TapNoiseBreak buddy
Tappy reminds you to take a break.
After a long stretch of typing, Tappy suggests a stretch. Type much harder than usual for a while, and it asks you to go easy on your hands.
Break buddy counts work by your keys and clicks. Five quiet minutes count as a break and start a new stretch. When you’ve worked for the time you chose without one, Tappy shows a stretch nudge and plays a gentle chime.
Click Tappy to dismiss the nudge. If you keep working, it comes back ten minutes later.
The typing nudge learns how hard you usually type. When you’re hitting much harder than that for a while, Tappy asks you to go easy on your hands. It nudges at most once every 30 minutes.
Stretch reminders
Choose 30, 50 or 90 minutes of work before the nudge.
Five minutes off counts
Step away for five quiet minutes and the count starts again.
Type-softer nudge
A gentle reminder when you’re hitting the keys much harder than usual.
Dismiss with a click
Click Tappy. It returns ten minutes later if you keep working.
Turn it on.
Settings › General › Break buddy
- Click the keycap in the menu bar, then Settings.
- Under Break buddy, turn on Remind me to take breaks. It’s on by default.
- Choose Remind me after: 30 minutes, 50 minutes or 90 minutes.
- Turn on Tell me when I type hard, if your Mac has a motion sensor.
Options.
- Remind me to take breaks
Tappy suggests a stretch after a long stretch of work.
Default: On- Remind me after
Choose 30, 50 or 90 minutes.
Default: 50 minutes- Tell me when I type hard
A nudge to go easy on your hands. Needs a motion sensor.
Default: On
Limits.
- The nudge appears on Tappy, so turn on Tappy on screen to see it. The stretch chime plays with your other sounds.
- The typing nudge needs a motion sensor: a MacBook Pro with M1 Pro or M1 Max and later, or a MacBook Air with M2 and later.
- Break buddy only works while TapNoise is unlocked.
Questions.
How does it know I’m typing hard?
It measures how hard each key lands through the motion sensor, and compares it with how hard you usually type. It never reads your letters.
Does the count reset when I step away?
Yes. Five quiet minutes count as a break and start a new stretch.
Related.
- TappyA keycap on your desktop that presses with every key, changes mood and wears hats as you level up.
- Typing statsYour words per minute live under Tappy, plus your best speeds, a week of averages, streaks and a card to share.
- Keyboard soundsTwenty keyboard sounds, one for every key, with your favourites pinned to the menu bar.
Every key, a little joy.
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