Chime on the hour

[PureLogic]

Back in the Mac OS 9 days there was a Date and Time control panel option to make your computer chime on the hour. The system notified you by a simple system sound. Mac OS X can do the same thing but instead of using a simple system sound all you get is a crappy computer voice.

I'm looking for a Mac OS X application or Dashboard widget as simple as possible that emulates the Mac OS 9 style of notifying when a hour has passed. Clearly running Classic non-stop for this purpose only isn't an option.

Thanks in advance.

Screenshot of the Mac OS 9 Clock Options:

Edited July 18, 2005 by PureLogic

[tariq]

If there's no clock/alarm app that can do it, you can always make your own although it's a tad unstable.

Download this: http://microcosmsoftware.com/playsound/

Make the following AppleScript

repeat
	tell application "Play Sound"
 ?play "Macintosh HD:users:Tariq:Sounds:Chime.aiff" -- change to location of sound file
	end tell
	delay (60 * 60)
end repeat

[tariq]

Quick search found this shareware app, it supports hourly/minute chimes.

http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo...13639&vid=49987

if that doesn't work one of these has to: http://macupdate.com/search.php?os=Mac+OS+....x=0&button.y=0

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[OxygenOne]

There are many shareware apps like iClock and ChimeX, but there is a freeware app called PTHClock that may do it. You can try it.

Hope this helps

-- OxygenOne

[PureLogic]

If there's no clock/alarm app that can do it, you can always make your own although it's a tad unstable.

Download this: http://microcosmsoftware.com/playsound/

Make the following AppleScript

repeat
	tell application "Play Sound"
 ?play "Macintosh HD:users:Tariq:Sounds:Chime.aiff" -- change to location of sound file
	end tell
	delay (60 * 60)
end repeat

586230226[/snapback]

Thanks for that! But is it possible to make it chime every full hour (15:00, 16:00, 17:00 etc.)? By the looks of it, it just counts down from the point the script is started.

[tariq]

oh yeah, hmm...not sure how to do that