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I use it all the time, great little utility
Caffeine is a tiny program that puts an icon in the right side of your menu bar. Click it to prevent your Mac from automatically going to sleep, ...
http://lightheadsw.com/caffeine/
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kez
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| Great program. Comes in handy when watching youtube videos or shows from hulu.com |
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 8:56 am Post subject: |
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I just love the names of OS X apps. Often the name alone makes me smile 
Sounds like a great little application.
Here a little app that I think is neat.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/24004
Backdrop - fills your background with a solid color. Great for watching videos that aren't full screen. |
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barnz
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Thanks for the suggestion!
Just the thing I didn't quite realize I needed! 
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Also handy for checking for dead pixels. 
Actually, I use PiXel Check for doing that. |
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lynx2cross
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| Ok I have a quick question because I won't get my mac for about another day but this program caffeine, can't you just adjust your sleep setting and screen saver to a longer period of time so you can watch youtube and hulu without interruptions. On my pc I think I have it set to 2 hours which is way more time than I need but it prevents the monitor from fading to black or going to sleep if I'm in the middle of watching something. |
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barnz
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| lynx2cross wrote: | | Ok I have a quick question because I won't get my mac for about another day but this program caffeine, can't you just adjust your sleep setting and screen saver to a longer period of time so you can watch youtube and hulu without interruptions. On my pc I think I have it set to 2 hours which is way more time than I need but it prevents the monitor from fading to black or going to sleep if I'm in the middle of watching something. |
Yes, you can, but it's very inconvenient, and requires going back to "re-do" all the normal settings after watching your program. Normally I really want my screen saver to kick in pretty quickly, and for the monitor to sleep a certain time after that. Caffeine allows me to switch those settings off quickly, and even if I forget to switch it off again it times out eventually anyway.
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| Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 12:44 am Post subject: Re: Get some caffeine for your Mac |
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| The Pontificator wrote: | | http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/31941 |
That is pretty useful, thanks!! |
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