The Calm theme can’t log in; how can I still use Calm?

Time Out has long had a theme that displayed the Calm.com website, where members of that service can do Calm session on a schedule managed by Time Out.

Unfortunately, they recently seem to have changed their website in such a way that can prevent logging in via email when displayed by Time Out.

As a workaround, I created a simple AppleScript break action to open Calm in Safari:

tell application "Safari"
  activate
  open location "https://www.calm.com/"
end tell

You can download this script from the Time Out Extras page: here’s a direct download link. Then add it to Time Out by using the Reveal Scripts command in the + menu on the Break Actions page.

(If you prefer a different browser, you can edit the script accordingly.)

To use it, set the Break Theme to None:

Theme is None

And add the Open Calm in Safari script to the Break Actions page:

Action is Calm

That way you’ll get the usual Time Out break control panel and progress bar over the Calm session in the Safari browser. Once the break is done, you can simply close that page in Safari.