I love the new mac app! Just got it after your iPhone app literally changed my life for the better. Couple of suggestions:
1: Give an option to have the taskbar only show the opal logo instead of the very long text it currently shows, for example “focus session - 10h 17m”, which takes up 30% of the taskbar…
2: Have an option to have the app running but not show it in the list when I click on command tab if I minimized it - so I can declutter and keep things more clean there in the cmd tab menu and the mission control. Then, if I want to access it I can always go to the taskbar logo. That’s how popular utility apps like BetterTouchTool work.
3: When I snooze - I need to manually click on the “back” button in the snooze window, or else the countdown to be able to start the next snooze immediately starts automatically, which kind of beats the purpose of the app because then I can always simply re-open Opal and it’s already ready to snooze…
4: Also please notice that the app doesn’t let me shut down the computer if a blocking session is running which seems like a bug as the two options should be unrelated (: it tells me that I cannot close Opal since it’s blocking, and since I can’t close it it means I also can’t shut down.
Bonus - I LOVE the ability to block certain websites on chrome. For example CNN.com as a part of the blocking session. Is there a way to also add it to the iPhone app? Currently I can only block whole apps.
Thanks again! I’ll keep recommending this to my friends.
Alon
Would just really love the same thing on mobile where I cannot delete the app. That’s really the thing that pushes Opal over the threshold to actually work. Knowing I can delete Opal for a minute to check my texts on my mac almost kills the usefulness for me.
1.Making it so that the app can’t be exited using cmd+q or any other way as long as the focus is running
2.The app should start blocking automatically when a scheduled focus block starts, even if the app was exited previously.
No. is an absolute necessity for people who use “Deep Focus”, because if the app can simply be exited, deep focus doesnt mean much.
It would be super helpful to get an ETA if these features are already in dev.
I have to use other apps like Cold Turkey right now on my Mac, might have to buy it as well.
First of all, thank you so much for creating this app, it has helped me achieve what willpower did not.
I have saved many hours the last week in the iPhone app alone and I feel very happy.
Today I wanted to use it on mac but the browser i always use and have all my data is Firefox Focus, my request is if you guys could implement this browser on the mac app please?
I hope you can help me, and again thank you, i am recommending it to everybody i know
Thanks for the suggestion! I’ve merged your request to add support for Firefox Focus to the Mac app into the Mac app improvements channel, and escalated this to our engineers for them to consider as we continue to upgrade the app. Stay tuned!
Is the new MacOS application supposed to work with Firefox, or is it just me having problems? The website blocking works on all my Chromium based browsers and Safari. I just started using Opal last week. Is Firefox already supported and could someone help me get it working or will it be supported in the near future?
I’m afraid the Mac app does not currently support Firefox. That said, I’ve passed this suggestion along to our engineers to consider as we continue to upgrade the app and merged this request into the existing thread on improvement suggestions for our Mac app. Stay tuned!
Well agreed these features are all key to app being useful.
There’s an app called self control for Mac that blocks websites and can’t be turned off in any way. It’s not a replacement for opal as it lacks so many features including auto start. My point is if they can do it I’m sure you guys can.
The Mac app shouldn’t be in the dock. It should not be above to be closed or show up in Mission Control.
Hi there !
I saw that an update from 2023 should permit to use Opal when we use Chrome and Firefox with Mac but it’s not the case. Please add it as Firefox has been my default browser for ever !
Thanks
I created a web app from safari by going to the share menu and selecting “add to dock”. This creates an app in the users folder and adds it to the dock. The blocks don’t apply to it both the app is in the block and the url that the app loads is in the blocklist.
Thanks for reaching out and letting us know! I’ve escalated this observation to our engineers to consider as we continue to upgrade the Mac app, and have merged your request into our existing thread on the Mac app so other Gems may vote on it. Stay tuned!
Right now, website blocking is only supported in Chrome, Safari, Arc, Opera, Edge, and Brave. However, another popular browser is Orion. It would be amazing if the blocking feature would work in Orion, especially considering that it is very similar to Safari. Thanks!
One of the things I love about the mobile app for Opal is how “resistance-proof” it is with Deep Focus sessions - can’t log out, can’t delete the app, you have to stay committed to your focus session. As it stands, Opal on Mac can be circumvented by logging out, as it takes you out of your Deep Focus session and lets you edit, cancel, etc. If possible, I’d like to have logout protection on Mac as well to stave off any temptation.
Not being able to restart or shut down my computer during a session is frustrating. I also would love to not have so much text in the bar at the top of the screen when it’s running.
