Overview

  1. Get started
  2. Configuration
  3. What's new

1. Get started

There are several options to configure and use ClockToday. In all cases ClockToday offers a clear overview of the calendar of the current day.

  • - You can set up ClockToday in combination with your local iCal calendar, where ClockToday reads out the active calendar day and displays it clearly on that particular mac.
  • - Another possibility is, for example, that you set up an iCal calendar on your own device and share this iCal calendar with the other mac user. In this case you can remotely manage the agenda of that particular person. A typical example of a caregiver, with respect to the patient with Alzheimer's symptoms.

You need to give ClockToday permission to access iCal® calendar.

If you refused (pushed: "Don't Allow" button) you get the message above.


You can still give access, adding ClockToday to the "Calendars" exception list in the "Security & Privacy" panel of the "System Preferences". This is common practice in macOS security policy.

2. Configuration

2.1 Setup via preferences panel

macOS version:
You can set a few very specific settings to increase the ease of use:

  • - A warm welcome
  • - Best understood time format: 12 or 24 hour display
  • - Hide events that are over
  • - Lock ClockToday as foreground application so it won't get lost in any chaos of other open application screens
  • - Fix ClockToday's position on the screen
  • - Play sound when calendar item is added
  • - Select if only a specific calendar or all calendars are shown

2.2 Setup an iCal calendar and share with other mac user

How to setup an iCal calendar?

  1. Open iCal®
  2. Go to 'file' and select 'New Calendar' >
  3. Ctrl + click the newly created calendar and select "Share Calendar..."
  4. Enter email of other mac user(*)
  5. Then you are done

(*)NOTE: Invitees to a private calendar must have an Apple ID and use iCloud.

More info

2.3 After setup and launch of ClockToday

You can have 2 situations:

ClockToday (macOS preview) is connected to iCal, but there are no events found on that particular day.

ClockToday (macOS preview) has found events and clearly lists them in chronological order.

As you saw in the preferences pane above, you can hide past events if you want to keep focus on what's next.

7. What's new?

version 2.2.0

    ClockToday

  • - Bug fix: Under specific conditions, hiding old calendar events did not function as expected.
  • Minor GUI improvement on first future calendar item.

version 2.1.0

    ClockToday and iClockToday

  • - Enhanced display of daily time periods: Morning, Late Morning, Noon, Afternoon, Evening, Night.
  • - Bug fixes on preferences panel.

version 2.0.0

    Release of ClockToday for iOS

  • Now also available on iPhone and iPad.

version 1.5.0

    Improved preferences panel:

  • - Show one or more calendars at a time.
  • - Choose application background color.
  • - Choose application font.
  • - Choose application font color.

    • GUI refinements.


version 1.4.0

  • - The window can be resized to show more calendar items at once.
  • - The first next event will be selected and keep your attention.
  • - Simultaneous running calendar events are selected together, to maintain focus.
  • -GUI improvements of the calendar events table view.