Calm breaks, on every screen.

Intermezzo reminds you to rest your eyes — gently, on schedule, everywhere. Every 20 minutes a serene, full-screen break takes over your Mac so you actually look away — while every other device keeps perfect time alongside it.

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Mac · iPhone · iPad · Apple TV · Apple Watch

Intermezzo's full-screen break taking over an entire Mac display: a calm breathing ring reading 14 seconds remaining, with Postpone and Skip buttons

Intermezzo for Mac, mid-break — the whole screen rests until you do.

The Intermezzo difference

All of your screens take a break together.

Moving from your Mac to your iPad shouldn't dodge your break. Intermezzo syncs over iCloud anywhere you go, and uses your local Wi-Fi for split-second alignment between devices on the same network — so when a break lands, it lands everywhere at once.

Full-screen takeover is a Mac thing: only Intermezzo for Mac blocks the screen so you actually rest. iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Apple Watch run companion apps that stay perfectly in sync — bring one to the front and you'll see the same break screen at the same moment, and any of them can trigger, postpone, or reschedule a break for every screen, even by asking Siri.

The same break, at the same moment, on iPad

One break, five screens — Mac, Apple TV, iPad, iPhone, and Apple Watch, all at the same instant.

iCloud, anywhere Settings and breaks follow you through your own private iCloud.
Wi-Fi, instant Devices on the same network align in under a second — ideal side by side.
Companions, in step iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Apple Watch mirror the schedule and can start, postpone, or skip a break for all your screens.

Simple, and kind to your eyes.

A healthier relationship with your screens shouldn't feel like work.

Just what the doctor ordered

Intermezzo follows the 20-20-20 rule recommended by eye-health professionals: every 20 minutes, look 20 feet away, for 20 seconds.

Designed to be ignored

No nagging countdowns. An optional quiet heads-up, then a gentle chime and a breathing overlay that takes over the whole screen on your Mac. Postpone or skip whenever life happens.

Build a healthy habit

Breaks arrive on their own — there's nothing to remember and nothing to manage. Your eyes and mind will thank you.

Uncomplicated, yet yours.

Sensible out of the box. Adjustable where it counts.

Your rhythm

Choose how long breaks last and how often they arrive — 20/20/20 by default, entirely up to you after that. Postpone by a few minutes from any device.

Four chimes

Bells, Marimba, Glass, or a low Singing Bowl mark the start and end of every break.

Four themes

System, Calm, Midnight, and Forest overlay themes, each adapting to light and dark.

Menu-bar-first on Mac

No Dock icon, no window — just quiet minutes-to-break in the menu bar, and a full-screen break when it's time.

Widgets & complications

A Next Break widget with live countdown and Start / Postpone buttons on iPhone and iPad; watch-face complications and a Smart Stack card on Apple Watch.

Siri & Shortcuts

"Postpone my Intermezzo break." Start, stop, postpone, break now, and skip — by voice or in your own automations, from any device, for every screen.

Battery-friendly

No background polling, ever. Intermezzo schedules ahead and sleeps, so your battery barely notices it's there.

Private by design

No accounts, no tracking. Your data stays in your own iCloud and on your own network. Read the privacy policy.

Buy once, use everywhere

One purchase covers iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Watch — Universal Purchase, no subscription.

Intermezzo settings on a Mac: break timing, sounds, themes, and sync options

The same Intermezzo settings on iPhone — every option syncs across devices

Every setting, on every device — change it once and it follows you.

From the desk to the wrist.

Intermezzo for Mac does the heavy lifting — a full-screen break you can't ignore. iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Apple Watch are companion apps: they stay in sync and show the same break screen whenever they're front and center, and any of them can trigger or reschedule a break for every screen — even by asking Siri.