Your Mac stays awake. Proof included.

Pick a duration, a clock time, an app or a download. WakeRanger keeps your Mac awake that long and shows you macOS is really holding it. Free sessions run an hour at a time, as many as you like.

Version 1.0, macOS 14 to 27

Apple silicon and Intel
16 languages
No account, ever
Imports your old triggers

Same evening, two endings

The WakeRanger mascot slumped asleep with his hat over his eyes and his cup
spilled on the floor, beside a Mac with a dark screen and a job stopped part way. — **Without it**
Nothing was holding it

With it

Checked 3s ago - macOS is holding it

It checks its own work

Why does my Mac still go to sleep?

You ask

Keep awake for 1 hour
macOS decides
- a closed lid
- a setting elsewhere
- a managed Mac
You see the answer

Checked 3s ago - macOS is holding it

Checked 4s ago - macOS is not holding it

And when it is not. Other apps never show this one

Asked again every 4 seconds

Asking macOS to stay awake is one step. macOS agreeing is another. A closed lid, a setting elsewhere or a managed-Mac policy can override the request, and the app that asked never hears. WakeRanger reads the answer back every four seconds, and says so when it is no.

What you get

Rules that remember for you

andOffice

Wi-Fi network is Office
Not on battery

andHome

Wi-Fi network is Home
Not on battery

imported as

all ofAt work or at home

any of Wi-Fi is Office, Wi-Fi is Home
is not on battery

an app is running
a download is running
the time is inside a window
a drive is mounted
a VPN is connected
on battery
Sixteen things a rule can test

Everything arrives switched off

You never have to open it

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Keep Mac Awake

WakeRanger

or the global hot key

^⌥⌘C

Lid shut, still awake

An alarm on battery

macOS sleeps a closed MacBook. WakeRanger keeps it up with a small helper file macOS makes you save. One click

Jobs it waits up for

A render past midnight
Forty gigabytes over hotel Wi-Fi
Backing up until half past six
Whenever a Focus is on

Stops itself when it should

Thermal auto-stop
Battery guard
Drive keep-alive
Rules on every Mac

Claude Code, Codex, Cursor

Your agent works. You sleep.

Long task, then walk away
Or until the tool quits
And stop if it gets hot

A command line, free too

It drives the app, so install WakeRanger from the Mac App Store first.

sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/bin
sudo curl -fsSL https://wakeranger.app/wakeranger -o /usr/local/bin/wakeranger
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/wakeranger

All commands

wakeranger start [minutes]         start a session, or one with no end if you leave the number out
wakeranger start --until-quit ID   keep awake while an app runs, by bundle id
wakeranger start --until-download  keep awake until the last download finishes
wakeranger extend [minutes]        add time to the running session
wakeranger stop                    stop now
wakeranger status                  what is happening

Pro - no timer, or as long as the app runs
Free - an hour at a time, as often as you like

What it costs

What the free tier includes, and what Pro adds
	Free	Pro
Sessions	Unlimited, an hour at a time	Any length, or no timer
From a script	An hour, then a fifteen minute gap	No limit, no gap
Rules	One	As many as you like
Drive keep-alive	No	Yes
Rules on every Mac	No	Yes

In both plans

Global hot key
Spotlight, Shortcuts, command line
Focus filter
Thermal auto-stop
Battery guard
Menu bar countdown

Every free session runs its full hour. Prices differ by country, so the App Store shows yours.

Ready before each macOS release

JuneThe macOS beta lands. A compatible build within fourteen days
SeptembermacOS ships. WakeRanger is already live

In writing, so you can hold me to it.