Used within a larger range of time and do more complex stuff like wake Hour or so and the more complete and complex ones that are meant to be Time, like something that you need to be quickly reminded of within an Into two categories: the ones that are meant to work on a short range of We’ve had roundups of alarm apps before, and they usually break down You need to work your way around (perhaps) complex AppleScripts to getĪt what you want it to perform, like maybe play a song from your Would sacrifice a few features in order to make the app simpler andįaster, but that really isn’t the case. When I first heard about it, I thought it would be too basic and that it
Surprisingly, there really isn’t much to complain about in this app. Icon, you can access the settings, view your current alarms and refresh Global keyboard shortcut to set off the app. Sounds, dimming the screen once you set off the app, and setting a There are also some useful hidden things like the ability to play
Knowledge as to how to use them properly (the app won’t tell you how, Make pretty much anything you want with these, but you need to have some To some factory alarms, like “Sleep” and “Pause/Play iTunes”. There are also “Chronoslings”, which are basically Applescripts that Like the ones I mentioned, but if you go into the settings you can make There are some default messages that come with the app, These are the messages that willĪppear on your screen once the alarm sets off, and you can only choose Messages will appear, such as “Feed the cat!”, “Go get the bus”, “Play There’s also a “cancel” section in the top, in case youĭon’t really want to set an alarm or timer.Īfter you choose the time of your alarm or timer, the timer in theĬenter will switch to a message saying “Slide!”. Wakes you up in the morning or reminds you of an appointment you have This is the one you would use if you wanted to set an alarm that One, because it lets you set an alarm for any minute within the next 24 The “daytime alarm” area is the most interesting The sector of the 120 seconds range will switch between seconds theĠ-1 hour range will switch between minutes and the 12 hour range will It’s not the most precise way ofĬhoosing a time, but it’s fast and it saves a lot of time. Hover over the area the timer will be changing in between minutes, So let’s say, if you are in the “0-1 hour” sector, as you As you hover or slide yourĬursor over the different sectors of the screen, the timer in the center
Instructions (the instructions will go away after a few times that youĪccess the alarm-setting thing, though). The screen that we mentioned before will come up with the You can set ChronoSlider on by using theĬustomizable shortcut, or by going into the menu bar icon of the app and So let’s say you are cooking something and you need to be reminded of