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Alarm Clock Pro
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Name: Alarm Clock Pro
Price: 19.95 $
Rating: 3.8333 (18 reviews)

17 December 2020

Multi-featured alarm clock system.

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Overview

Alarm Clock Pro isn't just an ordinary alarm clock. Use it to wake you up in the morning, send and compose e-mails, remind you of appointments, randomize the iTunes selection, control an internet radio station, and even time your baking!

Wake up to the serenity of your musical selection. Put to rest the goofy retro beeps and buzzing of a bedside alarm clock or cell phone. Use Alarm Clock Pro when waking up, as a reminder to take medications, or keep social appointments. At work, schedule follow up appointments with clients, set break reminders, run the office radio, set project timers, or discreetly monitor employee workspaces.

Features

iTunes Enhanced - Connect directly with iTunes to play a specific playlist or the entire library! Shuffle or play songs in sequence.
On-Screen Notifications - Display passive onscreen notifications that serve as great reminders!
Built-in Jingles - Select from one of numerous professionally designed custom ringtones, or import an alternative!
Stopwatches and Timers - Kitchen-style timers as well as an unlimited number of stop watches.
Web Radio Ready - Stream music live from a favourite web radio station for the freshest music selection every day!
Wake from Sleep - Never have to leave your computer on! Automatically wakes your Mac from sleep or turns it on as needed.

Note: Please note that the displayed price is of a lifetime purchase. Additional pricing info available here

What's new in Alarm Clock Pro

Version 13.0.2:

Bug Fix:

Fixed crash on launching on older system.

Alarm Clock Pro for Mac Old Versions

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70 Reviews of Alarm Clock Pro

Koingo is going to subscriptions. - -> "USD $0.83 PER MONTH (BILLED ANNUALLY)" for Alarm Clock Pro 12.x.

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Ugly, really ugly. I know that should not be a big deal but it was so ugly and primitive looking I had to get rid of it. What can I say?

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How hard would it be for Apple to add basic functionality to the menu bar clock? Both iOS and watchOS have timers and stopwatches, so why not macOS.

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Dana-Sutton

22 May 2018

Version: 11.0.1

A paid upgrade to a .01 version??? Right there that tells me I don't want to get involved with this product.

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Big Johnson

20 May 2018

Version: 11.0

Major Bloatware reporting for duty, Sir!

It’s nice that it offers more alarm options (streaming) than Awaken (at twice the price), but it does TOO much and you’re paying for many functions you’ll never use and would never expect to find in an alarm clock.

An alarm clock is supposed to be a clock with alarms.
It’s fine if it also includes reminders or other functions that are closely related to its primary purpose (stream music for alarms etc).

But it should not do all this:
"Routinely take screenshots or web cam shots and have them
e-mailed to yourself, ping web pages, launch URLs, open files, erase folders, execute shell commands, and perform a variety of other tasks."

It’s trying to do far too many completely unrelated tasks. Might as well rename it the "Wanna Do-It-All Thingy with Alarms."

There’s no logical reason for the menu to include shortcuts to all other installed Koingo software. What makes them think that when I’m using their alarm clock, that I might need to quickly open a wifi signal locator, display resolution controller, property cataloging app or any of their other software? I don’t.

There’s also no reason for there to be a separate menu item just to view the license details - it’s visual clutter and a complete waste of space!

And a subscription service? For a $20 app that’s often available for half price? You gotta be kidding me, Koingo! Greedy much?

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Big Johnson

16 May 2018

Version: 11.0

Can anyone explain why the icon appears to be a gyroscope?

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This app is awful because they cripple the most important feature for me and then ignore support emails. I was given a license to this app but have purchased other Koingo software. My support emails have gone unanswered for weeks. The referenced crippled feature is text message alerts. The app allows me to set this up but the developer cripples this feature. All the user gets is an error message stating I have passed my quota of text messages (which is supposedly 10 per day). It does not allow me to even send 1 per day. The developer asked to have me send a copy of my drivers license to increase the 10 per day limit. In these time of identity theft I do not send my personal information like this. All I want is the 10 per day limit. Support doesn't get worse than completely ignoring your customer. I am all done with Koingo. I am switching to Onyx and TinkerTool System from MacPilot. Software that does not work along with zero customer service equals .5 stars. That is even being generous.

