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BreakTime reminds you to take breaks from your work.
Every day, most of us spend a lot of time sitting in front of a computer. Sadly, that probably means you're at a higher risk for an earlier death. That's why you need BreakTime.
Let BreakTime remind you to take regular breaks to stand up, stretch and get away from your computer.
Features:
Every day, most of us spend a lot of time sitting in front of a computer. Sadly, that probably means you're at a higher risk for an earlier death. That's why you need BreakTime.
Let BreakTime remind you to take regular breaks to stand up, stretch and get away from your computer.
Features:
- Clean, simple and attractive interface.
- Set the length and time between breaks.
- Easily postpone breaks if you're in the middle of something important.
- Get guaranteed breaks by enforcement.
- Uses no CPU or
What's New
Version 2.1.3:
- Fixed a memory issue that was rarely encountered
- Added version number to preference pane
Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later
BreakTime User Discussion (Write a Review)
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| Downloads:1,431 |
| Version Downloads:477 |
| Type:Home & Personal : Health & Fitness |
| License:Demo |
| Date:09 Jan 2012 |
| Platform:Intel |
| Price: $4.99 |
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BreakTime reminds you to take breaks from your work.
Every day, most of us spend a lot of time sitting in front of a computer. Sadly, that probably means you're at a higher risk for an earlier death. That's why you need BreakTime.
Let BreakTime remind you to take regular breaks to stand up, stretch and get away from your computer.
Features:
Every day, most of us spend a lot of time sitting in front of a computer. Sadly, that probably means you're at a higher risk for an earlier death. That's why you need BreakTime.
Let BreakTime remind you to take regular breaks to stand up, stretch and get away from your computer.
Features:
- Clean, simple and attractive interface.
- Set the length and time between breaks.
- Easily postpone breaks if you're in the middle of something important.
- Get guaranteed breaks by enforcement.
- Uses no CPU or memory when not showing a break.
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kpublik reviewed on 14 Dec 2011
Now that the memory problem is corrected, I'm happy to say that this is an excellent application. It delivers a great mix of functionality, ease of use, and aesthetics. It has one purpose and it serves it well; Timed breaks.
Personally, I'm using it to remind me to "take five" after every hour sitting in front of the computer. Just a five minute break every hour is making a significant difference to the way I feel while working. Prior to "Break Time", I could spend 10 hours in my chair, maybe getting up only once during that time.
The program itself is unobtrusive and has some nice touches that are missing from others in this category, such as: menu icon changes subtlety to let you know how much time before your next break, screen fade/lockout works across spaces, time remaining before next break can be adjusted on the fly, optional inactivity detection, plus others.
Finally, the author is a developer from a very well respected Mac application development company. I don't know if they know about this product venture, so I won't mention the company name, but it certainly made me feel confident in his abilities.
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I've been using the trial for 2 hours and it's chewed-up almost 70MB of real memory. Seems like a lot for such a simple app. It must be leaking memory. When first launched, it uses just under 9MB.
I think it's a great app and was just about to buy it, but not if its going to suck-up so many resources.
I'm using OSX 10.6.8.
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Fortunately, it never uses any more than that. However, to me, this amount of memory use for a simply utility is unacceptable. Furthermore, I have a free timer app that is essentially the same in how it fades the screen, etc., and it never uses more than 12MB of memory. I would buy Break Time if this memory usage issue is resolved.
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I'm very happy with both this product and the level of customer service.