Alarm Clock Editor's Review

Create alarms for your Mac with this handy utility.

One of the biggest things that people – me – do with their computers is keep track of their schedules. I know I'm pretty anal retentive about my calendar. I also know that I can often get lost in my writing when I've got a good topic I'm writing about. Its at times like this, that I'm glad that there are applications like Alarm Clock. It’s a Mac app that will help you remember key events and deadlines.

Alarm Clock is a menu item alarm clock for setting either one-time alarms or repeating alarms. Then choose anything in the iTunes library to wake to: songs, playlists, even podcasts. The application takes care of the rest, even waking the computer from sleep if needed.

You can configure your snooze duration to the length you want. You can even increase/decrease your snooze time right from the alarm window. Plus, if you have an apple remote, you can hit snooze without getting out of bed. If waking up to blaring alarms in the morning isn't your cup of tea, there's an "easy wake" option that gradually increases the alarm volume over time. All of the settings are end user configurable. 

App Pro’s: Easy to use, Free 

App Con’s: Functionality is limited to alarms and a stopwatch 

Conclusion: Alarm Clock is a simple program, but what it does, it does very well. This is key system functionality that I haven't been able to find in this configuration in OS X, even with Reminders; and I'm glad that this app has found its way to my hard drive. I'm certain you'll like the app as well. The price is certainly right.