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waryuser

17 April 2017

Version: 10.2.8

Jesus, MacUpdate. I can't download this without you shoving your malware down my throat. wtf. Why is there no direct download option?

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Stay away from this crap and these scammers!

My extremely low rating is due to the fact of the following things:
- When I originally bought this software I was billed a recurring anual subscription without asking me first!
- The applications uses constantly an average of 3~5% CPU on an rMBP 13" 2.9Ghz Early 2015;
- The support was close to non-existant, I guess that they decided to reply to end the constant flow of my complain emails and tickets (yes, I had to spam these faceless thieves in order to have an answer).

I of course ended up returning this crap and as you see screaming to whoever wants to listen my beware message about Koingo.
Who would say that a nice country as Canada had such stone faced jerks!?

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After all the difficulties as previously discussed (Arise), the current version 10.2.3 is proving to be reliable. There is one problem I have had, and my lower rating is due to the fact that you can get no support at all. I have two support tickets open. The first is over a month old asking a very simple question. The second is two weeks old and just asks how long before anyone response. Neither have ever been addressed.

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I've used Alarm Clock Pro for years. Then Koingo stopped supporting the software and sent emails to all their users that the replacement software was called Arise, and that everyone should buy that. So I bought that. Then Koingo bought Arise, tossed it aside, and started supporting Alarm Clock Pro again. So I paid for the new new version of Alarm Clock Pro, and thought all was well. Now Alarm Clock Pro forgotten my License and won't run. I can't get it working, and Koingo Software is not responding to support tickets. It's been days. I don't have time to fiddle around with a $20 alarm clock widget, so I'm going to go shop around for an alternative that contains functionality and comes from a responsive developer.

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Andrewm8

17 July 2015

Version: 10.1.9

The misunderstanding with Koingo's team was resolved and my licenses reinstated to the Utility Package as advertised and purchased back in 2008. Thanks Josh.

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Mrtomato

31 January 2015

Version: 10.0.9

I'm leaving a comment rather than a review mainly because I'd like to make a couple of requests, but also because my impression is that this app is still a work in progress as Alarm Clock Pro is merged with Arise. My requests are all to do with the stopwatch (I'm on a bit of a stopwatch crusade today): 1. Reduce the CPU consumption of the stopwatch. I can't use the stopwatch as is because I can't deal with loud computer fans. 2. Move the stopwatch function to the dropdown menu. 3. Show the stopwatch progress in the menubar. Thanks!

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Very impressed. I asked for a feature to be added two days ago, Friday, namely to have the chance to preview an alarm when you set up a new alarm, timer etc. The developer replied the same day, and today, two days later, has a new version out with this option added. Thumbs up and thank a lot!

Actually, the version number shown here by MacUpdate is not correct. I have 10.0.9 now.

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Excellent tool for creating alarms. In addition to the common uses of using this to wake up and for reminders, I use it to turn off my audio at night, and turn it back on in the morning. When I'm out of town, I use it to quit and start my Mail application. It does a LOT more.

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Steven-Goodheart

12 December 2014

Version: 10.0.1

The upgrade says: "We have recently acquired Kallaxa Software and have replaced Alarm Clock Pro with their Arise app and are in the process of rebranding it and adding in features from Alarm Clock Pro..." This is confusing to me...am I upgrading to Alarm Clock Pro, or to what will eventually be called "Arise" or what? If they are going to strip out the best features of ACP and put them all in Arise, then why should I upgrade to ACP? It sounds like ACP is gong to disappear, eventually, to be replaced by Arise. Or is this big upgrade to ACP eventually become some renamed application? Or is ACP going to *become* Arise? Am I the only one who finds this confusing?

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Derekcurrie

10 December 2014

Version: 10.0

For owners of the Koingo Utility Package: Activating Alarm Clock Pro v10 is confusing. If you simply use your email address to unlock it, you're going to fail. I was able to swiftly work with Koingo's tech support to sort out that you have to do the following:

1) Log into your account at Koingo.
2) Scan down the list of all the stuff you have licensed from Koingo to the listing for 'Alarm Clock Pro'.
3) On the right side of the listing you're going to find a License Code to copy and paste into Alarm Clock Pro under your registration email address. Click the 'Unlock' button and you're ready to go!

