Move

A tiny macOS menu bar timer that reminds you to stand up and move.

Every 90 minutes (or whatever you choose) Move plays a short sound and shows a notification. Ten minutes before, it sends a heads up so you can wrap up what you're doing.

Features

• Lives in the menu bar with a live countdown. No Dock icon, no windows.
• Warning notification before each break ("Move in 10 min"), with a soft sound.
• Shows "Notifications are off" in the panel, with a Fix button, if macOS blocks them.
• Five alarm sounds: Ding, Beep, Tink, Chime, Sonar. Preview each one.
• Ring 1, 2 or 3 times, with adjustable volume.
• Click the countdown to set the time left (0:19, 19, 19m, 1h5m).
• Pause, reset, or move now.
• If your Mac sleeps past a break, the timer starts fresh instead of ringing late.
• Launch at login.
• One Swift file, no dependencies.

Requirements

• macOS 14 or later, Apple silicon
• Xcode or the Xcode Command Line Tools (xcode-select --install)

Install

git clone https://github.com/richkapp/move.git
cd move
./build.sh

This builds Move.app, installs it to ~/Applications and launches it. Allow notifications when macOS asks, otherwise you won't see the warning.

Settings

Click the walking figure in the menu bar:

Setting	Default
Interval	90 min (5 to 240)
Warning	10 min before (0 turns it off)
Sound	Ding
Rings	2×
Soft sound on warning	On
Countdown in menu bar	On
Launch at login	Off

Settings are saved between launches.

Files

• Move.swift: the whole app
• make-icon.swift: draws the app icon
• build.sh: builds, signs (ad hoc) and installs

License

MIT