Install and set up SleepFade
Download SleepFade, open it, and set your sleep hours in about a minute.
Install
- Download SleepFade and open the zip file.
- Drag SleepFade.app into your Applications folder.
- Open SleepFade from Applications. A moon icon appears in the menu bar at the top of your screen. SleepFade has no Dock icon.
Early test builds only: test builds aren’t notarized by Apple yet. If you have one, open Terminal, paste
xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/SleepFade.app, and press Return before opening it. Without this, SleepFade can’t see what’s playing. Release builds won’t need this step.
First launch
SleepFade asks whether to open at login. Choose Open at Login so it’s always ready at bedtime. You can change this later in Settings.
Set your sleep hours
Click the moon icon, then set Sleep time, for example 10:00 PM to 7:00 AM. SleepFade only fades during these hours. Outside them it does nothing.
That’s it. Play something in bed, and SleepFade takes care of the ending.
Try it
Open Settings (the gear in the moon menu) and choose Try a Test Fade. The volume fades over 10 seconds, then comes back.
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