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@and and released this 15 Sep 20:29
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v1.4.1
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A realistic sand timer that sits on your Mac's desktop, above your other windows.

What's new in 1.4.1

  • Minute Chimes. Turn it on from the right-click menu for a soft bell each time a minute passes, a gentle reminder that time is moving without looking up. It stays quiet at the end (the finish chime plays instead) and when you flip or restart. Off by default.
  • The sound settings now sit together in the menu.

Earlier updates

  • 1.4.0: tilt it by hand, lift a toppled timer back up, and pick it up by the top.
  • 1.3.1: a natural shadow.
  • 1.3.0: Float Anywhere, and smooth tipping over and standing up.
  • 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-1.4.1.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.
  • Push the top sideways to tilt it, lift a toppled timer back up by its top, or pull the top upward to pick it up.
  • Right-click for durations (1–60 minutes, including a 25-minute 🍅 Pomodoro), sand colors, base style, size, sounds, Minute Chimes, Start at Login, Float Anywhere 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, tilt 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, a chime when time is up, and optional minute chimes.
  • Hide it to the menu bar with the time left and pause/resume.

SHA-256: 4b41399aad98c990ee61258749ceb5b80538dbd93de0b9c1a7e0e9c9321f8380

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