# Shake It On

## Short description (one line, 160 chars)

A tiny menu bar app that keeps your Mac awake with natural, organic mouse motion. Fools monitoring software, keeps Slack and Teams green, stops sleep.

## Medium description (one paragraph)

Shake It On is a macOS menu bar utility that prevents your Mac from sleeping by moving the cursor along a natural, layered sine wave. Unlike system-level caffeination tools, Shake It On generates real input events, which means apps that track user presence (Slack, Teams, Zoom, remote-desktop clients) continue to see you as active. Smart conditions let it run only when needed: when audio is playing, when a specific app is running, when CPU is busy, or on a schedule. Priced at $9.99 one-time, no subscription, macOS 14 and later.

## Long description (three paragraphs)

Shake It On is a native macOS menu bar app from Great Work. It keeps your Mac awake by moving the cursor in small, organic sine-wave motions that look like real micro-movements from a hand on the mouse. Because it generates actual input events rather than OS-level sleep assertions, it keeps presence indicators green in apps like Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom, and holds open remote-desktop sessions that system caffeination tools can't touch.

The app is built around "only shake when" and "pause when" conditions. You can set it to run only while audio is playing, while an external display is connected, while a specific app is in focus, or on a schedule with time range and day-of-week selection. Safety guards pause it automatically when the screen locks, when Focus or Do Not Disturb is on, when the camera is in use, or when the Mac is on battery.

Shake It On ships as a notarized, Developer ID signed DMG. It uses Sparkle for automatic updates, launches at login via SMAppService, and takes up no dock space. It's a one-time $9.99 purchase with no subscription, no tiers, no upsells. Made by Great Work, a small indie studio based in Delaware.

## Product facts

- **Name:** Shake It On
- **Category:** macOS utility, menu bar app
- **Developer:** Great Work
- **Price:** $9.99 USD, one-time purchase
- **Platforms:** macOS 14 Sonoma and later (Apple Silicon + Intel)
- **Current version:** 1.0.3, released April 12, 2026
- **Website:** https://shakeiton.app
- **Support:** hello@greatwork.company
- **Launch date:** April 6, 2026 (1.0.1 public release)

## Press contact

- **Email:** hello@greatwork.company
- **Developer:** Great Work (Delaware LLC)
- **Website:** https://greatwork.company