Countdowns on Your Mac
How to see how long is left without opening an app: timers, widgets, the menu bar, and the notch, with the built-in and free options first.
- Countdown App for Mac: What Makes a Good OneThe qualities that separate a good Mac countdown app from a frustrating one.
- Countdown Timer for Mac: Every Way to Run OneClock, Siri, Terminal, web timers, and what to use for days instead of minutes.
- Countdown Widget for Mac: What Works, and What to Use InsteadHow macOS desktop widgets work, and how they compare with menu bar and notch apps.
- How to Keep a Countdown Visible on Your MacWhich countdowns stay in view through full screen, extra desktops, and external displays.
- How to Put a Countdown in the Mac Menu BarA pinned Shortcut, a free SwiftBar script, or a menu bar app, step by step.
Guides by occasion
- Best Countdown Apps for Mac: How to Choose OneThe main kinds of Mac countdown apps and a checklist for choosing one.
- Christmas Countdown for Mac: How to Keep Christmas VisibleA pinned tab, a web app in the Dock, widgets, Shortcuts, or the notch.
- How to Create a Birthday Countdown on MacBirthday countdowns that roll over every year, from Calendar to the notch.
- How to Create a Vacation Countdown on MacSomething to look at on a long workweek: vacation countdowns on your Mac.
- How to Create a Wedding Countdown on MacKeep the big day in view while you plan, and share it with your partner.
- How to Put a Countdown on Your Mac DesktopWidgets, the Clock app, Shortcuts, a web countdown, or a menu bar app.
