Breakaway Universal Binary

Version: 1.7 || Release Date: 2008-05-18 || License: Freeware Developer: Alloc Init

Breakaway is a utility that will pause/resume iTunes for you whenever you unplung and/or plug in your headphones.

You can now walk away from your computer for a moment without missing a beat of your favorite song, or disturbing anyone with your speakers coming on.

Optionally, you can enable mute button functionality, which makes your mute button act as a pause for iTunes. Need to take a call? Hit mute on your keyboard and talk all you need. As soon as you unmute, iTunes will resume once more.

Note: If you want to use Breakaway solely for mute button functionality, be sure to disable "Headphones mode"

Also, Breakaway now supports Growl notifications, so you can get the status of your jack without the trouble of using a menu item.

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10 Opinions:

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ea_n, 2008-01-17

love this app

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balthamos, 2007-09-13

If you send me an email, I'll be more than happy to help you with your problem.

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luke24, 2007-09-12

I can't get the preferences window open on my macbook. :(

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maradatscha, 2007-08-22

works fine with my MB

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rampancy, 2007-06-19

According to its entry on MU, this now has MBP support. YAY!

(EDIT: Oops, I overlooked that this was also mentioned on the author's webpage. Still, Yay for MBP support!)

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the4thpope, 2007-04-23

It was great, but stopped working on my MB. Reinstall did nothing.

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ecable, 2007-03-24

Perfect for the mac pro with a digitial audio out - the mute button is disabled, but then this makes it work again by pausing itunes! Awesome!

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groxx, 2007-03-23

Cool idea :D I don't really have a use for it, but it sounds like a handy app.

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factoryjoe, 2007-03-23

This is brilliant! Would love to see MBP support!

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hudsong, 2007-03-23

MBP to iPod, I love it!