Timers in your Mac's notch

The problem

Timer apps want a whole window, or a menu bar icon you squint at. You end up alt-tabbing to check how long is left, which is the opposite of focus.

How Timers works

Pomodoro runs 25 minutes of focus and 5 of break, cycling on its own with a chime and a notification at each change. On a break there is a Breathe button for a one-minute reset.

Countdown has quick chips for the usual lengths, or click the digits and type any length. Stopwatch has laps. Give any timer a label and it's logged with the session, so a week of labelled blocks becomes a record of what you worked on.

Quit mid-timer, or let the Mac sleep, and the timer resumes where it should be on relaunch. +1 and +5 add minutes while a countdown runs. Finish ends a block early and still logs the real time.

Tips

• The notch closes while a timer runs; hover to check it.
• Labels are optional. Unlabelled blocks are still logged with their length.

Questions

Does the timer keep running when the notch is closed?

Yes. It runs in the background and chimes when it ends, with a notification, whether the notch is open or not.

Can I change the Pomodoro lengths?

Pomodoro uses the classic 25 and 5 in this version. For any other length, use Countdown with a label.

Is there a countdown in the menu bar?

No. NotchMan keeps the menu bar clean on purpose. Hover the notch to see the time left.

Goes well with

• Hours

  Press play on a category. Press play on another to switch. The donut fills in.

• Breathe

  Six patterns, one circle, a voice or a chime.