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Awaken - 4.0.11

digital alarm clock that uses iTunes playlists

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All Time:	(4.5)
This Version:	(5.0)
Current Version:	4.0.11
Release Date:	2008-02-04
License:	Shareware
Downloads (this version):	3,210
Downloads (all versions):	29,306
Price:	$12.95

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Product Description:

Awaken is a digital alarm clock that wakes you up by playing the iTunes playlist of your choice or choose from a selection of built in alarm sounds. Alarms can be created to alert you on a weekly basis at a set time, or at any specific date and time. You can also fall asleep to your favorite music using the sleep timer.

What's new in this version:

Menu bar icon updated.
Task alarms no longer affect iTunes.
Egg Timer auto-stop bug fix.
Full screen mode fixed for multiple displays.
Full screen 4:3 ratio bug fix (white bars).
Full screen clock icon display fix.
Interface fixes for Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

Additional Requirements:

iTunes 6.0 or higher

Feedback Summary:

This Version:
Overall Rating:	(5.0)	Features:	(4.0)	Support:	(4.0)
Ease of Use:	(4.0)	Quality / Stability:	(5.0)	Price:	(5.0)

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Needs work - Version: 4.0.11, 3/9/2008 09:17AM PST

julia2

I like the look and feel of this app very much, it's gorgeous. Functionally, however, it's got a few issues. This morning it didn't wake me - its screen said the alarm was in progress, but iTunes was paused. Further investigation showed that the song selected in iTunes had its checkbox un-checked (I have a number of songs I keep in my collection but do not want in regular play rotation (30-minute classical pieces, Christmas songs, etc.). Maybe that's why Awaken choked, I don't know. But reliability is paramount in an alarm clock application.

When turning on the sleep timer, the program interrupts the currently-playing iTunes song and starts playing a new song. This is quite annoying, it'd be much better if it just started the timer and left iTunes alone at that point.

The program also really needs to have a slow fadeout option on the sleep timer function, it is not conducive to sleep to have the music continue at full volume and then suddenly cut off.

There is little/no documentation, the Help screen says "Coming in software update".

I wrote the developer some days ago but haven't received a reply. In fairness, the issue I wrote about (conflict with APE) was mentioned in the Read Me or somewhere, but still I asked a question and a reply would have been nice.

I'll definitely buy it if these issues are sorted out.