April 2023

I'm pleased to announce an update of Time Out, my popular break reminder tool.

This update includes some nice fixes and tweaks:

• Now uses more modern ways to start the break helper, the automatically start on login option, and access the System Settings.
• Fixed app icons not appearing in the Activity log for apps with display names that don't match their filename.
• Fixed a break sometimes stopping too early when using the Ask When to Start option.
• Fixed a break not being rescheduled past midnight when a natural break occurs.
• Added themes for the Sinclair Trails blog and YouTube channel, and…

I’m pleased to announce the general release of an update of my website and server monitoring app for macOS: Simon version 5.1.1.

This update includes just a few — but important — fixes:

• If not signed in to iCloud, Simon now doesn't offer syncing, with a message explaining that, instead of assuming it's available and sometimes crashing.
• Fixed a crash when dragging to reorder filters, notifiers, and reports in the test editor.
• When loading the default data when first using the app, the services, filters, and notifiers are now organized into groups (this was previously only done when updating the…