I didn’t know caffeinate exists. It’s insane this is a use case that needs a fix but sometimes you just want something to keep running and on Mac that’s fucking difficult
Right? Such a useful feature. I struggle to correctly tune my energy saving mode and screensaver settings - especially on a corporate laptop. Hence the motivation to seek out the setting.
It suppresses macOS sleep and the display going off while it’s running, but it does not “survive” the lock screen in the sense of drawing over or replacing the system lock/saver.
The terminal app (and javalamp) will still be there and running when you unlock, but the lock screen or any password prompt remains fully controlled by macOS.
I didn’t know caffeinate exists. It’s insane this is a use case that needs a fix but sometimes you just want something to keep running and on Mac that’s fucking difficult
Right? Such a useful feature. I struggle to correctly tune my energy saving mode and screensaver settings - especially on a corporate laptop. Hence the motivation to seek out the setting.
does it survive screen lock or just suppress the screensaver?
It suppresses macOS sleep and the display going off while it’s running, but it does not “survive” the lock screen in the sense of drawing over or replacing the system lock/saver.
The terminal app (and javalamp) will still be there and running when you unlock, but the lock screen or any password prompt remains fully controlled by macOS.