A nice hot cup of Caffeine

It took awhile, but I finally get it: there actually is a good reason for wanting to keep your Mac awake. This Guy’s Voice has the utility Caffeine at the top of his list of Mac Freeware, FTW — and explains why:

You may have energy saving preferences set in the system preferences pane, but Caffeine overrides those settings to keep your Mac going. Movies, presentations, even reading long reports can be hindered by a Mac falling asleep.

Enter Caffeine. Click on the coffee-cup icon in your menu bar and your Mac stays awake until you give it another click. Or you can control-click and choose the duration of wakefulness from a popdown menu. When Caffeine is working the cup icon is full and steaming. When it’s off, the cup is empty.

Now that I’m a convert, Caffeine may very well be the definition of niftiness.

Posted Wednesday, July 9, 2008 in Top-apps