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Awake (Illyism) for Mac

Keeps a Mac awake with the lid closed, with a Control Center toggle, timer, and CLI.

By Illyism. Free and open source, MIT licence.

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Awake (Illyism) at a glance

Version
1.0.2
Released
3 November 2026
Download size
2.4 MB
Works on
Apple silicon
Licence
MIT
Category
System Tools
Developer
Illyism
GitHub stars
10

About Awake (Illyism)

Keep your MacBook awake with the lid closed — Control Center toggle, Menu Bar timer, CLI, instant screen lock, and 10% battery / 40°C backpack thermal guard

Screenshots

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How to install Awake (Illyism) on a Mac

  1. Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
  2. Search for Awake (Illyism) and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 1.0.2 from Illyism's own GitHub release.
  3. Open it. The download is checked against its SHA-256 fingerprint and its signature is checked on your Mac before it lands in Applications.

Updates to Awake (Illyism) show up in OpenDMG and install with one button. No account is needed.

Prefer to do it by hand? The developer's file is on GitHub: Awake-1.0.2-macos-arm64.dmg (2.4 MB).

What is new in Awake (Illyism) 1.0.2

Opening Awake now shows a setup window instead of doing nothing visible.

- Setup window: turn Awake on or off, 30m to 4h timers, and a checklist for the lid-closed sleep guard, the Control Center toggle and the command line tool.
- Detects when the menu bar cup icon is hidden behind the camera notch (a full menu bar on notched MacBooks) and explains how to make room.
- New "Open Awake…" item in the menu bar menu.
- The window comes to the front even when launched from Terminal, Raycast or another launcher, and stays closed at login and when you use the Control Center toggle.

Developer ID signed and notarized by Apple. macOS 26+, Apple silicon.

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