MagSleep: The tiny Mac app that lets you turn off your MagSafe charging LED

For anyone who keeps a MacBook charger in the bedroom, the tiny orange/green MagSafe LED can feel surprisingly bright. MagSleep is a new macOS menu bar utility built to solve exactly that one annoyance. Once installed, it gives you three modes: Sleep Mode, which turns off the LED only while your Mac is sleeping; Always Off, which keeps the light disabled at all times; and Disabled, which hands control back to macOS so the LED behaves as usual.

Unlike broader battery tools such as AlDente Pro, MagSleep focuses solely on LED control—no charge limits, no background daemons tweaking system power settings. The developer highlights that the app is open source, free forever under the MIT license, under 20 MB in size, and ships without telemetry or hidden services. There’s also a built‑in “full uninstall” option that removes all traces if you decide to stop using it. For macOS users who obsess over small UX details—or simply want a completely dark room at night—MagSleep is a neat example of a single‑purpose utility done well.