SmallTimer For Mac

There are numerous timer applications available on the Mac platform, each with different degrees of complexity. SmallTimer tries to make everything as simple and as unobtrusive as possible, while also ensuring that it will grab your attention.

SmallTimer resides in the status bar, but given the color choice adopted for the menulet icon, you will not be able to detect its presence if you are using the OS X dark menu bar and Dock mode.

However, the SmallTimer app is there in the status bar, and you still get to activate its panel if you click your mouse in the area. The action is necessary whenever you need to set the timer or if you want to check how much time is left until the reference event.

Since SmallTimer will not display the timer progress in the status bar, you will not be distracted by the countdown, while also maintaining the capability to track time in a discreet manner.

By default, if you input a numerical value in the SmallTimer panel, the app will assume that you refer to minutes and act in consequence. Nonetheless, you can also use colons to set precise periods, which include hours, minutes, and seconds.

Make sure to navigate to the SmallTimer Configuration panel and choose how you want to be notified that the time is up. SmallTimer can darken your entire screen for a couple of seconds, open a user selected file, of speak a user provided text string.

Bottom line, SmallTimer is a simple app that can count to a single event, while being able to grab the user’s attention in multiple ways. As a result, the utility is great if you need to have a counter in place without being too conspicuous.

At the same time, SmallTimer can signal the event in an equally unobtrusive manner, by speaking text, or by launching a particular document.