There ’s been a lot of fuss late over the best way to stay healthy for those who sit down in front of a desk all day . While some of my colleagues have pick out to go the whole nine yards and adopt a standing or even walking desk , not all of us desire — or can afford — such a major adjustment in our workflow . luckily , there are still hefty option for the deskbound doer , such as excitedpixel’sBreakTime .
While standing may be a good option for keep open you healthy during your work day , the chief thing is to stay active and move around . BreakTime aid remind you to get up regularly ; at a specified musical interval , the app pops up a dialog boxful remind you to get up and move around , again for an amount of prison term that you define . In that , it ’s not much different from many of its competitors , likeDejal ’s Time Out , orTinybird ’s Break Reminder – Harmony .
BreakTime is largely unnoticeable — by default , it sits in your dock , but you could also choose to have it only exhibit in your carte bar , or run it in a “ faceless ” mode where it does n’t show up until it ’s time to take a shift . If you leave the menu bar ikon seeable , you may quickly come home on it to see how much clock time remains before your next break — which you may readjust using a slider — or sky the program on or off . If you frequently abuse aside from your computeranyway , BreakTime has an option to allow you mechanically reschedule your next break for when activeness is detect again .
When it ’s time for you to get up , BreakTime dims the screen and presents you with a dialogue box that calculate down the time remaining in your respite . If you ’re correct in the midriff of something crucial , you could delay for one , five , or 15 minutes ( or just click Done to dismiss the current rift altogether , and reset the break timer ) . However , if you ’re the kind of person who make out that they ’ll be all too tempted to skip your time out , you’re able to have BreakTime impose the interruption by prevent you from clicking Done or switching away from the app before your prison term is up .
Using BreakTime for a few day — configure with a two - minute break every 25 minutes — has win over me that take a reprieve is a good thing , and not nearly as much of a break as I would have thought . ( I do confess , however , that while I get up and move around , I do n’t take as much of a open frame from the filmdom , rather using the chance to wander around and check things on my iPhone . ) And at least I can console myself with the noesis that I’ll — hopefully — live a longer , happier life .
Now , if you ’ll excuse me , it ’s clip for my break .
BreakTime ask Mac OS X 10.6 or subsequently , and currently costs $ 3 from the Mac App Store . A limited tribulation is available from excitedpixel ’s site .
