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LidAwake for Mac

Menu bar app that keeps your Mac awake, even with the lid closed.

By Vladimir-Podgornyi. Free and open source, MIT licence.

Get it with OpenDMG View source on GitHub

LidAwake at a glance

Version
1.0.1
Released
5 October 2026
Download size
2.0 MB
Works on
Apple silicon and Intel
Licence
MIT
Category
Menu Bar and Notch
Developer
Vladimir-Podgornyi
GitHub stars
23

About LidAwake

macOS menu bar app that keeps your Mac awake, even with the lid closed

Screenshots

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How to install LidAwake on a Mac

  1. Get OpenDMG. It is a free app store for open source Mac apps. Download OpenDMG.
  2. Search for LidAwake and press Get. OpenDMG downloads version 1.0.1 from Vladimir-Podgornyi'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 LidAwake 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: LidAwake-1.0.1.dmg (2.0 MB).

What is new in LidAwake 1.0.1

- Warns when macOS is set to log out automatically after inactivity: logging out quits LidAwake and ends the mode. The warning shows the path to the setting and can be dismissed.
- The window no longer grows past the screen: the lower part scrolls when it does not fit.
- General settings rows take less space.

Requirements: macOS 13 or later, Apple silicon.

To update, open the DMG and drag LidAwake to Applications, replacing the old copy.

SHA-256 of LidAwake-1.0.1.dmg:
b23b0eeb2ab40438086a9d267d5133bccab2972d2765761bb8b51f9812c3d9d1

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