diff --git a/openrecall/screenshot.py b/openrecall/screenshot.py
index 02bbadf..1d092b9 100644
--- a/openrecall/screenshot.py
+++ b/openrecall/screenshot.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from openrecall.config import screenshots_path, args
 from openrecall.database import insert_entry
 from openrecall.nlp import get_embedding
 from openrecall.ocr import extract_text_from_image
-from openrecall.utils import get_active_app_name, get_active_window_title
+from openrecall.utils import get_active_app_name, get_active_window_title, is_user_active
 
 
 def mean_structured_similarity_index(img1, img2, L=255):
@@ -55,9 +55,16 @@ def take_screenshots(monitor=1):
 
 
 def record_screenshots_thread():
+    # TODO: fix the error from huggingface tokenizers
+    import os
+    os.environ["TOKENIZERS_PARALLELISM"] = "false"
+
     last_screenshots = take_screenshots()
 
     while True:
+        if not is_user_active():
+            time.sleep(3)
+            continue
     
         screenshots = take_screenshots()
     
diff --git a/openrecall/utils.py b/openrecall/utils.py
index bc8af80..75f646d 100644
--- a/openrecall/utils.py
+++ b/openrecall/utils.py
@@ -106,3 +106,44 @@ def get_active_window_title():
         return get_active_window_title_linux()
     else:
         raise NotImplementedError("This platform is not supported")
+
+def is_user_active_osx():
+    import subprocess
+
+    try:
+        # Run the 'ioreg' command to get idle time information
+        output = subprocess.check_output(["ioreg", "-c", "IOHIDSystem"]).decode()
+        
+        # Find the line containing "HIDIdleTime"
+        for line in output.split('\n'):
+            if "HIDIdleTime" in line:
+                # Extract the idle time value
+                idle_time = int(line.split('=')[-1].strip())
+                
+                # Convert idle time from nanoseconds to seconds
+                idle_seconds = idle_time / 1000000000
+                
+                # If idle time is less than 5 seconds, consider the user not idle
+                return idle_seconds < 5
+        
+        # If "HIDIdleTime" is not found, assume the user is not idle
+        return True
+    
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
+        # If there's an error running the command, assume the user is not idle
+        return True
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"An error occurred: {e}")
+        # If there's any other error, assume the user is not idle
+        return True
+
+def is_user_active():
+    if sys.platform == "win32":
+        return True
+    elif sys.platform == "darwin":
+        return is_user_active_osx()
+    elif sys.platform.startswith("linux"):
+        return True
+    else:
+        raise NotImplementedError("This platform is not supported")
+    
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a730118..d3e88c7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ install_requires.extend(extras_require.get("python-doctr", []))
 
 setup(
     name="OpenRecall",
-    version="0.7",
+    version="0.8",
     packages=find_packages(),
     install_requires=install_requires,
     long_description=long_description,