then write a bad review because you did not believe the developers description of his/her product?
I fully understand giving suggestions on possible improvements etc but to rate the app down because it was not built and tailored to meet your needs? Especially on a free app. Software is like anything else buyer beware and do not throw a temper tantrum because you failed to research what you are buying/ downloading.
Sorry for ranting but it is just such a waste of time to read some reviews. However real feedback, suggestions for improvement and reviews that point out things the app promises to do but either fails to do or fails to do appropriately are so helpful and I very much appreciate this site for providing a forum for access to the same. I think that the misplaced reviews are also a result of poor reading comprehension as some can not tell a comment from a review?
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Thomas-Svendsen reviewed on 15 Dec 2012
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Danco reviewed on 17 Aug 2012
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sebthedev reviewed on 25 Apr 2012
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Doug S. reviewed on 14 Apr 2012
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Have you right-clicked (or command+click) the Caffeine icon and set the options as you would like it to do anything?
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In the end I settled on using NoSleep, which might not be as feature-rich as this app bug actually works for me.
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I usually have my mac set never to sleep in the General Preferences and have been using this app just to prevent the display from sleeping. So maybe I'm not a typical user, you made me remember.
And Caffeine actually does not allow a MacBook to work in so-called clamshell mode if that's the thing wanted.
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So for anyone who wants to stop their Mac from falling asleep, this might do that but if you want to run it in clamshell mode without an external display this won't help you.
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Reowen reviewed on 11 Apr 2012
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No info I can see on the developer site on how to update, AFAIK.
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That should help you with just unzipping and replacing 1.03 over the 1.02.
Best wishes
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This app is very helpful and works well. I hope the developer will post instructions for other users wanting to upgrade.
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The instructions on how to show the menu is both on our web site and is displayed the first time you start Caffeine. Holding down either the command key or control key while clicking the menu bar icon will do.
Thanks,
Tomas, Lighthead Software
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It's not clear to this user that the command+click would allow you to QUIT the app - this could be indicated more clearly somewhere. And although I probably read the notice upon install a few weeks back- I didn't recall it.
I also am not able to get the menu to appear with a right click on my logitech mouse, which usually is the same as control+click in most of my applications and the finder. I'm unsure if this is a problem with my mouse, or Caffeine.
In any case thanks again for your help.
Illidrium rated on 29 Mar 2013
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Andy_M rated on 29 Dec 2012
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iSmart rated on 29 Dec 2012
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Cpoetter rated on 10 Nov 2012
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