We're all used to setting alarms on our iPhones. But accept y'all ever set an alarm on your Mac? Sounds weird, correct? Although Macs aren't the platonic platform to set morn alarms, they are very useful for setting alarms while working. For example, you lot can gear up an warning while working from home to remind y'all to check the oven or to take a small break.

But setting an alarm on your Mac isn't equally easy as you might await. There's no dedicated clock app. Instead, we've covered a few workarounds for setting an alert on your Mac beneath.

ane. Apply Siri to Ready a Reminder on Your Mac

The easiest way to set up an "warning" on your Mac is to apply Siri. Since there is no dedicated clock app on macOS, Siri can't set up an warning, but it can gear up up a reminder to alert you at a specific fourth dimension. This, in essence, tin human activity equally an alarm, equally it'll remind yous of the event you lot set upwards using a notification.

You lot'll need to ensure Siri is enabled on your Mac earlier setting up a reminder. To enable Siri on your Mac:

  1. Open System Preferences on your Mac.
  2. Click on Siri.
  3. On the left side of the window, check Enable Ask Siri.
    Enable Siri in System Preferences
  4. macOS will ask yous to reconfirm the action, which you can do by selecting Enable.
  5. You'll see the Siri icon pop upwards in the top-right menu bar. You tin can click this, press and agree Cmd + Infinite, or just say Hey Siri to apply Siri.
  6. Say aloud what you want to ready an reminder for. For case, "Remind me to turn off the oven at 12pm."
    Reminder Set Using Siri

That's it! Siri will create a reminder and volition alert you at the fourth dimension you lot specified, acting as an alarm on your Mac.

ii. Apply the Reminders App

If you'd adopt not to use Siri, you can set an alarm as a reminder from the Reminders app itself. The but difference is that you'll need to blazon in the reminder name, date, and time instead of asking Siri to do it all for y'all.

To set an alert from the Reminders app:

  1. Open up upwards the Reminders app on your Mac.
  2. Click on the plus (+) push in the top-correct corner to set up a new reminder.
  3. Type the title of the reminder. Check the options for Remind on a Twenty-four hour period and At a Fourth dimension, and and then specify a date and time. This will serve equally an alarm. You can also choose to specify a location to trigger the warning instead.
    Add a Reminder with Specific Date/Time

Once gear up, you should see the reminder popular up as a notification with an audible alert at the time you specified.

iii. Use a Third-Party App to Set an Alarm

If you lot'd prefer to have a dedicated app for your alarms instead of using the Reminders app, consider installing a third-party app. These apps can serve every bit a proper alarm or timer app, with customizable sound.

There are loads of options bachelor on the Mac App Store. We'd recommend Wake Upwardly Time (Free). It allows yous to easily and quickly gear up an alarm on your Mac. There are different sounds that y'all tin can use for the alarm.

Wake Up Time

Apart from this, there are multiple other free apps available, all with different warning clock styles to fit your preferences.

Volition macOS Get a Native Clock App in Future Updates?

Equally yous might have guessed, setting an alert on your Mac isn't as easy equally it should be. Fifty-fifty though it has limited uses on a computer, nosotros wish Apple tree would include a dedicated clock app. In addition to alarms, having the dissimilar globe clocks bachelor direct on the system would be very helpful for work. Hopefully, we'll get it in a futurity update.