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Owly for Mac

Menu bar app to keep your Mac from sleeping.

Free
In English
Version 2.4
4.2
Based on 6 user rates

Owly overview

Owly is a menu bar utility that prevents your Mac from automatically sleeping. What this means is that Owly ensures your Mac’s screen never goes dim, no screen savers appear and that your Mac doesn’t enter sleep mode.

By right clicking the Owly icon on the menu bar, the app can toggle on/off. When the icon is red, Owly is active and will keep your Mac wide awake. When the icon is black, the app is no longer actively ensuring your Mac doesn’t enter sleep.

Owly is useful for when you want to keep certain information showing on your screen whilst whilst you may not be using the keyboard/mouse actively. Some examples are:

  • Watching a video (non fullscreen mode) and you don’t want your Mac to sleep
  • If you are using your screen to view live updating stats
  • If you are downloading files and want to be able to monitor the status whilst you may be sat at a distance from your Mac

What’s new in version 2.4

Version 2.4:
  • Added native support for M1

Owly for Mac

Free
In English
Version 2.4
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4.2

(7 Reviews of Owly)

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  • User Ratings

RogerKatz
RogerKatz
Aug 3 2018
1.9
0.0
Aug 3 2018
0.0
Version: 1.9
The current version is 2.0
cig0
cig0
Oct 26 2017
1.9
0.0
Oct 26 2017
0.0
Version: 1.9
$ man caffeinate

Said that, I like very much StatsCenter, from FIPLAB too, as it only consumes system resources when I check it in the Notifications sidebar.
bookerrey
bookerrey
Sep 26 2016
1.8
5.0
Sep 26 2016
5.0
Version: 1.8
Sometimes I need to prevent my Mac from sleep mode. I found Owly to be quite good and handy. I can choose the display to stay turned on or off which I consider a big advantage. Besides, I just like the design of the app.
PetieG
PetieG
Jan 9 2015
1.4
2.5
Jan 9 2015
2.5
Version: 1.4
Not any better than Caffeine IMHO
PetieG
PetieG
Jan 9 2015
1.4
2.5
Jan 9 2015
2.5
Version: 1.4
Why would somebody buy this when Caffeine for Mac is free?
cuoc-choi-ko-danh-cho-ca-hai
Aug 11 2019
5.0
Version: null
wpetreman
wpetreman
Oct 7 2017
2.5
Oct 7 2017
2.5
Version: null
bookerrey
bookerrey
Sep 26 2016
5.0
Sep 26 2016
5.0
Version: null
PetieG
PetieG
Jan 9 2015
2.5
Jan 9 2015
2.5
Version: null
Drdul
Drdul
Jan 6 2015
5.0
Jan 6 2015
5.0
Version: null
kaviaz
kaviaz
Oct 21 2014
5.0
Oct 21 2014
5.0
Version: null