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Choose what can wait.
Make room for focus.
01 — Start here
Your first session.
Open Zenolyth, then click its icon in the Mac menu bar. The sidebar opens Focus, Profiles, Schedule, Insights, and Settings.
- Choose your distractions. Open a profile under Profiles. In Sites, enter a domain such as youtube.com and press Return or +. This includes its subdomains. In Apps, search and select an installed app.
- Allow browser access. Follow Browser access below if you added websites.
- Begin. In Focus, choose your profile at the top, set hours, minutes, and seconds, then click Begin focus.
Clicking outside closes the panel; your session keeps running. To remove a site or app, click × beside it in the profile.
02 — Browser access
Allow once, per browser.
Open your browser, then go to Settings → Browser helper in Zenolyth. Click Allow and accept the macOS Automation prompt.
If access was denied, use System Settings → Privacy & Security → Automation → Zenolyth to enable that browser. If it says Not running, open the browser first.
Supported: Safari, Chrome, Arc, Brave, Edge, Opera, and Vivaldi. Blocked sites redirect to a block page; blocked apps are hidden when opened or activated.
03 — Sessions & breaks
Keep your finish time.
A timed session ends automatically. Infinite runs until you choose End focus. Ordinary sessions can also end early.
For breaks, click Breaks before starting and set an allowance. During focus, choose Take a Break, then Resume focus when ready. You can split the allowance across breaks; focus resumes automatically when it runs out. Breaks never extend a timed session.
04 — Schedules
Make it a routine.
Open Schedule → +. Name it, choose a profile, set start and end times in 24-hour format, choose weekdays and a break allowance, then Save.
Keep Zenolyth running for schedules to start. Use the switch to enable or disable a schedule; click its name to edit it. Ending a scheduled session early skips only that occurrence.
05 — Lockdown & stopping
Commit with control.
Turn on Lockdown Mode before a timed session to disable breaks, early ending, and changes to its profile’s rules. Enable Settings → Strict mode before starting to prevent normal quitting during Lockdown.
To stop blocking immediately in any mode, open Activity Monitor, select Zenolyth, click Stop, then Force Quit. Sites and apps are accessible again. Zenolyth does not relaunch itself; opening it again may resume an unexpired session.
06 — Insights
Look back.
Insights shows recent sessions and a heatmap of the past 60 calendar days. Week and Month change the total above it; the heatmap stays at 60 days.
Your profiles and history stay on this Mac. No account is needed.
07 — Settings & plans
Set it up for you.
Settings includes Launch at login and Show time on menu bar.
Free includes one profile and sessions up to four hours. Monthly, yearly, or lifetime unlocks more profiles, Infinite, breaks, Lockdown, schedules, and Insights.
Open Settings → Zenolyth to choose a plan or Restore Purchases. Subscribers can use Manage to change or cancel renewal.