How to Use Announce Time in macOS Big Sur
Dec. 14, 2020If you are working from home, chances are you find it hard to keep a track of the time. Sure, you could look at the clock on your menu bar, but that’s easy to forget when you’reknee deep in a project. Fortunately, Macs have long had a feature that makes them announce the time at regular intervals. Unfortunately, that option can’t be found in its usual place withmacOS Big Sur. Well, if you’re wondering how to make your Mac speak the time, here is how to use announce time in macOS Big Sur.
How to Use Announce Time in macOS Big Sur
Using time announcements is a wonderful way to ensure you’re sticking to your deadlines on a daily basis. Plus, it helps to be aware of the time throughout the day which is great fortime trackingand management. Especially when you are stuck at home all day. I will also be telling you of a neat automation that will automatically mute your Mac at night. This way, you won’t be disturbed with time announcements while you’re asleep.
Now that you have enabled the feature, you might want to customise the voice used for the announcement as well. Here’s how to do that.
If you are like me, you probably leave your Mac on throughout the day. However, with this feature, you will end up getting time announcements even at night when you’re asleep. Thankfully, there’s an easy fix thanks toawesome Mac appslike Keyboard Maestro.
That’s it, the automation will run at 10 pm on the days you selected and will mute your Mac. So you won’t be disturbed by time announcements when you’re in bed.
Automatic time announcements are a great way of keeping track of your day. It’s also the best way for me to remember to fix lunch on time — something I tend to forget a lot of times until I’m very hungry. So are you using time announcements in macOS Big Sur? Let us know in the comments. Also, if you have any questions, let us know and we will try to help you out.
