Alarm Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

iPhone alarms work fine on 1/1 and 1/2, if you update iOS

by Michael Rose (Jan 1st, 2012)

There's two possible explanations for why Engadget's tipline was heating up this morning with emailed complaints about iPhone alarms not going off as scheduled on New Year's Day (first reported last year and fixed in iOS 5), but we haven't heard a peep about the problem. Explanation #1: The ...

Winter Wake-Up app adjusts your alarms for bad weather

by Mike Schramm (Dec 29th, 2011)

As we settle in for the rest of the long, cold winter, we're just about to hit the time of year where it's most likely you'll hear the two sweetest words in the English language. No, not "cellar door." I'm talking about "snow day." Winter Wake-up is a new app that combines two different usual ...

TUAW's Daily Mac App: Time

by Samuel Gibbs (Jul 18th, 2011)

Do you ever watch Star Trek and think, I wish my computer just had a little bit of the LCARS theme to it? You need Time. OK, it's not going to turn your Mac into a futuristic Star Trek-style computer, but Time authentically replicates the visual style and feel of the LCARS interface ...

Talking Weather Alarm is great for summer travel and your nightstand

by Mel Martin (Jun 15th, 2011)

There is absolutely no shortage of alarm clocks for the iPhone, but I have recently tried and really like Talking Weather Alarm. Yes, it wakes you up to a variety of alarm sounds or anything from your playlist, but it also reads the local weather forecast to you and gives you a smattering of news ...

iPhone alarm still not working for some, here are a few solutions

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jan 3rd, 2011)

It amazes me that for all the amazing technology and innovation out of Cupertino, they can still manage to screw up a simple alarm function on the iPhone. Chris wrote about this issue on New Year's Eve, but it appears the Clock app is still having trouble setting off one-time alarms as of today. ...

iPhone alarms may fail to activate on New Year's Day

by Chris Rawson (Dec 31st, 2010)

If you're using your iPhone or iPod touch as your primary alarm clock, it might be time to reconsider. In 2010, Apple had well-publicized difficulties with the switchover to Daylight Saving Time. Alarms failed to go off at their proper times, causing thousands of people in the Southern Hemisphere ...

Attention US iPhone users: use a standby alarm clock for now

by Chris Rawson (Nov 5th, 2010)

If you live in the United States, you're probably already aware that the nation is set to switch to Standard Time on November 7, moving clocks one hour back. What you may not be aware of is that if you're using an iPhone or other iOS device as your primary alarm clock, it might not make the switch ...

iOS Daylight Saving Time bug hits Europe (and the US too?)

by Chris Rawson (Nov 1st, 2010)

Update: Some of our commenters are reporting that they're also seeing hour-early alarms in parts of North America. It's not yet clear if this is widespread or idiosyncratic, and if all 4.x devices are affected. Update #2: Engadget points out that alarms set never to repeat, or set to repeat every ...

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 ...

Aurora 3

by Scott McNulty (Nov 28th, 2006)

We have written about Aurora before, and now a new version of this freeware alarm clock app is available. It will still awake you with some sweet, sweet tunes from your iTunes library (you can even use a playlist, or smart playlist). It now supports a snooze function using the Apple Remote, which ...

The elephant in the room: Apple pulls a Microsoft, delays Leopard past original promise

by David Chartier (Aug 7th, 2006)

The first bell that rung in my ear when Steve announced Mac OS X 10.5's ship date of Spring 2007 was: "Apple just pulled a Microsoft". I know, I know: those words might be nails on the chalkboard in your head, but it's true. Leopard was originally promised for Fall 2006, and now it's been bumped ...

iCalFix: automatically add reminders to iCal events

by David Chartier (Jul 19th, 2006)

We've blogged iCalFix before, back when it was just a fledgling 0.1 release that didn't even have a GUI interface (you had to edit a pref file lying around in ~/Library). For those who don't remember: it's a simple iCal plugin that automatically adds a reminder to every event you create. In this ...

Hack iCal to present alarms through Growl

by David Chartier (May 15th, 2006)

If you're a Growl fanatic, or maybe iCal's alarms just aren't cutting it for you, a forum thread at cocoaforge might provide you with some options for getting iCal and Growl to shake hands. Discussion has included various methods of using AppleScript, hacking the innards of iCal and even replacing ...

Gmail-Growl Utility 1.7

by David Chartier (Apr 29th, 2006)

The Gmail-Growl Utility that adds some seriously handy features to Google's official Gmail Notifier has been updated with a functionality face-lift and some fixes. It now has an option to toggle on/off Growl notifications for those times when you just need silence, and in Mac OS X Tiger you can now ...