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Akwarner

10 December 2014

Version: 10.0

How is this different than Arise by Kallaxa?

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I bought Alarm Clock Pro and it worked pretty good, but it hadn't been updated for a LONG time. Eventually the folks at Koingo sent it's paying customers an email suggesting that they purchase Arise, an alarm clock program from another company that costs only $9.95. Arise was almost identical to ACP, but with a more modern look and feel and without the bugs. Arise works nicely. So now Koingo has repaired a few of it's bugs that have been present for years, and it wants it's customers back. It's too late. Arise is nicer, and half the price.

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smtips

14 August 2012

Version: 9.4.7

Doesn't seem that this app changes the clock in the plugin displays from 24 hour format. It's 3:16 pm and it reads 15:16. I thought I'd looked everywhere to find this pref, but it looks like it doesn't exist. It'd be rather dumb if it didn't, considering it has just about everything else under the sun.

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Aargl

02 March 2012

Version: 9.4.7

version 9.4.5 is the last version working correctly on PPC (946 fails sometimes to wake the mac up, 947 crashes on launch)

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Cowicide

29 December 2011

Version: 9.4.5

Feature request: I really wish this had the added feature of making alarms go off earlier if there are various severe weather alerts that happen overnight. This app does this here: http://itunes.apple.com/app/winter-wake-up/id487687174?mt=8 It's called Winter Wake-up and it's only for iPhone I think.

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Donmontalvo

15 March 2011

Version: 9.4.2

I want to buy this through the App Store, but there doesn't appear to be the option to upgrade from version 7.1.1. Yea, I know, I can download from the vendor's site...but I really want to do this through the App Store. I know, what the heck for, just trust me... :) Don

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This the best shareware alarm clock by far. I tried a few others and the lame free ones but none could handle the complex schedules I needed like this one can. A bit expensive for approx. $20 but was worth the money when I bought during a promo for 50% off. I really liked how I was able to test this out without hinderance unlike some of the other shareware clocks that are crippled from the get go.

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Hello Gents, Is this Alarm Program Free? Or is it big money, the 20.00? I currently use a Free Program called "Alarm Clock" and it works great. It's just I always see this Program being updated in the files all the time and I wanted to ask about it? Thanks,

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I was really impressed with this app, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to have a countdown timer, or at least I couldn't find any mention of one anywhere. I'm also disappointed that the company doesn't even seem to provide an email address for support - I spent about five minutes of my time just trying to locate one, before giving up. Because of the above issues, I'm still looking for an alternative but will probably ending up purchasing this one ...

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I want to like this program but find it very unreliable. I make changes and it doesn't remember them. This is totally unacceptable when the program is an alarm clock. You can not trust it.

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This update will require reinputting your e-mail address to activate the product; however, this will not use up an activation credit (you get 5 yearly with our lowest license: Single User), if you are re-activating on the same computer.

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Ok, I feel like I should write a review on this App and specifically the developer of this excellent piece of software. The previous version (9.2.3) had a but where weekly relative alarms would not register the correct date. I noticed this unfortunately after waking up late (not catastrophic-thank god) and promptly emailed the dev regarding this issue. That was yesterday. Today, the bug is fixed! That is a one-day turnaround people! Can you think of any developer that has as many apps as this Koingo does that has a ONE DAY TURNAROUND on bug fixes!? That is dedication people. I have been using this app to wake up every single weekday for the past 6 years and it has proven to be feature-rich, easy to use, lightweight, and backed by impeccable support! Thank you koingo for the years of wonderful usage. You guys truly embody what the mac experience is all about. If anyone is on edge about getting this application, Koingo is one developer that is really worth supporting. Thank you again!

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Great basic alarm clock. Just wish it could play through my Express linked speakers. Then I wouldn't have to keep my laptop in the bedroom.

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Just installed v914 and all clock plugins became disabled because of some XML error. Tried a little fiddling to reinstall the plugins then decided that wasn't worth the effort. I went back to v913 and all is fine again. I really like ACP, but v9xx is so far not as good as v8xx.

