Announcing an update to my popular (and free!) break reminder tool, Time Out.

Version 1.5.4 has the following changes:

• Replaced the use of an undocumented routine to check the idle time with an approved one, to fix compatibility with the upcoming Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) operating system.
• Updated the bundled Adium scripts to support the current versions of the Adium instant messaging client, thanks to Nic Munroe. Note: if you used a previous version of Time Out, the scripts won't be replaced, in case you've customized them. You can download the updated scripts from the Time Out Extras site.
• Fixed an issue with the Preferences window, where edits might not be saved when quitting with the window still open (specifically when an edit is still active).
• Removed the old crash reporter, since it doesn't support Leopard crash logs.
• Now requires a minimum of Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger).

If you are still using Panther (or, horrors, earlier), you should skip this update until you get around to upgrading your OS. The minimum requirement change was necessary for the Snow Leopard fix (and is a general policy for all updates now anyway).

I haven't actually tested Time Out under Snow Leopard — I don't have that installed yet. But I heard from an Apple guy that the previous version didn't work with that OS, and that this was the reason. So I'm confident that this update will fix this (if you use a Snow Leopard seed, please let me know).

Download Time Out now... did I mention it's completely free?!

(Though I do encourage donations... and everyone who donates before Time Out 2 is released will get a license for that at no further cost. Unfortunately, version 2 is still several months away....)