Make sure your audience stays awake and your Mac too!
Why prevent your Mac from sleeping?
As professionals and corporate innovators, presentations are a regular part of your routine. However, what if your presentation isn’t in Keynote or PowerPoint but rather on a Miro board or a project management dashboard? This scenario might lead to you hosting your meeting while your Mac inadvertently falls asleep or switches to the screensaver.
The solution
Amphetamine is a macOS application that helps users keep their Mac awake and prevent it from going to sleep. It’s particularly useful in situations where you want to ensure that your Mac remains active, such as during presentations, watching videos, or performing long-running tasks. Amphetamine offers various customization options and features to tailor the behavior according to the user’s preferences, including schedules for when to activate or deactivate the app, and notifications to alert the user when the Mac is about to sleep
How to install it?
Installing is easy just grab the latest version through the AppStore.
How to use:
After launching, locate the ‘Pill’ icon situated in the top menu bar of MacOS, which is referred to as the status menu. Within this section, you’ll find various settings to manage your Mac’s ‘awake period’. If you wish to assume full control, simply click the ‘indefinitely’ button and proceed with your work.
Security Consideration
It’s important to recognize that to numerous security experts, applications like these pose a security risk. There are numerous potential negative scenarios if someone with malicious intent gains access to your Mac while your user account is still logged in. Therefore, exercise caution and discretion when using this application, and only utilize it when necessary. In the future I would love to see the application develop EMM policy features enabling IT-Admins and Security officers to set guidelines.
Conclusion
Strong Points:
| Free of charge | ✅ |
| Easy to operate | ✅ |
| Neat design | ✅ |
Weaknesses:
| Danger of set and forget | ⛔️ |
| No security overwatch | ⛔️ |
Amphetamine is an amazing productivity tool to have installed on your Mac. It has the unique ability to quickly and easily set a desired mode so that you can remain focussed on the task at hand. Just remember; with great power comes great responsibility.
