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Pester 1.1b14

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Nicholas Riley

Pester is a simple alarm clock and timer for Mac OS X.

What's New

Version 1.1b14: Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.

Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6 or later

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Pester User Discussion (Write a Review)

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Starfishcom reviewed on 14 Mar 2012

exactly what I was looking for THANX!!!!

[Version 1.1b14]

-1

iminlalaland reviewed on 14 Jan 2011

Simple enough for everyone to use but that's all that it has.

[Version 1.1b12]

+40

Steven P. Jobs reviewed on 14 Sep 2010

It's got a very limited feature set, but it does those features elegantly and well.

If you need it do things other than that limited feature set, you will obviously be disappointed.

But if you just need quick reminders while you're at your OS X machine, it's the best option out there. I happily use it every day.

Incredibly easy to use UI.

[Version 1.1b11]

+21

aljuk reviewed on 12 Nov 2008

Perfect, and brilliant!

Thankyou.

[Version 1.1b7]

+18

ZZamboni reviewed on 15 Feb 2008

Really nice timer program. The system-wide hotkey makes it very easy to set up new alarms, and the ability to handle multiple timers simultaneously is very useful, as is the variety of ways in which the notifications can be made.

[Version 1.1b7]

fredducker commented on 25 Nov 2007

I don't understand why half the commands in the main window are greyed out and I cannot modify them - for example the "alert sound" menu is greyed out and cannot be modified, but also the "do script" - "speak message" and "wake up computer" commands are totally greyed out and cant be clicked on and off.
Don't download this unless it's not an important appointment you have to go to, or you can spare time to read the help files for a program which should be intuitive and easy to use!

[Version 1.1b5]

5 Replies

Nicholas Riley (developer) replied on 25 Nov 2007

Sorry, these features are not implemented yet. This is just an interim Leopard update; I hope to have them finished at some point in the future.

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fredducker replied on 25 Nov 2007

So what's the point in putting up for download a half-baked program? Some people like me clicked the link because they needed something to download and install and be sure they could use it as an alarm clock and actually wake up! Not to go through the hassle of downloading, installing, trying to figure out and then "oh bad luck you can't try all the features yet and have to be beta testers for me" NO! people want to download a program that is fully functional, set it up and then go to sleep and be sure it'll wake them up (or anything else). Please include in the description of the program that it isn't complete!

Nicholas Riley (developer) replied on 25 Nov 2007

You're right-leaving those controls there doesn't make much sense. I just pushed out a new version (21) which removes them until I can get them to work. If you're already using Pester 1.1b5, just choose "Check for Updates..." from the Pester menu and you should be all set.

bongoman1 replied on 01 Dec 2007

Hey Fred

Keep your hair on my friend. It's a free app that many people are happy with. Poor you, having gone through the hassle of downloading Pester and installing it. That must have killed you.

Thanks Nicholas ofr your efforts in making this available. Please ignore Fred.

+18

ZZamboni replied on 15 Feb 2008

It boggles my mind that some people can be so rude and demanding with developers that offer their work for free.

Pester is the best timer program that I have found, it does what it's meant to do and I personally found it very easy to use.

Anonymous reviewed on 12 Apr 2005

A great app. The only app i've found that has a countdown and an alarm clock !

[Version 1.0]

Anonymous reviewed on 07 Nov 2004

A simple, elegant reminder/timer.

[Version 1.0]

Anonymous reviewed on 12 Oct 2004

Perfect! Small, simple, free, works perfectly.

[Version 1.0]

Anonymous reviewed on 19 Aug 2004

fantastic, very simple to use, can set an alarm in 2 seconds flat, great app, love it! thanks!

[Version 1.0]

+41

Mutant had trouble on 27 Dec 2011

Pester has a bizzare issue of being unable to set near-term timers. An example:
http://cl.ly/1M3R1D0U1B0F0g0M3q0e

When I set the same day, this timer defaults to tomorrow when the reminder is only 20 or so minutes away. When I force it to today, the timer says set a time in the future.

Odd.

[Version 1.1b14]

eleuvete rated on 02 Jan 2011

[Version 1.1b12]

Downloads:16,176

Version Downloads:1,243

Type:Business : Applications

License:Free

Date:02 Nov 2011

Platform:Intel

Price:Free

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