Awesome Mac App
Alright prolly been posted but I could not figure this out for awhile. But, this mac app called caffeine is awesome. It keeps your mac from dimming. I was out working in traktor just to have my mac go dim and mess me up. Anyways I figured i would post this for other people who notice this and wanted to do something about it.
Probably has been posted before, but doesnt hurt to inform newcomers and those that may have missed it 
Yep, it’s been posted and my mbp has been jacked up on caffeine for over a year.
Whats wrong with just changing the Energy Saving settings on the Mac..?
Does caffeine do anything special? Anything that cant be done in preferences ?
Just interested.
I was wondering the same thing.
Preferences change when plugged in and what not and i could never do anything consistently
I would NEVER DJ without my macbook plugged in..
understood but when im at home practicing for an hour or so mine always isnt plugged in. An hour on traktor wont kill my laptop.
I do it all the time, but only because the less wires the merrier… Sometimes it’s a short 2-3 hour gig and my laptop has a life of 4-hours fully charged with traktor… I always have it handy though!
Caffeine is a lot more convenient. I have the eneregy saver preferences set to sleep the screen after 1 minute. When I want to over-ride that it’s much easier to click on a menu bar icon than to open the energy saver preferences and change the settings.
Doesn’t seem to work with xfce. I did rather like it with gnome 2 or gnome 3 with unity though.
You can adjust that in the PREFS man.
If thats all caffiene does…then BOO to it!
It can adjust the power saving options depending on the programs you have open. Can you do that with the regular preferences?
nope…does it generally.
Thats good for me…don’t want it dimming…EVER.
I used caffeine for years (basically an hour after I got my first mac until about 2 months ago)…and then I quit cold turkey.
You know what works at least as well? Just go into Energy Saver, and set things to never turn off…then set your screensaver to never kick in. Works like a charm.
I just use the brightness controls if I want the screen off and a hot corner to turn on my screensaver. I never liked the fact that caffeine kept screensaver from working properly if you turned it on with a hot corner…because I do that all the time…basically whenever i’m away from the keyboard for more than 5 seconds.
But it’s a good app.
Now, InsomniaX…that’s where it’s at…makes it so you can close the lid without the computer going to sleep. Obviously, that’s going to cause heat dissipation issues, so don’t do it if you have any question in your mind about whether or not you’re an idiot…but it’s really useful.
The problem with changing it in preferences is that sometimes you want the normal screensaver/power settings. Caffeine puts a little clickable icon on the menu bar which lets you switch between normal and always awake. It is a simple little app but the functionality is very convenient.
This!
I think you guys are all missing the point of the app, it’s for those who both desire a screen saver and do not wish it to pop up while mixing.
Couldnt have said it much better myself. I do use a screen saver most of the time. Such as searching forums or what not then dip away to the TV or something and dont close my lid. I do not want my screen just sittin there. Either way it was just my opinion if you dont like it dont use it 
when i use my mac normally I like it to dim and sleep to save battery. With Caffeine I can just do the preference thing with one click, then one click to turn it off. Its easy.