Alarm-clock Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Playlist Alarm Clock, drift off and wake up to custom soundtracks

by Brett Terpstra (Jul 17th, 2009)

Be sure to check the end of this post for details on your chance to win a free copy of Playlist Alarm Clock! We covered Chilli X last year, with their release of the successful iPhone to-do application, "Done" (iTunes link), and again with myCal, their app for creating custom calendar wallpapers for ...

Tabulator: Alarm clock showdown

by Mike Schramm (Feb 8th, 2008)

Mac users must be extremely heavy sleepers, because there is no shortage of alarm clock software for your Mac. If you need to wake up, your Mac will get you up. But which one rules the rooster? Aurora, a popular choice, recently updated to version 4, and went from donationware to a licensing setup ...

How to: Create a smart podcast playlist in iTunes

by Mike Schramm (Feb 1st, 2008)

I picked up Awaken with the recent Macheist deal, and with it I planned to do something I've been thinking about doing for a long time with iTunes: try and figure out a way to wake myself up with a short roundup of the daily podcasts I never seem to find a time to listen to during the day itself. ...

Embraceware releases Awaken 4

by Nik Fletcher (Jan 29th, 2008)

When it comes to alarm-clock applications for the Mac, we've got two very fine choices -- Alarm Clock Pro from Koingo Software, and Awaken from Embraceware. For most people, using your Mac as an alarm clock may seem a little unusual, but at the time I happened to be at University I lived in fear of ...