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Time Out - Break Reminders for macOS
Schedule regular screen breaks on your Mac with Time Out. Adjust Normal and Micro reminders, account for time away, and postpone interruptions with rules.
Version 3.1 · Direct publisher file
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What is Time Out - Break Reminders?
Time Out is a Mac break reminder for people who lose track of time while working at a screen. It starts with longer Normal breaks and short Micro breaks, with adjustable duration and frequency. You can add your own break types and let time away from the Mac count toward a natural break instead of receiving another reminder immediately after returning.
Rules can postpone or skip breaks around particular apps, calendar events, Focus, or fullscreen work. Themes change what appears during a break, while optional actions can play sounds or run scripts before, during, or after it. Use the menu bar to start a break, pause reminders, or change when the next one is due.
This entry links to the publisher-hosted ZIP for the direct edition of version 3.1, which requires macOS 26.0 or later. Dejal separately lists version 2.9.7 for macOS 10.15 or later; that is not the package linked here. Core features remain free, but supporter and premium features have trials and require a purchase for continued use. The direct edition offers non-renewing Supporter and Lifetime purchases; recurring Premium subscriptions are an option in the Mac App Store edition, not this direct download.
What it offers
- Customize the duration and frequency of Normal, Micro, and additional breaks.
- Recognize time away from the Mac as a natural break and adjust reminders.
- Use rules to postpone or skip breaks around apps, calendar events, Focus, or fullscreen work.
- Choose break themes and configure sounds or scripts as break actions.
- Start, postpone, skip, or reschedule breaks from the menu bar.
Good to know
- Version 3.1 requires macOS 26.0 or later; the separate older 2.9.7 release is not the download linked here.
- Some advanced features require a Supporter or Lifetime purchase after their trial; free core features do not unlock everything.
- Recurring Premium subscriptions are available only in the Mac App Store edition, not the direct edition linked here.
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References used for this listing. Retrieval dates do not indicate hands-on testing.
- Dejal - Time Out ↗Retrieved
- Dejal - Time Out - Release Notes ↗Retrieved
- Homebrew cask API - Time Out package metadata ↗Retrieved
- Dejal - Time Out - Media ↗Retrieved
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