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Is it just me, or does anyone else find three releases in one day to be just a tad excessive? If the program is that buggy, why not give it a thorough working over then release ONE update? It takes a lot of unnecessary bandwidth to download versions that are superseded before you even get a chance to install them!

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$10 for a patch, seems a little pricey. I will continue to use my alarm clock, that works fine and it is free.

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For those who missed it in the release notes during Software Update, or those who have not yet upgraded, Alarm Clock Pro 9 is a paid upgrade. This is the first paid upgrade to Alarm Clock Pro in 10 years, and we thank everyone for their support! Version 9.0 from the last 8.x release is primarily a bug fix release; however, we have big plans for it in the coming months, so please stay tuned. In fairness, we'll also be releasing a new 8.x point release containing these same bug fixes so that customers remaining on 8.x will have a final stable version of the product. Buyers of Alarm Clock Pro 8 on or after January 1, 2009, can obtain a free license at the link below. Also, all other users can use the same form to proceed to a paid upgrade page. http://www.koingosw.com/store-upgrade.php Upgrades are free for any buyers of the Utility Package, and the license should automatically be in your account. For users wishing to remain on version 8 and inadvertently upgraded, please contact us, and we'll offer you an 8.x download link.

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As an utility pack licensee, I found that the license for V9 already added to my account without me asking for it, and I'm really grateful for this However I really wish that the owners of V8 won't left in cold, they should get the crucial bug fixes (I'm not asking for fancy new features), in maybe 1-2 last point updates; so they can finally get a complete product they deserve I'm sure most of these people are the real customers (pay full price) instead the majority of Utility Pack users who got the pack from Mac software bundles

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To charge $9.95 for bug fixes seems out of line. I'll wait until there are actual new features to pay any more money. The program is good, but not worth another $10.00.

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I'm a fan of Koingo Software. They offer many great products and excellent customer support. Having said that, I'm surprised that this is a paid upgrade considering that it consists mostly of bug fixes.

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This is incorrect. Previously, the Utility Package did offer new products for free; however, this policy changed on November 26th. We are honoring new licenses to new applications for previous customers. If you are referring to us recently selling Slideshow Magic and a few other products, it is up to the buying company if they wish to honor the free lifetime upgrades option. You, may, however continue using your existing Koingo Software edition of the product for life without any paid upgrades.

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A warning on Koingo's "Utility Pack" (of which Alarm Clock Pro is a component), since Koingo do not warn you of the following on their web site: Koingo states that if you buy their $100 bundle you get lifetime upgrades. What they don't tell you is that if they add to/change the bundle contents then your "lifetime" status doesn't apply. To the developer: you really should change/clarify the wording around this bundling. IMO it is deceptive and you should do better by your customers.

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Still requires you to schedule the power manager to wake up a few minutes before the alarm goes off. EVERY TIME. If you don't, your computer won't be awake for the alarm to activate. Even the freeware alarm clocks don't require this and until they fix it, it's an absolute dealbreaker.

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Constant 10 to 15% CPU usage when it is just sitting there, waiting. And more than 54mb of RAM. Comparably, Awaken shows basically 0% CPU usage and 43mb of RAM. I would love a good alarm/reminder program (capable of alerting with Growl notifications), but it needs to quietly sit in the background when not in use. A big plus too if it could remove the icon from the dock.

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To drumshanbo, G-mail compatiblity has been added in recent updates of Alarm Clock Pro, I thought I would give you some help. POP must be enabled in your g-mail account under settings/Forwarding and POP I used smtp.gmail.com port 465 and my username/password security: ssl (v3) This is a good link as well: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=13287 Take care, Koingo Software.

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Bought this program and like it, generally...for setting alarms in customized and repeating ways, it's awesome. I can't seem to figure out how to use it, though, as a simple 'egg timer' type of app. I may be overlooking something, but a simple two-click 'countdown' function - like a stopwatch with custom beep -- would be welcome.

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If your computer is asleep, you have to use the Power Management feature to have your computer wake up a few minutes before an alarm for it to work. This is a real hassle, so I am using Awaken instead. I like the extra features it has over Awaken, but having to set and coordinate two time settings is a huge inconvenience so I will not use it as it is.

