Countdown
Version: r3 ||
Release Date: 2006-11-03 ||
License: Freeware
Developer: Concentrate Software
Waiting, it's a fact of life. Whether you're cooking or waiting for a train, you don't want to miss your deadline. Countdown helps you keep track of these deadlines. All you do is enter how long you want to wait or enter the date that you're waiting for and Countdown will take care of the rest. Include a message and you won't wonder what you were waiting for. With Countdown, you won't miss a train or burn a cake again.
Tags: timer , menulet , alarm , growl , clock , utilities
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I can't get it to work, it crashes all the time!
Not pretty, but it works. As @I2g mentions, the key here is the menu bar clock. This is nothing compared to Minuteur, but it is great for minimalist always-visible menu bar countdowns.
There is no one countdown tool for OS X that I like best; every one I've tried has strengths as well as serious flaws. This one is no exception.
Things I like here: the menu bar clock, which can be dropped down to show ALL running countdowns; countdowns can be entered as specific time intervals or as a date/time target; presets to quickly call up often-used time intervals for specific purposes.
Things I don't like: no way to apply meaningful text labels to countdowns unless they are entered as presets; no way to save the program's state, thus LOSING all running countdowns when the app quits.
There is a dashboard thing that does this too. Im not sure which I would prefer though
It defaults to showing an icon in the dock. Add the following two rows to Countdown.app/Contents/Info.plist:
NSUIElement
1
Afterwords move the .app to another location (like the desktop) and back to the Applications folder. Run the program and now there's no dock icon.