I wrote iCanSleep after I couldn’t find a tool that matched my requirements.
Both Caffeeine and InsomniaX rubbed me the wrong way - the former does not allow the display to sleep (WTF? Who would want that?) and the latter prevents sleeping altogether (WTF? I can set Energy Saver settings to “Never” myself, thank you).
To be fair: both tools have some merit, just not for me. Specifically InsomniaX has features for MacBook Pro users.
What I wanted was a tool with customizable “no sleep” duration, and not the 5-30 minutes, 1, 2 and 5 hour option of Caffeine, or none as with InsomniaX.
One that
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