Lifeline 1.7: Lock in your breaks with Committed Mode

Lifeline 1.7 is now available in the macOS App Store. Here’s what’s new.

Committed Mode

Ever find yourself deep in a coding session or writing flow, skipping break after break until you’re running on fumes? Committed Mode is here to fix that. Turn it on, and Lifeline will enforce your breaks. When your session ends, the break starts. No skipping, no putting it off.

It’s calendar-aware too. If a meeting is coming up, your break adjusts automatically so you don’t find yourself locked in a break when you should be joining a call.

You’ll find the option to turn on Committed Mode in the session launch panel.

Custom emoji colors

You could already pick your own colors for sessions, meetings, exercise, and sleep. Now you can also assign a color to each emoji label. Use a specific emoji for deep work? Give it its own color and see it light up in your Lifeline.

Head to Preferences > Appearance to set your colors.

Other improvements

This release also brings a handful of smaller improvements: closing your MacBook lid now correctly triggers idle, the session and meeting panels have been widened and polished, and we’ve fixed a pile of bugs that had been hanging around since 1.6.

We’d love to hear how these new features are working for you! Send an email or find us on X and let us know your thoughts, ideas, or any questions.

Try the latest version of Lifeline now from the macOS App Store.