No longer will you have to worry about winding your alarm clock up or making sure it has good batteries in it.

Not to mention that you'll never wake up with a headache from that wretched ringing.

There are many other computer alarm clocks out there, but none that offer the number of useful features and flexibility of Alarm Clock Pro.

Easily glide through the alarm creation process by specifying what type of alarm you wish to set and what happens when it goes off. Select audio files, movies, Internet radio stations, iTunes play lists and even CD audio tracks.

Here are some key features of "Alarm Clock Pro":

· Send a text message to a cell phone
· Play an audio or video file
· Loop, fade, and auto-stop media files
· Increase media file playback speed
· Alter media file playback volume
· Loop media files via number or hour count
· Open documents and applications
· Play a web broadcast
· Play an iTunes playlist
· Play a random iTunes song
· Stop, Pause and Resume iTunes
· Open a website
· Send an e-mail with optional attachments
· Compose an e-mail
· Connect and disconnect the modem
· Send a serial command to the modem
· Start or stop the screensaver
· Take a screenshot
· Perform any shell command
· DIsplay and/or speak text
· Bounce the icon in the dock (or flash it in the Taskbar on Windows)
· Display and/or speak a random line of text
· Automatically wake the computer from sleep (by schedule)
· Put the computer to sleep
· Startup the computer
· Shutdown the computer
· Logout
· Maximize system volume
· Maximize iTunes volume
· Unmute system volume
· Combos are allowed! Specify as many of these events per each alarm as desired.
· Specific dates (ie. May 11, 2006 at 7:30 AM)
· Dynamic dates (ie. [Every Month] [All Days], [All Years] at 5:00 PM)
· Relative dates (ie. 1st and 3rd Monday and Friday of [Every Month] at 2:00 PM)
· Specified number of minutes past the hour (chimes)
· Timer alarms alarms that execute after a specified amount of time
· Smart snooze - ring on an incrementally decreasing, or increasing, schedule
· Extend alarm execution date by a specified amount of time
· Create alarm templates (presets) for new alarms
· Auto launch Alarm Clock Pro when needed and/or on login
· View this month's current calendar days with active alarms are underlined
· Alarm Menu - easy to access menubar (or taskbar) icon with alarm details
· Chime alerts can act like a Mindfulness Bell
· Calculate the difference between two time periods or time zones
· Stopwatch with lap counter
· View the current computer uptime
· Task list with priorities and random viewer that can speak items
· Create custom on-screen clocks with transparencies!
· Auto-open custom clocks or windows on launch
· Ring alarms at an offset from the system clock

Limitations:

· 15 days trial period.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· New Feature: Auto-quit when iTunes fade is complete, or auto-stop happens.
· New Feature: Manual activation window is now an 'Assistant'.
· Bug Fix: Will no longer incorrectly save manual activation data on the second launch of the program, therefore causing reactivation to be required.
· Bug Fix: Full screen mode for alarm alerts no longer permanently hides the menubar.
· Bug Fix: No longer disables past alarms which DO have a future ring date.
· Bug Fix: Now creates the All Alarms collection first, so it appears at the top of the Collections list in the main window for first-time launchers of Alarm Clock Pro.