TinyClock
TinyClock is a tiny true 5-arch universal Mac OS X single-binary GUI application.
Features
- Single universal binary, that can be natively executed on every hardware platform Mac OS X was made for (32/64 bit, PowerPC/x86/AppleSilicon).
- Minimalistic gadget-style design. If launched as a tool, there is no menubar, no dock icon, no nothing, just the clock window.
- Support for hidpi and dark mode for environments, that have them.
- Window title bar for moving the window with a mouse, and a handle to resize it (latter for OS versions, that have it).
- Ported to GNUStep and thus other OSes (sources under GPLv3, GNUStep GNUmakefile included).
- Simple Makefile build system.
- Launches faster, than Safari.
- Nuff said.
Screenshots
Downloads
DMG Binary
Bazaar Source
To obtain the full source tree do:
bzr clone https://tycho.sytes.net/TinyClock/
To update earlier cloned:
bzr pull
Binary compatibility list
| Archtecture |
Mac OS X version |
| PowerPC 32-bit |
10.2+ |
| PowerPC 64-bit |
10.5+ |
| Intel 32-bit |
10.4+ |
| Intel 64-bit |
10.5+ |
| Apple Silicon 64-bit |
11.3+ |
Version history
- 2022-09-11 - Better hidpi support implementation
- 2022-09-11 - Scripts for a more automated build on dedicated hosts
- 2022-09-09 - Binaries rebuilt with Leopard SDKs
- 2022-09-08 - GNUStep port
- 2022-09-08 - implemented a tiny menubar for bundle mode launch, to make app quitable by Command-Q
- 2022-09-07 - initial commit
Feedback
tinyclock@tycho.sytes.net
Known bugs
- Interestingly enough, it is not that easy to forge a menu item in the TinyClock autogenerated menu. When launched on Jaguar, the autogenerated menu is already populated enough. But for latter OS versions it is empty.
- Some of the slices are built blindly - crosscompiled without a possibility to launch and thus not tested at all.