Select a display option for the window title.

If this is checked, you can choose what to display in the window title.

Alarm goes off after a time interval. Example: after 5 minutes.

Alarm goes off after a time interval, if you check this item. Example: after 5 minutes.

Alarm will go off at a fixed point in time. Example: at 7:00:00

Alarm will go off at a fixed point in time, if you check this item. Example: at 7:00:00

Timer will play the sound you chose in the Sound Control Panel.

Timer will play the sound you chose in the Sound Control Panel, if you check this item.

An alert with your text will show up if the alarm goes off.

An alert with your text will show up if the alarm goes off, if you check this item.

The application menu will blink when the alarm goes off.

The application menu will blink when the alarm goes off, if you check this item.

Enter seconds.

Enter minutes.

Enter hours.

This will display the time since the timer was started.

You must check "Also display:" first for this option to work.

This will display the time since the timer was started.

This will display the time you have left before the alarm goes off.

You must check "Also display:" first for this option to work.

This will display the time you have left before the alarm goes off.

Leave this  dialog with all previous choices if effect.

Leave this dialog and accept changes.

Timer will resize the digits, if you resize the window, according to the height of the window.

Timer will resize the digits, if you choose a different window size, according to the height of the window.

Timer will resize the window if you choose a different textsize. Uncheck this if you want to resize the window manually.

Timer will resize the window according to textsize. 

View menu

These will change the way the window functions.

This could be useful if you have a large window or if you need the window to be very small.

Reset all display charateristics and display digits plain.

Style menu

These choices affect the text characteristics of the digits. These choices won't be saved to disk.

Textsize is currently 72 points

Textsize is currently 48 points

Textsize is currently 36 points

Textsize is currently 24 points

Textsize is currently 18 points

Textsize is currently 14 points

Textsize is currently 12 points

Textsize is currently 10 points

Textsize is currently 9 points

Size menu

This will change the textsize of the digits

Information about this application and it's author.


If you quit you can save your preferences and Timer will remember them the next time you launch Timer.

This item is gray because the alarm did not go off (yet)

Reset the notifications of the alarm. The blinking icon in the menu bar will stop blinking and Timer will not be marked in the application menu.

Start or stop the timer with this choice. You can also do this with a keyboard hit.

This will let you set the alarm options such as timing and notification.

File menu

These choices control the operation of the alarm.

Sorry your choices are final.

Edit menu

Timer does not support Cut, Copy, Paste and Clear. You can use this menu with Desk Accessories however.