Keep your status green, the smart way.
Short, honest answers and comparisons.
Keep Microsoft Teams green on Mac (without a mouse jiggler)
Microsoft Teams flips you to Away after about 5 minutes idle. Here is why keep-awake apps like Amphetamine do not fix it, and how to actually stay green on a Mac.
Amphetamine and Caffeine will not keep Teams or Slack active (here is the fix)
Keep-awake apps prevent your Mac from sleeping, not from going idle - and that is exactly why Teams and Slack still flip you to Away even when Amphetamine is running.
Mouse jiggler alternative for Mac (invisible, no dongle)
Physical mouse jigglers and cursor-moving apps keep your screen on, but Stay Green is a smarter software alternative that stays invisible, auto-pauses, and actually keeps your chat status green.
Keep Slack green and active on Mac
Slack marks you away when your computer goes idle or the screen locks - and keep-awake apps like Amphetamine do not fix that. Here is what actually keeps your Slack status green on a Mac.
Stay Green vs mouse jigglers, keep-awake apps and cloud tools
A plain comparison of the three things people try when they want to stay active in Teams and Slack - and where each one falls short.
Why does Teams say I'm Away when I'm working?
Microsoft Teams marks you Away after about five minutes without input, or as soon as your computer locks. Here is how Teams decides, and every honest fix, free ones first.
Slack shows you inactive after 10 minutes: how to fix it
Slack sets you to Away after 10 minutes without desktop activity, and you cannot pin yourself as Active. Here is how Slack decides, and the honest fixes, free ones first.
Are mouse jigglers detectable? An honest answer
Yes, often. Employee monitoring tools look for repetitive cursor patterns, unknown USB devices and background apps. Here is how detection works, what happened at Wells Fargo, and why no keep-active tool should promise it will go unnoticed.
Zoom shows you as Away: how to stay Available
Zoom switches your status to Away when your device looks inactive. Here is how it decides, the built-in setting that changes the timer, and the other honest fixes, free ones first.
Teams shows Away or Offline when your Mac locks or sleeps: what to do
Teams marks you Away the moment your computer locks and Offline when it sleeps. Here is exactly what each state means on a Mac, which settings change it, and the honest fixes, free ones first.
Stay Green vs Slack Green: an honest comparison
Slack Green keeps Slack active from its own servers using your Slack session. Stay Green resets your Mac's idle timer locally and covers Teams, Slack, Zoom and Discord. Here is how each works, what each costs, and who should pick which.
Is Stay Green safe to use at work?
What Stay Green does on your Mac, what leaves the device, what IT and admin tools can generally see, and why the honest answer to "will I get caught keeping Teams green" starts with your workplace policy.
Keep Microsoft Teams green on Windows (without a mouse jiggler)
Teams on Windows flips you to Away after about five minutes without input. Here is why PowerToys Awake and power settings do not fix it, the free options worth trying first, and how to stay green on Windows 10 and 11.
Teams goes Away after 5 minutes on Windows: why and how to fix it
Microsoft Teams on Windows switches you to Away after about five minutes without input, and instantly when your PC locks. Here are the three triggers, what Windows settings can and cannot change, and the honest fixes.
Mouse jiggler alternative for Windows (Move Mouse, PowerToys Awake, Caffeine compared)
An honest comparison of the ways to keep Windows from going idle, and which ones actually keep Teams and Slack green - Move Mouse, PowerToys Awake, Caffeine, USB jigglers and Stay Green.
Keep Slack active on Windows (stop the 10-minute Away)
Slack on Windows marks you Away after 10 minutes without activity, and "Set yourself as active" does not pin you there. Here is how Slack decides, the free fixes, and how to keep Slack active on Windows 10 and 11.