Time Palette

Name: Time Palette
Price: 24.99 $
Rating: 3.9 (2 reviews)

6.3.2

18 November 2017

Determine the local time in a distant city.

Overview

Time Palette displays the current local time for any location and calculates a wealth of global geographical, astronomical and weather data.

Since its debut nearly two decades ago, Time Palette has become the leading global time tool on the Mac platform and has been honored by ZDNet with an Editor's Pick Award.

What's new in Time Palette

Version 6.3.2:

Fixed a bug that caused a hang during launch on macOS 10.13.
Fixed a bug that prevented weather data from downloading.

Time Palette Screenshots

10 Time Palette Reviews

Earthdesk

06 July 2011

Most helpful

Thanks everyone for your comments. We are working hard to fix things... look for an update within 48 hours followed by a more substantial update within 2 weeks.

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Version 6.0.1

Albyrw

09 December 2014

Most people just want a second timezone in their menubar for business or loved ones. If that's you, mclock does that for free, without the bells and whistles. Developer is a nice guy and very responsive. Try it out: https://github.com/palaniraja/mclock

Version 6.2

I have used Time Palette since the 1990's pre-OS X days. On Mavericks today, this application is running OK for me. The application has nice feature as a 'Schedules' view. The 'Schedules' view allows multiple time zones to be viewed base on a *variable*future* date & time. The 'Schedules' multi-zone *variable* date-time controls saves me time setting up international conferencing sessions. Many other multi-zone clocks show a fixed time for *right*now, and not for some proposed time in the future. So, in my case, the multi-zone *variable* date-time panel is sufficient for me to justly supporting the developer ... in addition, I would note that I like & use many of the Time Palette features as well. :-)

Version 6.2

2stepbay

14 May 2012

When I first saw this update posted, I thought the Full Screen Globe feature had finally arrived. :(

Version 6.0.7

Very much like the new version and its tab panel for accessing the data. Opens quickly and is stable. Look forward to having a Full Screen World Map option to complete the package.

Version 6.0.4

Earthdesk

06 July 2011

Thanks everyone for your comments. We are working hard to fix things... look for an update within 48 hours followed by a more substantial update within 2 weeks.

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Version 6.0.1

2 answer(s)

Trekker

06 July 2011

I want to apologize for my snarky comments in my first post. I didn't realize how unfairly critical I was being in a public forum until later. I'm on steroids for some medical problems, and one of the side effects is that they make people very jittery and aggressive. I shouldn't have just spouted off about the loss of the map feature, but should have instead emailed Xeric to ask about its intentions. I have always been treated well by Xeric and my questions have always been answered quickly because of their excellent customer support. Xeric is a good and responsive company that writes great software. My bad. I've decided not to post anything anywhere until I'm off these steroids.

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2stepbay

02 August 2011

Current progress on the more substantial update?

Great program, BUT... I just upgraded and discovered that a feature that I liked and used a lot has been removed from this new version for some reason. The maps feature has gone missing. I don't like it when a developer REMOVES a key feature in an "upgrade", and charges me for the privilege. So before you upgrade, know that Time Palette is now a lesser program than it used to be. If they were to make one of those late night commercials it would say, "Time Palette! New and Improved! Now with LESS FEATURES that you've come to rely on in previous full-featured versions! More money for less program!"

Version 6.0.1

3 answer(s)

Earthdesk

05 July 2011

By popular demand, we are working on re-adding the maps. We found that only 15% of users used Time Palette without EarthDesk so EarthDesk's maps were given priority... we'll fix that for you.

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Trekker

06 July 2011

That's great news! Thanks. I run a lean system so I don't run things like EarthDesk. Sorry If I came on a little strong in my first post. I really appreciate the fact that you worked hard to get out a Lion compatible version BEFORE Lion ships. I understand the deadlines you were under. Thanks!

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Earthdesk

06 July 2011

Time Palette 6 is essentially a new product having gone from a Carbon to a Cocoa app and using only about 1% of the previous code... and even that had to be tweaked some. With the Lion deadline looming, we didn't want to over-commit and not have something. Look for the Maps to be added back in quickly.

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Espiridion

05 July 2011

I've been a customer for over 10 years. IIRC, EarthDesk did not exist back then and they did not use the Xeric Design name. I like their products and their customer support is excellent. I really appreciate that this version is still PPC-compatible, but I can't find a reason to upgrade. Font and size are not available in version 6, or at least I could not find those options. With 11 clocks, I like to use a smaller font. It would also be nice to import preferences from previous versions, instead of having to do the setup from scratch. I think that the first product of this kind that I used was the Control Strip World Clock CSM, now World Clock Deluxe. These days I use YouControl to track time across 16 cities. Without the ability to use smaller fonts I'll pass on this one. As mentioned below, it also lacks maps and international weather. Another thing I noticed is that CPU usage is greater with the new version (0.1-0.5, 5 threads vs. 2.8-4.0, 8 threads). I'll check it again in the future.

Version 6.0

2 answer(s)

Earthdesk

05 July 2011

We hope to add font size changes in an update soon. We have been under a tight deadline to get this ready for Lion and will be updating this app as much as we can in the coming months.

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Earthdesk

06 July 2011

One reason we can't import your old prefs is a massive change in the database structure and the format of the old prefs file is not really workable in a 64-bit environment.

2stepbay

05 July 2011

Buyer/upgrader beware. Time Palette 6 does not include world maps that were an inherent part of Time Palette 5. From the Developer: "Time Palette v6 does not include maps because we feel that EarthDesk does a much better job of displaying them. However, if a lot of customers want the maps re-instated, we will consider that." Hence, for the moment, you'll need to purchase Earth Desk if you want to see World Maps. :( I suggest you contact the developer with your feedback. Bring back the maps!

Version 6.0

2 answer(s)

Earthdesk

05 July 2011

Thank you for the feedback. Adding the maps is certainly something we are looking at and we do value your thoughts.

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Hermie

05 July 2011

Also note that besides the lost map, for people outside the US of A retrieving local weather doesn't work anymore. So why this "upgrade" now? Do a Get Info on the old version (5.7.10) and you'll see it's PowerPC. Lion's release is imminent, which explains it all IMNSHO.

Seems like quite a good programme, with lots of powerful features. Unfortunately the Daylight Saving dates for New Zealand are wrong.The dates were changed about 5 years ago from the first Sunday in March to the 3rd Sunday. This can be edited in the database.

Version 5.7.3

This is a handy multi-featured app, offering instant check of current weather conditions in selected cities, calculation of great circle distance with multiple intermediate stops, world map and almanac. Great for travellers. Well worth the money. Very responsive developer, and keeps getting better.

Version 5.7

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