Lifeline 1.10 is live in the App Store. This release is about stepping away from work without losing anything along the way: a proper vacation mode for when you are off the clock, and automatic backups that keep your history safe.

Take real time off with Vacation mode

You can set a stop time for the end of a workday, but what about the days you are not working at all? Until now, Lifeline kept tracking right through your holidays, and coming back to a week of half-logged activity was a strange way to end a trip.

Vacation mode is here to fix that. Tell Lifeline the dates you are away, and while you are off it greets you with a calm full-screen rest screen instead of tracking your day. It shows which day of your vacation you are on, with a quote to mark the moment, and when you return it offers a gentle look back at the time you took off.

It is a greeting rather than a hard lock. If you do need to get to your computer, one click on "Use my computer" takes you straight through. The idea is a small reminder that you chose to step away, not a barrier that fights you.

You will find Vacation mode under Preferences > Rest, alongside Sign Off and your break settings.

Your history, backed up automatically

Your activity history is one of the most useful things Lifeline gives you, a real record of how your days actually go. But it has always lived in a single place on your Mac, and one disk problem or a clumsy reinstall could wipe it out.

1.10 adds automatic backups. Point Lifeline at any folder, choose daily or weekly, and it quietly saves a copy of your activity data on that schedule, keeping the last fourteen so you can roll back if you need to. There is a "Back Up Now" button for an immediate copy, and restoring uses the same File > Import you already know.

You will find the backup settings under Preferences > Account.

Faster session naming

If you name your sessions, you probably reuse the same handful of labels week after week. As you type, Lifeline now shows a live list of your most-used labels, ranked across your whole history rather than just the last month, so the name you want is usually one keystroke and a tap away.

A cleaner Preferences window

Preferences had grown to eleven sections in the sidebar, and finding the right one had become a hunt. This release rebuilds the window and groups related settings together, bringing the sidebar down to eight. Everything is still there, just easier to find.

Smaller fixes

A few more improvements in this release:

• Phone notifications wait a beat. The break-end notification to your phone now holds for thirty seconds, so sitting back down at your desk dismisses it before your pocket buzzes.
• Sign Off respects meetings that run long. If a Lifeline meeting runs past your stop time, the post-meeting grace period now applies correctly, even after a restart.
• Steadier purchases, calendars, and editing. This release fixes a stuck Buy Pro button, several calendar threading issues, and a handful of crashes around clearing history and editing activities.

How to update

Lifeline 1.10 is a free update. Update from the Mac App Store, or grab a fresh copy at the App Store listing.

We would love to hear how Vacation mode works for your next trip. Send an email or find us on LinkedIn, and let us know your thoughts, ideas, or any questions.

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