Red Eye

Red Eye

Keep your Mac awake

Give your Mac a cup of coffee… with a shot of espresso. Red Eye is a menu bar app that allows you to quickly and easily prevent your Mac from going to sleep. Perfect for presentations, long-running computations, or downloading large files. Activate or disable with a single click and keep your Mac awake.

Version 1.2.0
Download Free

Released 30 Nov 2022

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Give your Mac a cup of coffee… with a shot of espresso. Red Eye is a menu bar app that allows you to quickly and easily prevent your Mac from going to sleep. Perfect for presentations, long-running computations, or downloading large files. Activate or disable with a single click and keep your Mac awake.

Hexed Bits is an independent software developer founded in 2012 that is focused on creating apps for iOS and macOS. Jesse Squires is the sole developer and copywriter for Hexed Bits, and is based in Oakland, California. He has over a decade of experience developing apps for iOS and macOS. You can learn more about him here.


Support and FAQs

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Minimum requirements: macOS 11, or later.

  1. Download from the link above.
  2. Double-click to unzip redeye.zip.
  3. Drag Red Eye.app to your Applications/ folder.
  4. Open the app.
  5. Click "Open" on the confirmation dialog: Red Eye open dialog
  6. Red Eye should now be running and you should see its icon in your menu bar.
  7. Right-click the icon to Quit.

A Red Eye is a classic coffee drink that consists of a drip-brew coffee with an added shot (or double shot) of espresso. This coffee drink is among the highest in caffeine content, thus a great name for this app!