About the Release Notes
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The latest release of Time Out is version 1.6.3.
Time Out 1.6.3
(Release 1030): released 2011-11-11; requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later; Universal Binary; Lion-ready
- Idle detection didn't work for a few people, so now tries a different approach if the idle interval appears invalid (let us know if it doesn't work for you!).
Time Out 1.6.2
(Release 1028): released 2011-09-29; requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later; Universal Binary; Lion-ready
- The break timers are now reset when idle for the specified interval, even while still idle (it used to only reset when no longer idle).
- Breaks can now occur when idle, to avoid missing breaks when the computer is left alone for a few minutes, but less than the reset interval.
- Updated the Start Speech Automator workflow, and added a Speak Time script that does just that.
Time Out 1.6.1
(Release 1027): released 2011-08-30; requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later; Universal Binary; Lion-ready
- Fixed a bug that could prevent the breaks and/or menu items from working properly for some people.
Time Out 1.6
(Release 1026): released 2011-08-29; requires Mac OS X 10.5 or later; Universal Binary; Lion-ready
- Added a new Exclusions preference page, which is only available on Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion). It enables you to automatically skip breaks if specified applications are frontmost, e.g. DVD Player, FaceTime, or similar.
- Added a sub-menu on the Pause Breaks command in the Break menu, to enable pausing for a specified interval. When that interval has elapsed, breaks will automatically resume. Useful when you don't want to be interrupted for a while.
- On first launch (or first in a while), Time Out now displays the Preferences window, to make it more obvious how to configure the breaks.
- Added a Licenses window in the standard edition, so people who have donated for version 2 can enter their license now. Time Out 1 remains freeware; you're welcome to continue using it forever at no cost.
- Moved the break display into a helper agent, so it works for Lion's full-screen apps.
- Plus other fixes for Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) compatibility.
- The standard edition of Time Out now requires a minimum of Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).
- Many other behind-the-scenes improvements made possible by dropping Tiger support.
- Note: this version (and any 1.6.x bug fix releases) will be the last to support PowerPC (PPC) and Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6 (Leopard and Snow Leopard). Version 2.0 will require a 64-bit Intel-based Mac and Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) or later.
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