![]() ![]() This article is brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. macOS 13 Ventura is a free update for compatible Macs. The new Weather app on Mac and iPad is also pretty good. Multiple timer support is still limited to HomePod and Apple Watch.īringing the Clock app to the Mac might seem trivial at first, but having timers at all will likely be a welcome feature for macOS Ventura users. ![]() Unfortunately, the Clock app on the Mac suffers the same limitation as the iPhone and iPad version around timers you can only set a single timer for now. Siri on macOS Ventura can set alarms and start timers for the first time - arguably the first great feature for Siri on the Mac! The other big utility with Clock being on the Mac is gaining new Siri commands. The timer or alarm sound ring out, although it can be difficult to hear over playing music so be careful. What happens when a timer or alarm goes off? The Clock app pushes a notification that persists until you dismiss it. I can see this new built-in feature being very useful for managing tasks and time while working on the Mac. Clicking it opens the Clock app, and the countdown continues even if you quit the Clock app. If you set a timer, the countdown is automatically added to the menu bar at the top of your Mac. Where the Clock app surprises and delights is around timers. No major surprises to discover, and the Mac-adapted interface gets a passing grade. There’s even a new Mac widget for upcoming alarms. You can view time zones, set alarms, start a stopwatch, or run a timer on the Mac now - just like on iPhone and iPad. The world clock scales best to Mac-sized displays, especially if you have multiple cities added, while the other sections adjust decently. ![]() A single window gives you four tab options for world clock, alarm, stopwatch, and timer. The Clock app design is very similar to the iPad version and its more compact iPhone version. A seconds hand would be a nice touch, but it’s a better analog clock than the tiny one that can replace the digital time in the menu bar. The app icon in Finder does include a seconds hand, but it’s not a live clock. It shows the current time when placed on the Dock or in Launchpad, but there’s no seconds hand. The Clock app icon is like the analog clock that we know from iPhone and iPad. Request a FREE account to learn how to put your Apple fleet on auto-pilot at a price point that is hard to believe. Businesses can automatically deploy, manage, and protect all their Apple devices. Mosyle fully integrates five different applications on a single Apple-only platform. The new app includes proper Mac integration, Siri control, and more.īrought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. But for now I am pleasantly satisfied that I got what I wanted.The Mac gains Apple’s Clock app in macOS Ventura, and it’s a surprisingly useful addition. If I were to use more features built in to the clock and of course, pay for them if need be, then my rating might be better or worse we may never find out. So this app is doing everything I asked it to do, which wasn’t much, and doing it very well. I honestly don’t remembering paying to remove the ads, but I am not getting them. As soon as you tap any key the clock retreats to its normal position, behind everything. The caveat * is that when I step away from the computer for just a few minutes, the clock pulls itself forward of all the layers of open apps and what-have-you on the screen and hovers on top of everything else. Using “Style 15” in the upper left corner of my desktop, it’s never intrusive* and always available. I would love that.Īll I needed was an analog clock face to be on my desktop, readily available to glance at. I would love to be able to fully customize the face of the clock, to include the numbers and the tick marks, the background image, the hands, etc. I have some suggestions for improvements in future versions. This bug shoudl be fixed, but it's not a show-stopper for me. The only way to make them work again is to quit the Clock app, and then bring up the Force Quit menu and restart Finder. On the opposite side of the screen from these menu items, where I have the menu bar icons and the date and so forth, all of those work. When this happens, I cannot click on any of the Finder menu options at the top of my screen (The apple logo, the application menu, File, Edit, View, etc). This seems to happen particularly after the clock has been covered up for an extended period of time. What I don't love is the fact that it will, at times, cause my Finder menu to become unresponsive. I love that I can customize it to some extent. I love that I can size the clock face to any size I want. I love that it can be placed on the desktop and be unobtrusive. ![]()
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