Simple Sleep Control

A lightweight, no-fuss menu-bar app that puts your Mac's sleep behavior in your hands. One click to stay awake, one click to let go.

Keep your Mac — or just its display — awake while you download, present, render, or read. Then let it sleep exactly when you want: at a time you pick, or after a timer runs out.

Or let it decide for you. Choose up to four apps, and your Mac stays awake only while they are running — the app launches, your Mac stays up; it quits, everything goes back to normal.

The Simple Sleep Control panel, with Display and System modes and every option at a glance

Setting a timer, from 1 minute to 6 hours, before everything turns off

Keeping the Mac awake until a chosen time of day

Choosing the battery level at which everything turns off

Keeping the Mac awake only while chosen apps are running — up to four

Choosing whether a right- or left-click on the menu-bar icon toggles sleep prevention

Picking the menu-bar icon, from Zzz to a coffee cup, moon or star

Prevent display sleep or system sleep in one click
Stay awake automatically while your chosen apps are running — up to four
Turn prevention on or off from the menu bar, without opening the panel
Keep your Mac awake until a time you choose, or set a timer from 1 minute to 6 hours
An optional countdown in the menu bar shows the time remaining
Choose what happens at the end: sleep right away, or go back to normal
Lock the screen or start the screen saver while staying awake
Low-battery safety net, at the level you choose, to protect the battery
Keyboard shortcuts for everything
Pick the menu-bar icon you like best
Your setting stays active after you unlock or restart, and the app can open at login
A dedicated VoiceOver interface (⌘F), with every feature — in nine languages