Sand Timer 1.3.0

A realistic sand timer that sits on your Mac's desktop, above your other windows.

What's new in 1.3.0

• Float Anywhere. Turn it on from the right-click menu and the timer stays wherever you let go of it, even in mid-air, and reopens there next time. Turn it off and it drops back to the bottom of the screen.
• Smooth tipping. Knocking the timer over (pausing) and standing it back up (resuming) are now smooth, with no jitter.

Earlier updates

• 1.2.0: gravity affects the flow (drop it and the stream stops mid-air), about 40% less CPU, and natural-looking sand.
• 1.1.1: a smooth, steady sand stream.
• 1.1.0: 6- and 12-minute timers for 0.1- and 0.2-hour billing blocks.
• 1.0.3: new installs start on the 25-minute 🍅 Pomodoro setting.
• 1.0.2: Support Sand Timer… in the right-click menu; open source under the MIT License.

Download

SandTimer-1.3.0.dmg below. Open it and drag Sand Timer into Applications. Works on macOS 13 Ventura or later, on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs. Signed and notarized, so it opens without a security warning.

Using it

• Click to start. Click again to pause (it tips onto its side) and again to resume.
• Drag it anywhere; let go and it drops to the bottom of the screen.
• Right-click for durations (1–60 minutes, including a 25-minute 🍅 Pomodoro), sand colors, base style, size, sounds, Start at Login and Hide to Menu Bar.

What's inside

• Sand that behaves like sand: a crater that deepens on top, a pile that builds at the bottom, a stream that loosens as it falls, and a neck sized to the duration.
• Flip, drop, shake and knock it over, and the sand responds.
• Remaining time on a display in the base that switches over when you flip it.
• Sounds made to match: sand pouring onto glass, then onto sand, shaking, landing, and a chime when time is up.
• Hide it to the menu bar with the time left and pause/resume.

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