Feature/improvement requests and suggestions
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It would be nice if Amphetamine had an AppleScript call to query the session status
I have two LaunchBar actions right now that toggle an indefinite session on and then turn the current session off (see: https://github.com/ianchesal/launchbar-actions).
I could collapse that down in to a single action if I could query Amphetamine for its current status via AppleScript. Then calling the action would turn a session on if none was currently running and off it one was currently running. Looking at the AppleScript Library docs for Amphetamine I only see "turn (on|off)" and something called "give molecule" which doesn't really have any useful documentation to it.
A boolean "session active?" type call would suffice.
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20 votesThis will be available in v3.1 which is currently in development. Here’s an example of what will be available via AppleScript:
tell application “Amphetamine”
-- Session Activation/Deactivation
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— Start a new single-use session:
start new session — infinite duration session
start new session duration 3 — defaults to 3 minute duration
start new session duration 3 interval “hours” — duration specified
start new session duration 3 interval “hours” with display sleep allowed
start new session duration 3 interval “hours” without display sleep allowedend session — will end both single-use and Trigger sessions, but will NOT disable Triggers
-- Session Properties
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if session is active then beep — retuns bool
if not session is active then beep — retuns bool
if session is Trigger session then beep — retuns bool
if not session is Trigger session then beep — retuns bool
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Amphetamine - Add option to have timer running even when lid is closed
Add an option to have the timer run even when the machine is turned off or sleeping.
This feels very natural in that setting the timer to two hours at four o'clock makes it stop at six o'clock, no matter if you close the lid in the meantime. This way a timer for say ten hours can be enabled in the evening. It will last until you stop using the machine that day, but the next morning the timer will be turned off, since enough time has passed since you first activated the timer.
This is much easier than creating…
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Trigger for connection to external display
I would love it if I could trigger Amphetamine when connecting an external display. Nothing worse than giving a presentation/demonstration and my computer goes to sleep when I forget to move the mouse for too long.
19 votesAmphetamine 4 includes this feature.
Best Regards,
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William Gustafson
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17 votes
Hi All,
Version v2.3 is live in the App Store. I’ve already started work on v2.3.1 which, among other things, will include minor improvements to this feature, including a better UI and a toggle/filter to remove all of the system processes from the list of running apps to choose from.
Thanks,
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It would be great if Amphetamine 3 had a option to automatically end (and not just ask) the session if battery is bellow X%
Lets say I enable a indefinitely session, and then something happened and I forgot to end the session and no longer in front of the computer, so it will drain all the battery. It would be good to have a "session ender" based on the % remaining of the battery
17 votesAmphetamine 4 includes this feature.
Best Regards,
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William Gustafson
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Would be nice if Time Machine was an app in the list
In version 3 the option for "While an app is running" -- can Time Machine be added to the list? It does not show up when running.
15 votesAmphetamine 4 has a new Trigger criterion for mounted volumes. Mount your Time Machine volume and select it for the Trigger!
Best Regards,
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William Gustafson
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13 votes
The coffee cup has been updated in v2.2, which Apple approved today.
Will
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Special mode to keep screensaver enabled
Hey, I really like your amphetamine app, it's working great. But sometimes I'd like to have a special (additional) mode that keeps my mac awake but still enables the screensaver so that I just have to move the mouse to continue working.
Right now amphetamine disables the screensaver when it is running.12 votesThis feature will be added to Amphetamine 2.0. You will be able to define when to turn on the screen saver after a session starts. Thanks for the suggestion! – Will
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Amphetamine: End session when download is complete
I'm a pretty surprised this was not already implemented.
I would like to have a function, that Amphetamine will end session when download is complete. This is kind of tricky, because every browser handles downloads a bit differently.
But one universal solution should be, to let user to select a file that he is currently downloading. Amphetamine will watch that file. If the file size stops increasing for minute or two, download has finished, and computer can sleep.
12 votesAmphetamine 4 includes an option to keep your Mac awake while a file is downloading.
Best Regards,
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William Gustafson
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Donation button
This app is really well done and deserves some sort of financial compensation.
11 votesAmphetamine 4 now includes a link under the Support and Feedback menu item to support Amphetamine’s development. Cheers!
Best Regards,
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William Gustafson
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Bug -- Style Change Does Not Persist
I think this may have been introduced when the low opacity for dark mode fix was shipped.
Currently a change to the coffee cup icon style does not persist after amphetamine is quit or system is rebooted.
