Close the lid, keep working
One switch keeps the laptop awake with the lid shut — and it stops by itself on low battery, heat, or at the deadline.
- One switch, no terminal
- Battery and heat still count
- Stops on time, so you cannot forget
A long job ends when the lid closes
Renders, downloads and builds die on lid close; the command-line workaround is forgotten by the next day.
Three steps
- 1
Turn it on
One item in the menu bar.
- 2
Close the lid
Leave; the job keeps running.
- 3
It ends by itself
Deadline, low battery or heat stops it and says why.
How it works
Bounded
Eight hours by default, then it stops — no laptop awake all night.
Battery floor
On battery, it stops below 20%; plugged in, no limit.
Heat
It stops when the machine runs hot instead of cooking itself.
Survives a crash
If the app quits, the state is reconciled on next launch.
Where it earns its place
- Rendering in a bag
- Finishing a download before you leave
- Staying reachable while travelling
What it needs
- macOS 26 or later, M1 or newer
- The desktop app running
- No admin rights
- No drivers
One more thing it does by itself
It updates when you are idle.
See auto-update →Let it finish the job
Download the desktop app and flip the switch.