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https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/caffeine/id411246225?mt=12 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/caffeine/id411246225?mt=12 I use this all the time, it's the GUI ver

• guan 11y ago
  It uses the same underlying API. I use it too. It’s only on–off, though, so you have to remember to turn it off.
  • lvillani 11y ago
    > It uses the same underlying API I don't think so. For whatever reason Caffeine doesn't take a power assertion, as show by `pmset -g assertions`, whereas caffeinate does. This is what prompted me to write Theine (https://github.com/lvillani/theine https://github.com/lvillani/theine) to use the proper API for this task, since Caffeine would behave erratically with the lock screen active.
    • guan 11y ago
      That’s odd. Do you have any idea what API they use?