KeepingYouAwake Changelog https://newmarcel.github.io/KeepingYouAwake/appcast.xml The most recent changes for KeepingYouAwake. en <![CDATA[Version 1.6.8: macOS 26 Tahoe App Icon]]>
  • added a light/dark/clear app icon for macOS 26 Tahoe
    • ]]>     Fri, 12 Sep 2025 11:30:00 GMT 10.13     <![CDATA[Version 1.6.7: External Display Fixes and Translation Updates]]>
  • fixed two issues with the "Activate when an external display is connected" advanced setting:
    • fixed an issue where multiple caffeinate tasks were spawned when an external display was connected (#203)
    • fixed an issue where a mirrored display was not treated internally as external display (#210)
  • fixed an issue where the menu bar icon did not update properly when the URL scheme was used to activate or deactivate (#224)
  • updated the Spanish translations (#223)
  • added Vietnamese translations (#222)
  • added Hindi translations (#232)
  • added Greek and Finnish translations (#230)
  • since macOS 26 Tahoe allows hiding the app's menu bar icon, the settings window was extended to handle this situation better:
    • the settings window will now be presented when the app is launched again while running
    • added a Quit button to the General settings
  • updated the app icon to not be trapped in a grey box on macOS 26 Tahoe
    • ]]>     Fri, 18 Jul 2025 18:00:00 GMT 10.13     <![CDATA[Version 1.6.6: 10th Anniversary Update]]>
  • added Slovak translations (#209)
    • Thank you Tomáš Švec!
  • updated the Turkish translations (#212)
  • updated the Chinese translations (#213)
  • updated the Russian translations (#216)
  • updated the Ukrainian translations (#218)
  • updated Sparkle to v2.6.4 (#214)

    • This update approximately marks ten years of development of KeepingYouAwake. I didn't expect this small hobby project to last for such a long time, but I'm very grateful for all contributors and users who find it useful.

    Thank you for using KeepingYouAwake, Marcel Dierkes

    ]]>     Sat, 26 Oct 2024 09:20:00 GMT 10.13     <![CDATA[Version 1.6.5: Translation Updates]]>
  • updated the Traditional Chinese translation (#198)
  • updated the French translation (#201)
  • removed the advanced setting "Disable menu bar icon highlight color", this behavior can still be enabled using the defaults command: defaults write info.marcel-dierkes.KeepingYouAwake info.marcel-dierkes.KeepingYouAwake.MenuBarIconHighlightDisabled -bool YES
    • ]]>     Mon, 02 Oct 2023 10:00:00 GMT 10.13     <![CDATA[Version 1.6.4: Ventura Login Item and URL Scheme Fix]]>
  • shows in the "Login Items" > "Open at Login" section in System Settings on macOS Ventura if "Start at Login" is enabled
  • fixes a regression introduced in 1.6.3 where the keepingyouawake:///activate URL scheme stopped working as expected (#193)
    • ]]>     Mon, 14 Nov 2022 17:00:00 GMT 10.13     <![CDATA[Version 1.6.3: Low Power Mode]]>
  • added Battery preferences with support for Low Power Mode on compatible Macs (#181)
  • added a Japanese translation (#182)
  • updated the Turkish translation (#183)
  • added an Italian translation (#184)
  • added an advanced preference to auto-activate when an external screen is connected (#186, #84)
    • Thank you sturza!
    • added an advanced preference to deactivate while another user account is active

    • Please note: The 1.6.3 release does not support macOS Sierra anymore. You can continue using version 1.6.2 on this version of macOS.

    ]]>     Sun, 30 Oct 2022 08:00:00 GMT 10.13     <![CDATA[Version 1.6.2: Minor Changes]]>
  • updated the Danish translation (#171, #180)
  • updated the Sparkle update framework to version 2.0 (#178)
  • added a Ukrainian translation (#179)
    • ]]>     Sun, 20 Feb 2022 17:00:00 GMT 10.12     <![CDATA[Version 1.6.1: Notifications]]>
  • added support for notifications, use System Preferences to manage notification settings (#164)
    • please note, this feature is only available on macOS 11 or newer; the previous experimental notifications support has been removed
  • updated the French translation (#146, #169)
    • ]]>     Sat, 24 Jul 2021 08:00:00 GMT 10.12     <![CDATA[Version 1.6.0: Big Sur Update]]>
  • raised minimum deployment target to macOS Sierra (#142)
  • updated icons using the macOS Big Sur style (#141)
  • added support for the arm64 architecture on macOS Big Sur
  • created an official website https://keepingyouawake.app/
  • added a Russian translation (#147, #155)

    • Please note: This release requires macOS Sierra or newer, you can continue using version 1.5.2 if you need support for macOS Yosemite or El Capitan.

