I've taken to going in to Energy Saver and preventing the display from sleeping, then turning the display's brightness all the way down, while downloading large files.
I'm not sure which one to open, or if either one will do.Īlso, about 3 versions ago, when using Amphetamine on High Sierra, I set it to stay awake indefinitely (but allow the display to sleep), and it still went to sleep (my download was interrupted). When I use Firefox, downloads appear as two files: one file has the correct filename, but is 0 KB in size, while the other contains data, but has. I'm thankful something like this exists.Īs for the issue mentioned in the title: that option requires the user to select a file. Great, but not sure how "While File is Downloading." worksįirst off, I want to say that it's really stupid that Apple took away the separate display sleep and system sleep controls in the Energy Saver preferences. Gustafson for this wonderful gift, especially those of us who are students-we need productivity enhancements and don't have a lot of spare funds to spend on apps. But as long as he doesn't, we all owe big thanks to Mr. The developer must have plenty of outside income, because he could easily charge a dollar or two for this and make pretty good money. UPDATE: I still love Amphetamine! I do have a very minor feature request-would it be possible to add a 90 minutes or 1.5 hours preset to the dropdown menu? It's not that big a deal to set it manually, but a preset would be handy.ĭon't let the "price" fool you-this is a polished, indispensible utility that gets updated far more frequently than a lot of paid apps.
(Given that this has been one of the most popular utilities on the App Store for years, I suspect some junior Apple employee or intern got stuck working over the holidays without adequate supervision.) The developer, who has created this stellar utility and provides regular updates as an ongoing free gift to the Mac-using community (and to Apple), didn't deserve to be treated like this.
UPDATE 2: Glad to see that Apple is no longer threatening to pull Amphetamine from the App Store on the absurd ground that it somehow encourages substance abuse. Thank you for this indispensible utility!
While a USB or Bluetooth device is connected.While your Mac's display is being mirrored.
Quickly start a keep-awake session from Amphetamine's menu to keep your Mac awake. Amphetamine is extremely powerful and includes advanced features for those who need them, yet remains intuitive and easy-to-use for those who don't need all of the bells and whistles. Amphetamine can keep your Mac, and optionally its display(s), awake through a super simple on/off switch, or automatically through easy-to-configure Triggers. Welcome to Amphetamine, the most awesome keep-awake app ever created for macOS.