Solutions for Running Agents on Macs: Prevent Sleep and Cloud Fleet Management
tedddyoweh · x · 2026-08-24
The post discusses two approaches to keeping AI agents running on Mac hardware.
- Local No-Sleep Script: A wrapper around macOS's native caffeinate command keeps the laptop awake and connected to a hotspot even when the lid is closed, preventing agent shutdown.
- Herds (Cloud Mac Fleet): A platform that turns owned Macs (Mac mini, Studio) into programmable cloud runtimes. It allows agents or CLI commands to drive real Macs remotely, supporting native macOS environments like Xcode and Safari for autonomous iOS build, test, and TestFlight deployment workflows.
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