- the icon can be dragged out of the menubar to quit on macOS Sierra and newer (#82, suggested by Eitot)
- support cmd+w and cmd+q keyboard shortcuts in the preferences window (#56)
- preferences now remember the window position
- allow option-click on the menubar icon (#59)
- fixed the incorrect fullscreen behavior of the preferences window (#71), thanks Eitot!
- more localization updates
- Spanish (#70)
- Thank you nbalonso!
- Dutch (#73)
- Thank you Eitot!
- improvements to the French translation by alexandreleroux (#63)
- Danish (#78)
- Thank you JacobSchriver!
- Turkish (#79)
- Thank you durul!
- Chinese (Simplified) (#87)
- Thank you zangyongyi!
- Chinese (Traditional zh-Hant-TW) (#89)
- Thank you passerbyid!
- Spanish (#70)
- updated Sparkle to 1.18.1
- Localization support
- removed advanced preference to allow the display to sleep (didn't work properly and lead to confusion)
- the
info.marcel-dierkes.KeepingYouAwake.AllowDisplaySleeppreference was removed - a similar, more powerful replacement feature will be introduced soon
- the
- Added a preferences window that replaces seldom used menu items and surfaces advanced and experimental preferences
- You can now set the default activation duration for the menu bar icon in preferences
- Removed the advanced preference for
info.marcel-dierkes.KeepingYouAwake.PreventSleepOnACPower - Added an advanced preference to allow display sleep while still preventing system sleep (Issue #25)
- Ability to set a battery level on MacBooks where the app will deactivate itself (Issue #24)
- Thank you timbru31 for the suggestion!
- Upgraded to Sparkle 1.14.0 to fix potential security issues
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Fixed Sparkle Updates (Broken thanks to App Transport Security in OS X 10.11 and GitHub disabling HTTPS for pages) If you know someone with Version 1.3.0, please let them know that 1.3.1 is available and can be downloaded manually to receive future updates. This is a nightmare come true… 😱
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Fixed rendering for custom icons: They are now rendered as template images
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Added advanced settings to disable the blue highlight rectangle on click. Enable it with (replace YES with NO to disable it again):
defaults write info.marcel-dierkes.KeepingYouAwake info.marcel-dierkes.KeepingYouAwake.MenuBarIconHighlightDisabled -bool YES
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Basic command line interface through URI schemes
- Thank you KyleKing for the suggestion!
- you can activate/deactivate the sleep timer with unlimited time intervals
- you can open KeepingYouAwake from the command line with a custom sleep timer duration
- the seconds, minutes and hours parameters are rounded up to the nearest integer number and cannot be combined at the moment
open keepingyouawake://
open keepingyouawake:///activate # indefinite duration
open keepingyouawake:///activate?seconds=5
open keepingyouawake:///activate?minutes=5
open keepingyouawake:///activate?hours=5
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Support for custom menu bar icons. Just place four images named
ActiveIcon.png,ActiveIcon@2x.png,InactiveIcon.png,InactiveIcon@2x.pngin your~/Library/Application Support/KeepingYouAwake/folder. The recommended size for these images is 22x20 pts -
hold down the option key and click inside the "Activate for Duration" menu to set the default duration for the menu bar icon
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Fixed an issue where "Start at Login" would crash when clicked multiple times in a row (Fixed by registered99, thank you!)
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Less aggressive awake handling when the MacBook lid is closed by using the
caffeinate -dicommand instead ofcaffeinate -disu -
You can revert back to the previous behaviour by pasting the following snippet into Terminal.app:
defaults write info.marcel-dierkes.KeepingYouAwake.PreventSleepOnACPower -bool YES -
ctrl+clickwill now display the menu
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There are no significant changes since beta1
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Tweaked the experimental (and hidden) notifications
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You can enable the notifications preview by pasting the following snippet into Terminal.app:
defaults write info.marcel-dierkes.KeepingYouAwake info.marcel-dierkes.KeepingYouAwake.NotificationsEnabled -bool YES -
and to disable it again:
defaults write info.marcel-dierkes.KeepingYouAwake info.marcel-dierkes.KeepingYouAwake.NotificationsEnabled -bool NO
- Activation timer
- Sparkle integration for updates
- Sparkle will check for updates once a day
- A second beta will follow in the coming days to test automatic updates
- This is beta software. If you notice any issues, please report them here
- Signed with Developer ID
- Start At Login menu item added
- Initial Release
- Keeps your Mac awake