Option to disable while screen is locked

[roele]

If KeepingYouAwake is active and the screen is locked (via TouchBar or CTRL+CMD+Q) it will never go to sleep possibly draining the battery while you're away from the machine. While the app works pretty well and as expected it would be great to have more control over such special use-cases.

[ionutandone]

This feature is present in the Caffeine.app which I've been using until recently. I was surprised to see my screen not turning off after locking the screen.

[mbroadhead]

I installed KeepingYouAwake so that it would keep my screens on when I lock my Mac. I have two large screens connected via USB-C -> HDMI. When you lock your Mac, all screens turn off. It takes them awhile to turn back on when you come back to your desk. KeepingYouAwake solves this for me by ensuring all screens stay on.

My preferred solution would be a few options:
[ ] Disable KeepingYouAwake when the screen is locked
[ ] Disable KeepingYouAwake when the screen is locked AND on battery power

[newmarcel]

That's interesting to read. For me personally it's actually the opposite: I throw my mouse into a screen corner to activate the screen saver (to lock my Mac) when I leave my desk. When I return I can simply unlock the machine without waiting.

So I can consider adding a nicely explained preference toggle to make this feature available. But first I have to research the correct system API for "lock" events to see if this is possible.

[nijave]

That's interesting to read. For me personally it's actually the opposite: I throw my mouse into a screen corner to activate the screen saver (to lock my Mac) when I leave my desk. When I return I can simply unlock the machine without waiting.

So I can consider adding a nicely explained preference toggle to make this feature available. But first I have to research the correct system API for "lock" events to see if this is possible.

That's what I would want when plugged in but sleep when on battery (using my Mac is plugged in)

[renarsvilnis]

Highly want this feature, find it a bit annoying to disable at nights and enable it in the mornings, so all monitors aren't on.

[Atcold]

Sometimes, the Mac turns on at night (and brightens my room) but after a few seconds it turn back to sleep. If KeepingYouAwake is enable, it will never go back to sleep, and then it's me who wake up and has to press the Esc key.
Can we please disable this plugin when the screen is locked? Thanks.

[rnewman-stripe]

I was also used to this behavior with both Caffeine and Amphetamine: I want my screens to stay lit while unlocked, and to turn off while the machine is locked.

Any news on this issue, or anything we can do as users to help it happen?

[abjugard]

Since Caffeine is an AMD64 app and is no longer maintained I'm switching to KeepingYouAwake on my Apple Silicon machines, and I'm sure this will be true for many.

This feature is default in Caffeine.app and really should be in KeepingYouAwake as well for environmental reasons (there's pretty much zero benefit of the lock screen being displayed indefinitely right? It just wastes power).

@newmarcel What's the status on implementing this feature?

[lambdan]

Just +1'ing this. I'd like to be able to lock my Mac and have my screens go off when doing so.