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LOVE the program so far. Though I am having some difficulty figuring out how to set it so that the program can send emails. I have a gmail account I want to use with the program, and am not sure what to put in for SMTP server and port. I've tried smtp.gmail.com and various port numbers I've seen used in online gmail tutorials. Any suggestions?

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Been using this for a long time, I like it. I learnt a couple years ago to just ignore the updates, because if I wait two months, then I save myself from having to install it 10 times over and over, because that is how often this app gets updated. There must be two or three guys that never sleep, and have no life. I pity them. : )

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doesnt wake up my G5. plus you can always buy a alarm clock and waste less energy. sleep mode still sucks more power than a real alarm clock. still its worth 5 stars across the board.

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Does this program wake up your computer from Deep Sleep? I'm currently using iBeeZz (which you can find on macupdate as well). It can wake your computer up even if you shut it down (it's fantastic!). But it is never being updated anymore, so therefore I'm wondering if Alarm Clock can do more than just wake your computer up from Sleep.

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I'm pleased to say that this is a great application. It's extremely flexible and the address book importing and snooze features are both wonderful additions in Alarm Clock Pro. The developer is friendly and responsive with regards to feature requests and bugfixes. A very worthwhile purchase which is updated frequently.

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To Josh: With this version, even though the feature "play alarm at full volumn" when an alarm goes off is available, it no longer works. I've re-installed, trashed prefs, etc. It always worked before, but not with this version, at least on my system of 10.4.2 Can you help, Josh?

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Instead of paying $16 for this app, try this combo: iCal + iTunes Has been working for me ever since Jaguar went public.

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It`s good, but there`s one thing missing: the ability to fade in music! Dear developer, please fix this and I`ll surely recommend it to everyon. It`s the only thing keeping it from being the best alarm app!

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This is pretty comprehensive... However, if you are after something that works reliably without all the bells and whistles (and free), try iTaf

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Been using Alarm Clock Pro since it's inception. Great, simple program that does what it says. Updates make it better and better. Love being able to record you own messages.

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_The_ best alarm clock for the Mac. Period. The feature set puts it in a class of its own without any visible competition. It also is the _only_ alarm clock that can wake your Mac from sleep to run an alarm or scheduled task. The UI design looks a bit dated, though and the optional floating clocks are not really top notch design, either.

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Whoa! The author previously said it was "impossible" to wake the computer with this thing but somehow he found a way. Excellent! To me, this feature alone beats all the other alarm clocks to a pulp.

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Alarm Clock Pro 6.2.1 was exactly what I had been looking for! Very pleased with the stability and features. The shareware trial has worked flawlessly so far and I intend to purchase very shortly. Excellent job Josh! And thanks for the trial use as I have to budget every dollar these days and can't afford wasted software dollars for apps with limited benefits. The integration with iTunes and sleep/wake-up has performed flawlessly which in and of itself is worth the $$$. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!!!

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This is a very clever program. I love being able to set my favorite music as an alarm (via iTunes). It's easy to figure out how to use the program, too, and I like the various clock designs and choice of sounds (including the aforementioned music). This program has the features that I wish were inherent in my Palm Desktop program, which offers a barely audible alarm. I wish I knew how to make the alarms in Palm Desktop trigger Alarm Clock Pro. But with or without more sophisticated calendar programs, Alarm Clock Pro is a winner.

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to the author: giving yourself five stars pretty sad. "Hey!- Maybe I'd Better Rate It 1-Star Just To Even Things Back Out -!" Yea, or maybe not.

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OS 9 and earlier used to be able to do scheduled booting, without any additional software to begin with. I would have a scheduled startup at 8 AM, then at 8:10, have an alarm wake me up... now with OS X, there is no such feature, but it is not impossible... I just have no idea how to do it. I've been looking for an alarm that can do that for a while now for OS X, and I've been having my Mom or girlfriend call me to wake me up for the past four months now... they're getting kind of sick of it.

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Very nice, stable, clean app - I'm using it is OS X and use it primarily to tell me when the pizza should be taken out of the oven (I can't hear the ding from downstairs) - it is all I can ask for $12

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