    ]]>     Fri, 06 Nov 2020 18:00:00 GMT 10.12     <![CDATA[Version 1.5.2: Allow Display Sleep]]>
  • added the ability to allow the display to sleep (#148)

    • Please note: The 1.5.x series of releases will be the last supporting macOS Yosemite and El Capitan. If you see any critical reason for supporting those, please leave a comment on GitHub.

    ]]>     Sat, 04 Jul 2020 10:00:00 GMT     <![CDATA[Version 1.5.1: Customizable Activation Durations]]>
  • added the ability to customize activation durations in Preferences (#132)
  • added an advanced preference to quit the app when the activation duration is over (#133)
  • added an Indonesian translation (#137)

    • Please note: The 1.5.x series of releases will be the last supporting macOS Yosemite and El Capitan. If you see any critical reason for supporting those, please leave a comment on GitHub.

    ]]>     Thu, 26 Dec 2019 17:00:00 GMT     <![CDATA[Version 1.5.0: Sandboxed, Hardened & Notarized]]> Please disable Start at login in Preferences before you update. You can also check this wiki page for troubleshooting help.
    • added an Updates tab to Preferences (#107)
    • enabled the Hardened Runtime security feature (#111)
    • enabled the App Sandbox security feature (#112)
      • custom icons need to be placed in ~/Library/Containers/info.marcel-dierkes.KeepingYouAwake/Data/Documents now and will be migrated during the app update
    • Start at login uses a launcher helper app now (#110)
      • the previous login item is not compatible anymore and it is recommended to disable Start at login before updating!
      • please check this wiki page if you encounter problems
    • updated Sparkle to the ui-separation-and-xpc version (#109) (#113)
    ]]>     Sun, 20 Jan 2019 11:00:00 GMT     <![CDATA[Version 1.4.3: Small Improvements]]>
  • the icon can be dragged out of the menubar to quit on macOS Sierra and newer (#82, suggested by Eitot)
  • support for the keepingyouawake:///toggle action (#96), thanks code918!
  • new localizations
  • allows Dark Aqua appearance on macOS Mojave
    • ]]>     Wed, 15 Aug 2018 18:00:00 GMT     <![CDATA[Version 1.4.2: Additional Localizations]]>
  • 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
  • updated Sparkle to 1.18.1
    • ]]>     Sat, 16 Sep 2017 12:00:00 GMT     <![CDATA[Version 1.4.1: L10n Update]]>
  • Localization support
  • removed advanced preference to allow the display to sleep (didn't work properly and lead to confusion)
    • the info.marcel-dierkes.KeepingYouAwake.AllowDisplaySleep preference was removed
    • a similar, more powerful replacement feature will be introduced soon
    • ]]>     Fri, 30 Dec 2016 13:00:00 GMT     <![CDATA[Version 1.4.0: Preferences Update]]>
  • 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)
  • Upgraded to Sparkle 1.14.0 to fix potential security issues
    • ]]>     Sat, 16 Apr 2016 12:00:00 GMT     <![CDATA[Version 1.3.1: Updater and Icon Fixes]]>
  • 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… 😱
  • Fixed rendering for custom icons: They are now rendered as template images
  • 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
    • ]]>     Tue, 08 Dec 2015 09:00:00 GMT     <![CDATA[Version 1.3: Scripting and Custom Icons Update]]>
  • 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  
open keepingyouawake:///deactivate
    • Support for custom menu bar icons. Just place four images named ActiveIcon.png, ActiveIcon@2x.png, InactiveIcon.png, InactiveIcon@2x.png in your ~/Library/Application Support/KeepingYouAwake/ folder. The recommended size for these images is 22x20 points
    • hold down the option key and click inside the "Activate for Duration" menu to set the default duration for the menu bar icon
    ]]>     Mon, 02 Nov 2015 09:00:00 GMT     <![CDATA[Version 1.2.1: AC Power Update]]>
  • Fixed an issue where "Start at Login" would crash when clicked multiple times in a row (Fixed by registered99, thank you!)
  • Less aggressive awake handling when the MacBook lid is closed by using the caffeinate -di command instead of caffeinate -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 + click will now display the menu
    • ]]>     Sun, 11 Jan 2015 19:20:00 GMT     <![CDATA[Version 1.2: Activation Timer]]>
  • There are no significant changes since beta1
  • Tweaked the experimental (and hidden) notifications

    • 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

    ]]>     Sun, 23 Nov 2014 10:00:00 GMT     <![CDATA[Version 1.1: Start at Login & Developer ID]]> This release adds a "Start at Login" menu item.

    • Added Developer ID signing
    ]]>     Thu, 13 Nov 2014 10:11:00 GMT