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What each release added.

Small, careful updates to a quiet app. Download the latest.

alpha-3

Latest
  • A failed update no longer deletes Mandala. The installer now stops at the first error instead of removing the installed app and then failing to replace it.
  • Tapping a “break held while you're on a call” banner to dismiss it no longer starts the break it was telling you had been held.
  • A Mac left awake overnight no longer takes the screen seconds into the next workday, claiming sixteen hours without a break.
  • A long break now always ends: it has a fifteen-minute ceiling, and going to sleep during one closes it instead of logging the whole night as a break taken.
  • The menu bar icon can repair itself again after a display wake, so it can no longer vanish until you relaunch.
  • During the offline license lock, the countdown and menu no longer promise breaks that will not come.
  • A rate-limited license check no longer deactivates a valid license.
  • Snoozing from the notification no longer freezes the break timer for the length of the snooze, and a fifteen-minute snooze on a planned break no longer lasts ten seconds.
  • Recording a keyboard shortcut and closing Settings without typing no longer swallows keystrokes — including Escape on the break screen.
  • The screensaver's Options… button no longer offers settings it cannot save.
  • Removed the leftover development timer from the corner of the break screen.
  • Added “Reveal Log in Finder” to the menu, and the log now records why a break did not fire.
  • Putting the Mac to sleep during a break no longer counts against your streak as a break you skipped.

alpha-2

Release
  • Fixed the License menu item doing nothing — the license window opens again.
  • The “Check your email” card now closes on its own once you click the trial link — it no longer lingers after the trial has started.
  • With break cycles on, the overtime badge no longer nags right after an on-schedule eye break — it now waits until a full cycle has passed without a long break.

alpha-1

Release
  • A scheduled break held during a call no longer re-sounds its alert every few seconds, and the time you worked through the call is now credited in full.
  • Scheduled fixed-time breaks are no longer dropped: one held behind a call now runs when the call ends instead of being replaced by a short break or firing the instant you return from being away.
  • Fixed the break countdown jumping back to full time during a call: a break held while you're on a call now stays due and runs the moment the call ends.
  • Check for Updates now opens an About window that shows your version, downloads the update with a progress bar, and asks before restarting to install.
  • The long-break screen shows how long the mandala takes to draw, so pacing can be tuned.
  • Updates install themselves: Check for Updates now downloads the new version, replaces the app, and relaunches — no manual drag.
  • Mandala checks for updates on launch and once a day, and only speaks up when something new is ready.
  • Breaks are scheduled off active time — the work clock pauses while you're away and resumes when you're back, with an undo if it resets.
  • 20-20-20 eye breaks rotate through varied, prompt-specific cues instead of one fixed line.
  • Appearance follows your system light or dark theme, with an optional random style for each drawing.
  • Calmer long-break screen and a refreshed license window.

alpha-0

Release
  • Menu bar app with scheduled screen breaks and a hand-drawn mandala break screen.
  • Screensaver with the same self-drawing mandalas.
  • Smart pause during meetings, screen sharing, and fullscreen video.
  • Break log with streaks, plus a gallery of every mandala drawn for you.
  • Offline license activation with per-device slots.