iBeatTime
by E dot software

1. About

iBeatTime X is the clock of the 21st century. It lets you see your local time as Swatch™ beats. This new way of repressenting time is a cool thing, because beats are the same all over the world. You can use this new time to have meetings with people from another timezone. So 500 beats is the same in Japan, the USA, and even Europe.

2. Usage

Double click on on the iBeatTime icon to launch the program. You will not see an icon bouncing in the Dock because iBeatTime is now a fully background only application. 
To the right of your menubar you will see something like "@250" (without the quotes). That's iBeatTime running. Click on that text so you can see the program's menu.

TIP: you might consider putting iBeatTime into your Login items so that it starts up when you log in to your computer. To do this go to the Apple Menu and select System Preferences. Click on the Login item and click on the Login Items tab. Now drag and drop the iBeatTime application onto the window.

3. About the skins

When you launch the app for the first time it will create a folder called "Skins" inside the folder  "/Library/Application Support/iBeatTime". Put all your skins here.

To create a skin simply make a picture of any size, save it as .tif and drop it on the "Skins" folder. iBeatTime's skin engine take advantage of transparency so you can create some cool effects.

Be sure to send us an email so we can post your skins on our website.

3. Price?

iBeatTime is freeware. Although you can support us by paying is $2 (USD). Not only will you allow us to make better software, but you are supporting a student that has a passion to create software on the Mac platform.

If you are willing to support me, go to this URL: http://order.kagi.com/?33D

Thanks in advance!

4. Credits

Programmed by Jesus De Meyer
Additional help by Lieven Dekeyser and Jonathan McGuire

5. Contact

Email: edotsoftware@mac.com
Website: http://homepage.mac.com/edotsoftware

6. Updates

version 1.5:
* Improved the skin support amazingly: skins can be of any size no and can be dropped on the "Skins" folder inside the "/Library/Application Support/iBeatTime" folder in your Home directory.
* Merged the old application and the daemon resulting in 1 background application
* Some cosmetic issues (like the trailing zero) are fully resolved.

version 1.4:
* Added skin support
* renamed the application name and the preferences file
* minor cosmetic changes
* new icons

version 1.3
* Added the iBeatTime X daemon, a background only version of iBeatTime X

version 1.2.2
* Added a quit item to the menu in the menubar
* Fixed a small bug with Daylight Savings Time

version 1.2.1
* bug fix

version 1.2
* Added preferences
* Beats are also displayed in the menubar
* Main window can be hidden or closed
* Interface has been improved
* Dock menu, for faster access
* Some cosmetic issues resolved.
 
version 1.1
* completly redesigned interface
* fixed the "negative beats" bug
* when iBeatTime quits, the original icon is restored
* code optimization

version 1.0.2
* fixed a bug in the beats to time converter
* new icon

version 1.0.1
* beats are now displayed in the dock
* cleaned up the interface a bit
* reduced the CPU processing power
* new icon

7. Support

E dot software is open to all your questions and/or problems you may have. Please use the email address listed above.

Note that iBeatTime 2.2 (Carbon) is unsupported.

8. Licence

YOU MAY USE THIS PROGRAM AT YOUR OWN RISK. WE ("E DOT SOFTWARE") CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE THAT WAS CAUSED TO YOUR COMPUTER. THIS PRODUCT MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY IT BE PLACED ON ANY REMOVABLE MEDIA WITHOUT FIRST CONTACTING THE AUTHOR. YOU ARE ALLOWED TO MAKE 1 (ONE) COPY FOR BACK UP PURPOSES, INTERNET BACK UP OR UPLOADING THIS PRODUCT TO AN INTERNET DRIVE OR SERVER IS PROHIBITED.