AlarmClock is not working under macOS Catalina (64Bit)

[0xErnie]

I assume the code is not maintained, anyhow I think this is a good place to document the issue, show others that it exists and make cooperation possible.

AlarmClock was build for the 32Bit architecture and since macOS High Catalina 32-Bit apps are not supported anymore. See https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208436

Maybe one could just "rebuild" the app for the other architecture, maybe code has to be changed.

[derekschrock]

I started looking at this a couple months ago and found Alarm Clock is using a lot of very old frameworks most deprecated a while ago including QTKit (deprecated in 10.9). So this isn't a simple rebuild. Here might be a good place to start: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/technotes/tn2300/_index.html

This is far outside my wheelhouse and I don't have the time to figure it out.

However, I've since moved to Horo from the App Store.

[derekschrock]

Turns out someone ported it. https://github.com/bfabiszewski/AlarmClock

[studioetc]

Is there a compiled .app anywhere?

[derekschrock]

I don’t see a binary in the other repo. It wouldn’t hurt to ask there to see if a binary can be built and a release made.

If you’re willing to install xcode that repo is a simple rebuild.

However, I believe this can be closed and the issue can be open on the other project.

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Is there a compiled .app anywhere?

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[studioetc]

I failed to look in the releases - it's compiled there. I've downloaded - I'll report back on how it works. Funny, the only thing stopping me from updating MacOS has been this little app.

[ksmall16]

I downloaded the app from the repo linked above, and it looks great.. except it doesn't seem to support Catalina Music files. Catalina shifted away from using XML files for iTunes and is now using a proprietary format for their Music library, although there's supposed to be a third-party API to sync like the XML used to. Has anyone gotten this working?

I also have avoided upgrading to Catalina for a long time because of this app, and I had to when my old computer died. I absolutely need this app. Hoping someone got this working!

[2called-chaos]

Has anyone gotten this working?

@ksmall16 Do you only want to change the sound in general (that's what I always did, I need the most soul crushing sound to wake up) or do you want to select it on a per-alarm basis?

For the former you can just replace the default alarm and/or timer sound by

• Right clicking the app -> show package contents
• Navigate to Contents/Resources
• Replace defaultAlarm.m4a and/or defaultTimer.m4a with your sound of choice. But it has to be in AAC which wasn't the case before. I converted my wave file that I've been using to AAC (via Music app) but now the sound is longer for some reason so it doesn't loop as fast.

[redone]

2called-chaos Thank-you so much for that thought. I downloaded 2.5 version that is here somewhere but could never get anything but default alarm to make sound. So started using Horo (which is no where near as good as Alarm Clock was). And I really miss my Timers saying "your timer has finished" - I don't respond to bells. Simply found the song I want in library - converted a copy to m4a and put it in the package, named it defaultAlarm and it looks like its working. I'd like to have access to all my music to choose per alarm but this is much better than nothing. Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you. P.S. I too delayed changing to Catalina because of this app. I'd happily pay to have a version that works as it used to.
Also if anyone has the file that says "Your Timer has Finished" I'd love to get it.

[NeoLotus]

When I download alarm.clock.app.zip it tells me I have insufficient permission. What's up with that?