Set Up Multiple Alarms With Howler Timer [OS X Tips]

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I can think of a ton of reasons to use a timer: boiling eggs, practicing times tables, timing a shower to conserver water, and a host of other tasks both domestic and official. Most of us have a timer, either on our iPhone or on a microwave in the kitchen. What if you wanted to time several things at once, though? Luckily, we’ve got you covered with today’s tip.

Howler Timer allows you to create as many timers as you need right on your Mac. You can set timers for minutes and hours, or you can set timers with an end date to make an alarm. You can play any sound file you want for the end of the timer alarm, and you can set several timers as presets. In addition, Howler Timer can convert temperatures between Celsius and Fahrenheit, or cooking weights and volumes between American Standard and Metric.

Howler Timer is free in the Mac App Store, but the developers encourage continued development and support with an upgrade to Howler Pro, a $0.99 Mac app that lets you do all of the above, plus zoom to full screen, chain timers to each other (when one goes off, another one starts), loop timers, and even have all the timers start at the same time. Pretty slick for a dollar, right?

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