Caffeine-like utility to keep you MacBook awake with its lid closed

Re:Caffeine-like utility to keep you MacBook awake with its ... by clash on Friday October 23, 2026 @02:54PM (#50213718)

I wrote a small caffeine-like macOS command-line utility to keep your MacBook awake when you close the lid.

This can be handy when you have a long running task active but need to close your MacBook – for example to change trains, head home from a café or commute to the office.

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Re:Caffeine-like utility to keep you MacBook awake with its ... by WarOnPrivacy on Friday October 23, 2026 @03:08PM (#50213902)

> I wrote a small caffeine-like macOS command-line utility to keep your MacBook awake when you close the lid.

Small purposeful utilities like this are Glob's own gift to us. Your counterpart in my Windows world might be the guy who wrote AlwaysActiveHours - a util that prevents update-related reboots.

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Re:Caffeine-like utility to keep you MacBook awake with its ... by clash on Friday October 23, 2026 @03:16PM (#50213992)

Haha, every operating system has its quirks. The auto reboot is certainly a very nasty one.

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Re:Caffeine-like utility to keep you MacBook awake with its ... by hurfdurf on Saturday October 24, 2026 @04:34AM (#50219293)

"Active Hours"? Who comes up with that kind of stuff? And you cannot even disable it, only out"smart" it. Unbelievable.

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