The Mac App Is Your Runner

The Amp app for macOS now starts a runner for you. You no longer need amp --no-tui open in a terminal to run threads on your Mac.

The Runner tab in the Amp app's settings on macOS. Use This Mac as a Runner is switched on, the status says Running with 3 folders and 2 threads, the runner name is hamishs-macbook-pro, Keep This Mac Awake is switched on, and the Folders list shows amp, sandcastle, and marketing-site.

Open App Settings… (⌘⇧,), go to Runner, and click + to add a folder or one of your projects. Start a thread and your Mac is right there in the picker, marked This Mac. You can also pick it when you start a thread from ampcode.com, your phone, or Puck.

The new thread composer in the Amp app with the prompt Make amp an iPhone Duo app and the ultra mode. The runner picker is open, and hamishs-macbook-pro is selected with a This Mac capsule and a MacBook icon. Below it is hamishs-dgx-spark, another runner, with no capsule.

No More Sleeping on the Job

Keep This Mac Awake stops your Mac from going to sleep while the runner is on and the Mac is plugged in, so you can still start threads on it after you walk away. The screen still turns off and locks. On battery, or when you close the lid, your Mac sleeps as usual.