1.6.8: macOS 26 Tahoe App Icon

• added a light/dark/clear app icon for macOS 26 Tahoe

1.6.7: External Display Fixes and Translation Updates

• fixed two issues with the "Activate when an external display is connected" advanced setting:
  • fixed an issue where multiple caffeinate tasks were spawned when an external display was connected (#203)
  • fixed an issue where a mirrored display was not treated internally as external display (#210)
• fixed an issue where the menu bar icon did not update properly when the URL scheme was used to activate or deactivate (#224)
• updated the Spanish translations (#223)
  • Thank you agusbattista!
• added Vietnamese translations (#222)
  • Thank you ksajolaer!
• added Hindi translations (#232)
  • Thank you AnandChowdhary!
• added Greek and Finnish translations (#230)
  • Thank you ziz1zaza!
• since macOS 26 Tahoe allows hiding the app's menu bar icon, the settings window was extended to handle this situation better:
  • the settings window will now be presented when the app is launched again while running
  • added a Quit button to the General settings
• updated the app icon to not be trapped in a grey box on macOS 26 Tahoe

1.6.7beta1: External Display Fixes and Translation Updates

• fixed two issues with the "Activate when an external display is connected" advanced setting:
  • fixed an issue where multiple caffeinate tasks were spawned when an external display was connected (#203)
  • fixed an issue where a mirrored display was not treated internally as external display (#210)
• fixed an issue where the menu bar icon did not update properly when the URL scheme was used to activate or deactivate (#224)
• updated the Spanish translations (#223)
  • Thank you agusbattista!
• added Vietnamese translations (#222)
  • Thank you ksajolaer!
• added Hindi translations (#232)
  • Thank you AnandChowdhary!
• added Greek and Finnish translations (#230)
  • Thank you ziz1zaza!
• since macOS 26 Tahoe allows hiding the app's menu bar icon, the settings window was extended to handle this situation better:
  • the settings window will now be presented when the app is launched again while running
  • added a Quit button to the General settings

1.6.6: 10th Anniversary Update

• added Slovak translations (#209)
  • Thank you Tomáš Švec!
• updated the Turkish translations (#212)
  • Thank you egesucu!
• updated the Chinese translations (#213)
  • Thank you LZhenHong!
• updated the Russian translations (#216)
  • Thank you user334!
• updated the Ukrainian translations (#218)
  • Thank you gelosi!
• updated Sparkle to v2.6.4 (#214)

This update approximately marks ten years of development of KeepingYouAwake. I didn't expect this small hobby project to last for such a long time, but I'm very grateful for all contributors and users who find it useful.

Thank you for using KeepingYouAwake,
Marcel Dierkes

1.6.6beta2: Translation Updates

• added Slovak translations (#209)
  • Thank you Tomáš Švec!
• updated the Turkish translations (#212)
  • Thank you egesucu!
• updated the Chinese translations (#213)
  • Thank you LZhenHong!
• updated the Russian translations (#216)
  • Thank you user334!
• updated the Ukrainian translations (#218)
  • Thank you gelosi!
• updated Sparkle to v2.6.4 (#214)

1.6.6beta1: Translation Updates

• added Slovak translations (#209)
  • Thank you Tomáš Švec!
• updated the Turkish translations (#212)
  • Thank you egesucu!
• updated the Chinese translations (#213)
  • Thank you LZhenHong!
• updated Sparkle to v2.6.4 (#214)

1.6.5: Translation Updates

• updated the Traditional Chinese translation (#198)
  • Thank you YuerLee!
• updated the French translation (#201)
  • Thank you tmuguet!
• removed the advanced setting "Disable menu bar icon highlight color", this behavior can still be enabled using the defaults command: defaults write info.marcel-dierkes.KeepingYouAwake info.marcel-dierkes.KeepingYouAwake.MenuBarIconHighlightDisabled -bool YES

1.6.5beta1: Translation Updates

• updated the Traditional Chinese translation (#198)
  • Thank you YuerLee!
• updated the French translation (#201)
  • Thank you tmuguet!
• removed the advanced setting "Disable menu bar icon highlight color", this behavior can still be enabled using the defaults command: defaults write info.marcel-dierkes.KeepingYouAwake info.marcel-dierkes.KeepingYouAwake.MenuBarIconHighlightDisabled -bool YES

1.6.4: Ventura Login Item and URL Scheme Fix

• shows in the "Login Items" > "Open at Login" section in System Settings on macOS Ventura if "Start at Login" is enabled
• fixes a regression introduced in 1.6.3 where the keepingyouawake:///activate URL scheme stopped working as expected (#193)

1.6.3: Low Power Mode

• added Battery preferences with support for Low Power Mode on compatible Macs (#181)
• added a Japanese translation (#182)
  • Thank you hiroto-t!
• updated the Turkish translation (#183)
  • Thank you egemenu!
• added an Italian translation (#184)
  • Thank you gmcinalli!
• added an advanced preference to auto-activate when an external screen is connected (#186, #84)
  • Thank you sturza!
• added an advanced preference to deactivate while another user account is active

Please note: The 1.6.3 release does not support macOS Sierra anymore. You can continue using version 1.6.2 on this version of macOS.