Caffeine Universal Binary

Version: 1.0.2 || Release Date: 2008-04-12 || License: Freeware

Caffeine is a tiny program that puts an icon in the right side of your menu bar. Click it to prevent your Mac from automatically going to sleep, dimming the screen or starting screen savers. Click it again to go back. Hold down the Command key while clicking to show the menu.

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mrstinkeye, 2008-04-13

Nice little app. I'm all for anything that let's me be even lazier than I already am. Well done!

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neko, 2008-04-12

my only wish is that it could also stop sleep when you close the laptop, like how InsomniaX does.

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f451, 2008-04-12 (score: 1)

A non intrusive great little does-as-you-wish app for when you want to keep your computer from sleeping that works well. What more can I say?

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maximalideal, 2008-02-20

Caffeine is great. I can't imagine something so simple and so useful. Free and tiny to boot. I do miss the ZZZ. Oh well.

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lirontocker, 2008-01-26 (score: 1)

I don't want to be a nitpick (especially since I love this program), but from a usability perspective, the new menubar icon isn't clear enough to display the actions of the toggle. It may be prettier to look at, but it's not the best choice from a gui usability point of view, as there is not enough of a direct visual connection between a cup of coffee and the screen going to sleep.

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pauldwaite, 2008-01-25 (score: 1)

Genius, beautifully done.

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norz, 2008-01-01

It would be nice if Caffeine remembered its previous state (like Nocturne does).
This way you would just have to launch and quit the app to toggle the 'cafféine' mode, thus saving some space in the menu bar when Caffeine isn't n used.

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nevioth, 2007-10-31

Great App and...Hey Adam!
Thank You very much for making that Icon! :D

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schilling, 2007-07-17 (score: 14)

Awesome app — thanks! I couldn't resist creating a 'coffee cup' replacement icon-set for the menu-bar. I'll forward it onto Lighthead for their consideration, too. In the meantime, you can download the icons and replace them yourself.

Right-click on the app. Select 'Show Package Contents'. Navigate to the 'Contents' and then the 'Resources' folder. Create a backup of all the '.png' images in that folder. Then, copy-paste the replacements in. Restart Caffeine. Use at your own risk. ;-)

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kfordham281, 2007-06-05

Perfect for watching movies or TV shows and disabling power management functions.

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