Simulate presence with unmatched precision

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Yes — that's what it's built for. It moves your cursor just enough that macOS never goes idle, so your status stays green instead of flipping to Away. Users report it working across Teams, Slack and Discord.

It moves the cursor the way a person would, and it is not a background process pretending to be something else. But no honest answer here is a guarantee: monitoring software varies, and if your workplace prohibits this kind of tool, that's between you and your employer.

It runs on modern macOS releases on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs, and is signed and notarized by Apple.

Yes. Because the cursor keeps moving, macOS treats the machine as in use, so it doesn't sleep or trigger the lock screen while Mouse Shaker is running.

No. You toggle it with a global shortcut, and there's a session timer so it stops on its own. Battery awareness keeps it from running down a laptop unattended.

No. It needs control of the cursor, which App Store sandbox rules don't permit, so it's distributed directly from clemstation.com. It is notarized by Apple.

In order to simulate clicks, scrolling and move the cursor on your behalf, you need to give the app the accessibility permissions. Go to System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> Privacy -> Accessibility -> Check Mouse Shaker app.

In order for the click to work, you need to make sure to give the app the accessibility privileges. Please, see question above for how to do that.

From the menu, make sure you enable the Move option:

Without the Move option enabled, Mouse Shaker still simulates activity and it might be enough. But some messaging apps monitor whether the cursor has actually moved.

Also, ensure that the selected frequency is below 5 minutes, just to confirm that everything works:

In order for scrolling or switching to different tabs to work, you need to make sure to give the app the accessibility privileges. Please, see question above for how to do that.

You'll need to delete the app from the Accessibility permission list and add it again, here's how to do it:
Go to System Settings -> Accessbility -> Select Mouse Shaker and click on the [-] button to remove it.
Then drag and drop the Mouse Shaker application from the Applications folder in that list and ensure the toggle is switched on.

By default, the app keeps you active on messaging apps and prevents your computer from going to sleep by regularly telling the system that you're active. However, some messaging apps go a step further and check for actual cursor movement to determine whether you're active or away. Additionally, if your computer usage is being monitored, you may want to simulate more realistic activity — like scrolling, switching tabs, or clicking. That's exactly what these modes are for.

During each Shake cycle, the app will simulate scrolling. For best results, make sure to keep an app that supports scrolling — like a browser or code editor — in the foreground. The scrolling behavior is dynamically generated to mimic natural human movement, with subtle variations that make it less obvious it's automated. You can also enable an option in the settings to switch tabs automatically when Scroll mode is active.

If you enable tab switching in the settings, every 30 to 60s, Mouse Shaker will send the "next tab" or "previous tab" key combination (CMD + SHIFT + ]/[). You have the option to switch tab in order and always go to the next tab, switch back and forth between the current tab and the next one or switch to a random tab.

Click occurs wherever the cursor was left at or at a defined location. Go to Preferences to configure it your way.

Yes. The app will only simulate activity if it detects inactivity.

Default is every 30s but you can change the frequency in the Preferences.

The Zen mode is now the default mode when you don't enable any of the other options from the menu (Click, Scroll, Move).

Check out our blog post for more info.

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Compatible with macOS 10.13 (High Sierra) through macOS 26.0 (Tahoe).