Fermata 0.3.0

Features

• How It Works: a short guide to how Fermata works, available from the menu and shown automatically on first install.
• Long break reward: an animation now celebrates earning a long break. If the window is hidden, it waits until you reopen it.
• Long break progress in the logo: the logo at the top changes from a fermata to a quarter, half, then whole rest as you get closer. The Break button now always stays a fermata.
• New default timing: new installs and the Use Pomodoro Ratio button now give a 20-minute long break every 100 minutes, with the same 5:1 ratio. Existing settings aren't changed; click Use Pomodoro Ratio to switch.

Fixes

• Window on launch: Fermata now comes to the front when you launch it, instead of sometimes staying hidden or behind other windows. Opening it while it's already running in the menu bar now shows the window too.
• Changing the ratio mid-session: clearing the ratio field or entering 0 no longer breaks the balance with Infinity:NaN:NaN. A new ratio applies from that point on, and break time you've already earned is kept. Balances already affected reset to 0.
• Long break settings: invalid values in the Long Break fields are now ignored.
• Version in update messages: Check for Updates now tells you which version you're on.

Fermata 0.2.0

Features

• Added an updater so new users can update to newer versions from the app.

Fermata 0.1.1

Changes

• Added Homebrew installation:

brew install --cask matthew-fernando/tap/fermata

• Fixed issue that the timer would pause when window was unhidden.

Fermata 0.1.0

The first release of Fermata, a menu bar break timer. Work earns break time, and longer sessions build toward a long break.

Features

• Lives in the menu bar: no Dock icon, and closing the window keeps it running
• Earn 1 minute of break for every few minutes of work (adjustable, with a Pomodoro preset)
• Long break bonus, shown as quarter, half and whole rests as you get closer
• Choose what the menu bar shows: break balance, current period, total session or long break %
• Light and dark mode, plus an optional always-on-top window
• Shortcuts: ⌘, Settings · ⌘W Close window · ⌘Q Quit

Install

1. Download Fermata_0.1.0_universal.dmg below. It works on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.
2. Open it and drag Fermata into Applications.
3. Open Fermata. macOS will warn that it can't verify the developer, because the app isn't notarized by Apple. Click Done.
4. Go to System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down, and click Open Anyway.

You only need to do this once.

If macOS says the app is "damaged", run this in Terminal, then open it again:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Fermata.app