NotchDodo can now keep your Mac awake until your download finishes
Hey makers 👋
Small update from NotchDodo, and it came from a very common annoyance: you start a big download or a long script, walk away, and come back to a sleeping Mac and a job that stopped halfway.
NotchDodo already had a Keep awake cup in the notch. One tap kept your Mac awake until you tapped it again, which meant you had to remember to turn it off. Now you can right-click the cup and pick how long:
☕ For 30 minutes to 4 hours, then it lets go
⬇️ Until downloads finish. It watches your Downloads folder, lets the screen turn off to save power, and lets the Mac sleep 20 seconds after the last file lands
🧩 Until an app quits. Pick any open app, like a renderer, an installer or a torrent client
When it switches itself off, the dodo pops out of the notch and tells you why ("Downloads finished. Your Mac can sleep again.") with a 1 more hour button if you need longer.
It runs on macOS's own caffeinate, so nothing hacky happens under the hood. It also lets go if NotchDodo quits, so your Mac never gets stuck awake.
And if your long-running job is an AI coding agent like Claude Code, Codex or Gemini CLI, NotchDodo already keeps the Mac awake while it works and lets it sleep when it's done.
It's free for everyone who owns NotchDodo (update to 0.1.33). New here? It's a one-time purchase, and code HUNTER20 takes 20% off.
Curious how you all deal with this today: caffeinate in Terminal, Amphetamine, or just wiggling the mouse every 10 minutes? 😄
Replies
What happens if Wi-Fi drops and the browser pauses a download for a minute? I'd want the Mac to stay awake while the file can still resume, and to see a different message if the download was canceled.