The MP3 alarm clock is a program that lets you wake up to your MP3s! All you need to do is open up my program, and create a new Alarm. Pretty simple, huh?
This program is "Apple Job ware" (not to be confused with "Steve Jobs ware"). If you can get me a job at Apple when I get out of college in 3 years, you get a registered copy of my program! The registered copy is identical to the freeware version - but think - you'll have the ONLY registered copy in the world!
System Requirements:
A Power Macintosh and Quicktime. To play MP3s, you'll need QuickTime 4.0 or newer.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Q: How in the world do I create a new alarm?
A: You either edit an empty alarm, use the File menu > New Alarm, or type N. Once the Edit Alarm window appears, select a time and a day (make sure you get AM/PM correct - I always screw that up myself) and the select some music you want to wake up to by clicking on the "Media" button. You can open MP3s, WAVs, MIDIs, and AIFFs (chances are you dont have AIFFs lying around). If all goes well, the title of the song will appear in the Edit Alarm window next to the "Media" button. Click the OK button and viola, your alarm is created. That wasn't too hard, was it? Important note: If you want the alarm to go off, click the "Active" box that corresponds with it.
Q: Can I make more than 1 alarm? I only see 1 alarm in the Alarms window.
A: Of course you can. You can have up to 14 alarms! To get more alarms, just click on the down arrow button in the bottom right of the Alarms window.
Q: Why did you make this program?
A: Because I'm sick of having alarm clock programs that beep, or only have one alarm to set. As a college student, I have to wake up every day at a different time! So, I made this. :-)
Q: How can I get more skins, or can I make my own?
A: You could go to the official web site http://mike.axisproductions.com/clock/ and download any new skins you see there. If you wanna make new skins, email me at mike@axisproductions.com and i'll tell you how to make one. Its pretty easy!
Q: How did you make those cool document icons? (like the one on this read me?)
A: I am currently working on a program that does all this stuff for me. It is still in the works, but I'll be releasing it sooner or later. :-)
Q: Why is the limit 14 alarms? Why not 10? Why not ∞?
A: Originally it had 7 - one for each day. My roommate, however, did not want to run my alarm clock all night because his computer is too busy cranking out SETI@Home blocks, so I made its limit14 alarms - enough for 7 alarms per week for 2 people :-) Why not an infinite number of alarms? Come on - you only wake up one or two times per day! If you really need more than 14, just make a second copy of my alarm clock program and run that (but don't have 2 alarms go off at the same time with different MP3s! ::headache::)
Known issue (yes only 1):
• Some MP3s won't play because QuickTime can't play some types of MP3s! BUMMER!
Version History:
1.3 - (5/2/00)
• (Feature) Customizable snooze time
• (Feature) Decreasing snooze time option (snooze time halves each time you snooze)
• (Feature) You can start off the alarm quietly and ramp it up to full volume
• (Changed) Alarm no longer unchecks when it goes off
• (Changed) Volume control can now get even louder, due to popular demand.
• (Changed) Changed wake up dialog
• (Bug Fix) If you deleted some skins the program wont open because its looking for a skin that wasn't there
• (Bug Fix) Apple menu is now hierarchical
• (Added) Keyboard shortcut for "OK I'm up!" button: Apple-O
• (Added) Five new skins:
Alien Angels, created by Vu Hoang
Higher Fidelity, created by Vu Hoang
Autobots, created by TY J Silzer
Decpticons, created by TY J Silzer
Creepy, created by Dave Holle
1.2 - (4/19/00)
• (Feature) You can customize the digital clock with options to hide/show seconds and even use a 24 hour clock
• (Feature) You can specify a custom volume so you can wake up to REALLY LOUD music or quieter music
• (Feature) You can now create a note that you see when the alarm goes off
• (Bug Fix) If you put a skin on a monitor to the left of your main monitor, it used to place it back on the main monitor when reopening the MP3 Alarm Clock
• (Bug Fix) Fixed problems with the bar code skin
• (Added) There is now a close box on the alarm manager window
• (Added) Alarms are created to "Active" by default
• (Added) Four new skins:
MAC OS X, created by Franz Nawrath
Asian Style, created by Vu Hoang
Oak Alarm, created by Joseph Kennedy
Acid Trip, created by Sylvia Cross
1.1 - (4/14/00)
• (Feature) You can now hide either or both windows if you dont want to see them
• (Feature) You can quickly access the first 10 skins though 0 - 9
• (Feature) You can now specify "Everyday", "Weekdays", or "Weekends" as well as individual days
• (Feature) You can make space for more or fewer alarms with the apple +/- buttons or apple up/down arrows
• (Change) Made the snooze button default
• (Change) When snoozing, the snooze button is disabled
• (Bug Fix) The currently used skin will be checked at startup
• (Bug Fix) Program would quit instead of error when the numerals in a skin did not match
• (Added) Documentation on how to make skins
1.0 - Initial release (4/12/00)
I would like to thank:
Dave Holle - for kicking ass
Josh Wurzel - it was indirectly his idea
Michael Simmons - bad ass beta tester
Mike Miller - without him I wouldn't program on the mac
Joseph Kennedy - moral support or something
ZDNet - for giving my program a four mice rating and calling it a "Must Have"
TuCows - for giving me 5 glowing cows
Version Tracker - 5 stars
ZDNet - 4 Mice, "Must Have"
TuCows - 5 cows
Legal stuff / the small print:
I accept no responsibilities for my program if it does something it is not supposed to, like blow up your computer, or crash and not wake you up. In fact, if anything goes wrong, its not my fault, its YOUR fault! You probably have a Microsoft™ program somewhere on your computer indirectly screwing up my program - so go sue Microsoft™, or at least get in line to sue Microsoft™. :-)
But seriously, I accept no responsibility for anything bad that occurs if my program malfunctions in any way. And besides - I'm only 18 and I'm broke, so even if you sued me you wouldnt get any money!