Other styles changes do appear to persist, so it seems to oddly only be affecting the coffee cup icon.
btw...fwiw...love your app and responsiveness to feedback.
10 votesThis was fixed in v2.1 which is now live on the app store.
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It's be great to see Amphetamine automatically dismiss notifications
I use this app a lot and I have most of the notifications turned. At some I open the notifications side menu and see it full of the Amphetamine notifs. It would be great to have them auto dismiss after a certain time.
10 votesAmphetamine 4 now has an option to clean up Notification Center. See Preferences → Notifications → Remove delivered notifications.
Best Regards,
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William Gustafson
Amphetamine Creator -
end session at a specific time say 6 PM
instead of custom amount of time -- would like to pick the time to end a session
10 votesThis will be a feature of Amphetamine 4.
Will
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add feature to keep external monitors awake when lid is closed
add feature to keep external monitors awake when lid is closed
10 votesHi All,
External monitors can be kept awake as long as you are meeting Apple’s requirements for closed-display operation. See https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201834
Best Regards,
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William Gustafson
Amphetamine Creator -
More Schedule options
It would be nice to add more option to be able to better schedule the awaking time, for example:
- Would be nice to be able to change schedule between working days (monday-friday) and weekends.
- Would be even cooler to add the possibility to automatic change awaking settings based on calendars appointments
- Would be enormously great to have several schedules, for example 14-18 + 21-23 awaking time on monday+tuesday + friday.9 votesHi,
I like the idea of having more control over the schedule. To be honest, the full request here is a lot of work. I’m not sure I’m going to be able to tackle all of it within the framework of Amphetamine 2.×. Things like multiple schedules might be a good 3.0 feature (i’ll probably do an entire re-write again as so much has been changed and added so far in 2.x).
That said, here is a beta with a Trigger Schedule option: http://cl.ly/0E1V021Q261G
Note that there may be any number of bugs in this beta. Please let me know if you discover any (and you probably will).
Best,
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It'd be great if the alfred workflow can support amphetamine 3
After update amphetamine 3, the alfred workflow cannot work correctly, which 'm' represent 'hour'.
8 votesHi,
The Alfred workflow has been update for Amphetamine 4.
http://www.packal.org/workflow/amphetamine-control
Best Regards,
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William Gustafson
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Amphetamine menubar menu should show current session time!
Amphetamine's menu bar menu should show some sort of tick beside the time chosen for the current session! At present it's impossible to see what you've set as the current "stay-awake" time!
8 votesv2.2 adds this feature. Approved by Apple today. A dash (-) indicates the default duration as set in Preferences when there is no active session. A checkmark (✔) indicates the current running session.
Will
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Amphetamine: Coffe pot icon looks blurry on retina display
It looks fine on non-retina but blurry on retina display
7 votesAmphetamine 4 will have a new coffee pot icon.
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It would be the best of all worlds if Amphetamine supported AppleScript toggling for Quick Settings
In addition to the added AppleScript functionality that is planned for v3.1, it would be extremely useful if Amphetamine also supported toggling of the quick settings options as well.
Just a simple call command like:
toggle QS1 // (Allow Display to Sleep)
toggle QS2 // (Allow Screen Saver)And
Queries for:
QS1 is active
QS2 is activeWould be all that's needed. Workflow managers like Alfred, Launchbar, and Keyboard Maestro would allow the user to fine tune the exact way they'd like amphetamine to function from there.
7 votesAppleScript support will be greatly expanded in Amphetamine 4. Confirmed commands will be:
session is active (returns bool true/false)
session time remaining (returns integer of total seconds remaining in session)
start new session
start new session with options {duration:, interval:, displaySleepAllowed:}
end session
display sleep allowed (returns bool true/false)
prevent display sleep
allow display sleep
session is Trigger (returns bool true/false)
Triggers are enabled (returns bool true/false)
enable Triggers
disable Triggers
Drive Alive is enabled (returns bool true/false)
enable Drive Alive
disable Drive Alive
Let me know if I’ve missed something you’d like to see!
Will
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Please add polling interval for the Drive Alive feature
The Drive Alive feature writes a file o the monitored disk in order to keep them from spinning down. In a usage scenario in which SSD drives are involved, it would be great to increase the polling time. Currently is set to about 10 seconds but there is no way to modify it. I'm sure our SSDs will be grateful :)
Other than that, this is a great application. It helped me avoiding drive disconnections involving disks in raid configuration.
Thank you very mush for your efforts.6 votesThis will be a feature of Amphetamine 4. Thanks for the suggestion.
Will
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