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v1.3.1
What's New
Fully Localized Menu Bar
- All menu bar items now display in your system language (English, Spanish, Arabic, Hindi)
Note on Audio Permission
- If macOS shows an audio recording prompt alongside Screen Recording, you can safely decline it — the app does not use audio.
Download
Drag FloatingClockOverlay.app to your Applications folder.
v1.3.0
What's New
Language Support
- Full Spanish, Arabic, and Hindi localization for the entire app UI
- New Clock Language picker in Settings → Typography — set the clock display language independently of your system language
- Native numerals: Hindi (Devanagari), Arabic (Arabic-Indic), and Bengali digits display natively when those languages are selected
Adaptive Color Improvements
- Improved dark mode fallback — adaptive color now correctly detects system dark/light mode when Screen Recording permission is not available
- Hysteresis thresholds prevent flickering on mid-tone wallpapers
Download
Drag FloatingClockOverlay.app to your Applications folder.
v1.2.1 — Adaptive Color Fix
What's New
- Fixed adaptive color — rewrote ScreenSampler with 3-tier brightness detection (screen capture → window list → wallpaper fallback)
- Faster transitions — sampling every 0.5s with tighter hysteresis thresholds
- Locale-aware day of week — displays in your system language (Spanish, Bengali, etc.)
- Screen Recording permission — now prompted automatically when adaptive color is enabled
Note
For adaptive color to detect windows (not just wallpaper), grant Screen Recording permission in System Settings → Privacy & Security → Screen & System Audio Recording → toggle FloatingClockOverlay ON.
Floating Clock Overlay v1.2.0
What's New
Bug Fixes
- Position persistence across reboots — the clock now remembers its position on every monitor, including external displays, even after restarting your Mac
- Adaptive text color flickering — added hysteresis so the text no longer rapidly flickers between black and white on mid-tone wallpapers
- Weather theme night mode — no longer shows sun rays at nighttime
- Text color picker — now works correctly for Glass, Dark, Light, and Weather themes
- Screen recording permission — no longer prompts for permission on every launch
New Features
- Show on All Displays — new toggle to mirror the clock on every connected monitor, each remembering its own position
- Day of week display — optional day name shown below the clock
- Keyboard shortcut — ⌘⌥H to show/hide the overlay
- F1 theme — choose from 10 F1 teams with team-colored cars and driver numbers (replaces Cars theme)
Full Changelog
Floating Clock Overlay v1.1.0
What's New
- DVD Bounce Mode — clock floats around the screen bouncing off edges like the classic DVD logo
- Adaptive Color — auto-adjusts text color based on background brightness
- Burn-in Prevention — slowly drifts the clock position to protect your display
- Improved Glass Theme — true iOS 26 liquid glass that blends with your wallpaper
- Multi-monitor support — DVD bounce spans across all connected displays
- Easier dragging — grab the clock anywhere to move it between monitors
- Double-click to open Settings — no need to find the menu bar icon
- Feedback & GitHub links in the About section
- Position memory — clock remembers its position after restart
Fixes
- Universal binary — now supports both Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4) and Intel Macs
- Fixed duplicate app instances on restart
- Fixed adaptive color showing wrong colors on gray backgrounds
Requirements
- macOS 12 Monterey or later
Floating Clock Overlay v1.0.0
Floating Clock Overlay v1.0.0
A beautiful, transparent always-on-top clock overlay for macOS.
Features
- 7 visual themes (including iOS 26 liquid glass)
- Timer & Stopwatch with lap support
- Fully customizable fonts, colors, and sizes
- Click-through mode — clicks pass to apps below
- Menu bar app — runs quietly in the background
- Works on every Space and over full-screen apps
Installation
- Download FloatingClockOverlay.dmg below
- Open the DMG
- Drag the app into Applications
- Launch from Applications or Launchpad
First launch: if macOS shows a warning, right-click the app → Open → Open.
Created by Yousa Bin Sadeque
Free for personal and educational use.
Commercial use requires written permission.