Fold for macOS
Your Mac keeps working with the lid closed. Locked until you return.
It’s 11:58 PM.
The lid is closed.
Your Mac is still working.
How it works
Turn it on. Open Fold from the menu bar and flip one switch.
Close the lid. You can leave while your Mac stays locked.
Come back. Pick up exactly where you left off.
Turn on Fold before your next long job.
Free to use · Pro is $5 once · macOS 15+
You watched the progress bar with the lid open.
An hour asleep could waste the job.
The hours
Fold won’t make the job faster. It lets you leave.
Your tests keep running while you take 40 minutes outside.
Your locked Mac saves every change while you’re on the road.
Your Mac works on in your bag, with no desk and no charger.
Your agent finishes the job while you make coffee.
Your 240-frame render is done when you come back.
One switch, and you can walk away.
Free to use · Pro is $5 once · macOS 15+
Why Fold
They only work with the lid open. Fold keeps your Mac working after you close it.
A monitor, charger and keyboard can do it. Fold needs none of them.
It stays changed until you undo it. Fold puts it back by itself.
Security
Close the lid and it locks. Touch ID or your password unlocks it.
Fold warns you, then stops before the battery gets too low.
No account to create. You can start without setup.
Fail-safe
Fold repeats the stay-awake message every five seconds. Quit Fold and it stops.
Close the lid. Fold finishes the job before you return.
Free to use · Pro is $5 once · macOS 15+
You come back. Your Mac asks you to unlock it.
Touch ID. Everything’s done.
FAQ
Your work draws power. Fold barely does and stops before the battery runs low.
Fold blocks lid sleep and idle sleep while it’s on, and macOS’s own heat protection still works. A closed Mac in a bag has nowhere to put its heat, so Pro adds limits of its own. If macOS reports the Mac is critically hot and no screen is lit, Fold stops within seconds. Short of that, it stops once it has held your Mac closed and unplugged for a couple of hours. It never cuts a session on a Mac you’re looking at — letting go wouldn’t cool it anyway. Plug in and it picks up where it left off.
No. Turn Fold on when needed. Otherwise, your Mac sleeps normally.
Fold sends anonymous usage data, and your name and email if you enter them at setup — both optional, with a skip. It never sends your files or your work. One switch in Settings turns all of it off.
Fold is free to use. Pro adds the security layer for $5, paid once — not a subscription.
Yes. Pro runs free for 48 hours, and the clock starts when you turn it on rather than when you install. No account, no card.
A menu bar app · Free to use · Pro is $5 once · macOS 15+