Basics
Drag Files, Mails, URLs and Contacts to the status menu
in order to schedule an alarm.
For creating a manual entry - double click in the time line and start typing.
Alarms
Once an alarm occurs the status menu starts flashing.
This will continue until
- you have marked all items in the To Do area as done
- you dragged all items in the To Do to a later time
- you have snoozed the alarm by waving side ways with the mouse, or by right clicking the Alarms icon
When snoozed the status icon will look like this:
To shift all Alarms in the timeline at once, drag with the mouse on the hours scale
Timers
Click on the status menu
hold the mouse and drag downwards to set the time of a timer.
If you change mind while dragging, drag to the left or the right
Keyboard short cuts
⇠ or ⇢ shift the time line
⇡ or ␛ close
⇧ zoom timeline to show full day
⌘-Z Undo
⌘-T show today
⌘-F Find
⌘-, Preferences
⌘-Q Quit
Third Party Software
Alarms plays well with applications that are able to sync iCal To Dos such as Things and
Appigo Todo™
FAQ
Why does my Google Calendar not show up in the list?
Because Google calendars do not support To Dos.
It does not seem to sync my iCal Events, why?
It syncs To Dos (the list on the right in iCal).