TWKD keeps your Mac running with the lid closed — Claude Code, Codex, Ollama, local models first; Wi‑Fi, downloads, servers and rendering too. Your screen goes dark. Your Mac doesn't.
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Mac sleeps normally when lid closes.
Mac stays awake when lid closes.
Pick 1, 2, 4, 8 hours — or go full degenerate with ∞.
The display switches off. macOS stays awake. Network stays alive. Timer starts now.
The timer stops. Normal sleep behavior returns. Close it again and the full timer starts fresh.
Claude Code, Codex, Ollama, local models — long runs do not care that you need to leave. TWKD keeps the Mac awake with the lid closed. Screen off. Run still running.
still awake.Works on battery. No external display required. Close the lid and keep going anyway.
Quit, crash, reboot or lost heartbeat → normal sleep comes back.
At 5% on battery, TWKD gives up and lets the Mac sleep.
Doesn't blindly kill your external monitor when the lid closes.
No analytics. No cloud. No account. It doesn't even want to know you.
| built-in macOS | free apps | TWKD | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lid closed on battery | — | Varies | ✓ |
| No external display needed | — | Varies | ✓ |
| Screen stays off | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Auto-off timers | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Battery safety cutoff | ✓ | Varies | ✓ at 5% |
| Fails safe on crash | n/a | Varies | ✓ |
“Free apps” is a category, not one app. Some do more. Some do less. Varies means exactly that.
No card. No account. After that TWKD still works for free — sessions are just limited to 30 minutes. Try it forever if that is enough.
Launch offer — use code TWKDLAUNCH at checkout for $9. First 100 customers.
30-day money-back guarantee. Doesn't work for you? Email us, we refund. No interrogation.
“I can stop whenever I want.”
— your Mac, 7 hours into an ∞ session
TWKD is a downloadable macOS menu bar utility. After purchase, customers receive immediate access to the app and a license key. No manual setup service or customised work is required.
Yes. That is the point.
Yes. At 5% TWKD gives up and lets the Mac sleep, so you do not wake up to a dead Mac.
No. TWKD does not touch macOS thermal management — it only blocks lid-close sleep. If your Mac gets too hot, macOS handles it exactly as it always does: throttles down and, if needed, sleeps. TWKD steps aside and lets that happen. Same with battery: at 5% TWKD gives up and lets the Mac sleep normally.
Up to 3 Macs you own.
No. One payment. Done.
TWKD is Developer ID signed and notarized by Apple.
TWKD keeps working for free. Sessions are limited to 30 minutes.