Comment by auggierose | Hacker News Reader

Comment by auggierose | Hacker News Reader

I am basically very happy with the betas, they have features I really rely on in the app I am currently working on; for example a custom UTI deriving from "com.apple.package" is now properly working on iCloud, although Dropbox on iOS doesn't work with it (yet?) but shows a big red minus sign for those files.

What bugs me with Catalina is that my iMac Pro keeps rebooting when left unattended for an unpredictable but short time. I fixed that for now by using "Owly" which keeps it awake ...

Try caffinate, it’s built in.

Typo. It’s ‘caffeinate’

  caffeinate(8) — prevent the system from sleeping on behalf of a utility

Oh nice! (it's caffeinate, btw :-))

Like Owly though, safe install from AppStore as well and then just sits in the menubar and lets me forget about it.

I personally use Amphetamine.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/amphetamine/id937984704?mt=12

I like Amphetamine (as far as, it does what I want it to do silently and I never have to think about it) but it bugs me that it's updated seemingly every week. Which means I need to close it, update it from the app store, then re-open it quite often. I'm not sure what benefit I'm getting from these constant updates.

I also like lungo for the menu bar. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lungo/id1263070803

more info - https://blog.sindresorhus.com/lungo-b364a6c2745f

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