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Wakefy — Turn your Mac into a Spotify alarm clock.
Wakefy is a simple, beautiful macOS app that turns your Mac or Macbook into a Spotify alarm clock ✨
It works even if your Mac is turned off.
Wakefy forces you to actually get out of bed and walk to turn off your alarm .
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@marckohlbrugge Thanks Marc! :) Yup, that would definitely be the next logical step, but I'm not sure it can be technically done either. On the Mac, Wakefy needs sudo permissions to change the computers' scheduled wake up time, not sure that's even possible under more limited mobile operating systems.
Will try to come up with a hack anyways, this has been requested multiple times by friends. But I wanted to finish the macOS version first and ship, ship, ship 🚀
@marckohlbrugge +1 for the iPhone app suggestion. I would much rather wake up to Justin Bieber, but I don't leave my Macbook on overnight. 😁
@marckohlbrugge @rrhoover Hey Ryan, thanks for commenting! We all love Justin Bieber in the morning :D Btw, maybe I need to make it clearer, you can turn your Mac off and Wakefy will power it on in the morning to wake you up. No need to leave your Macbook on overnight!
👋 Hi Product Hunters!
Are you a morning snoozer?
Personal story here: I have a sleep disorder called DSPS that makes me a really heavy sleeper – it tricks my brain into thinking it’s still nighttime when there’s already light.
It’s early in the morning right now here in Spain and it usually would have been really difficult for me to get up and get anything done, had I not had Wakefy.
I needed a way to force myself to actually get out of bed and stand up every morning. You know, having my phone within arm's reach wasn’t helping me getting up on time – I just learned to hit the snooze button without even opening an eye.
And since my Macbook usually sits in a desk away from my bed, I thought of the idea of using it as my alarm clock, which would force me to walk to it to turn off the alarm. And, preferably, I wanted to wake up in a good mood 💫
That’s why I created Wakefy, a simple macOS app that turns my Mac into a Spotify alarm clock. I made it free, I just wanna help people solve their waking up problems, or just have better mornings.
It soon became obvious Wakefy was really useful in a whole different range of situations:
- When you fall asleep watching Netflix/TV and you forget to set up alarms on your phone
- In situations where you ran out of battery on your phone or just left it at home altogether (travelling, staying over at some friend’s…)
- Or if you just want to wake up to your favorite Spotify tunes 🎶
Some friends tested it and thought this was something that could help others… so here we are 🚀
This is my first launch ever! 🎉 Really excited!
Please let me know your feedback! Happy to answer any questions :)
I sure wish I could listen to albums or playlists I create using this program. I see that I can wake up to playlists created by Spotify, but all the best music exists in playlists that I create myself.
Hey Javi,
Great idea. I personally wanted to build this for myself but couldn't get around the fact that my Mac is password protected. How did you guys get around it?
@ardakaracizmeli Thanks! Password-protected login is not a problem as long as your Mac is sleeping – apps can be launched if there is a user logged in. If the Mac is completely turned off, automatic login has to be enabled, though. As a security feature, Macs won't launch any user program unless a user is logged in. In the FAQ (https://wakefy.com/faq.html) we explain exactly how this works + it's explained within the app too. We recommend just putting the Mac to sleep, as it will work without having to worry about anything else.
I think this app is a security concern.
Pros:It works
Cons:Can't uninstall! I removed the Wakefy app and it still wakes me up through Spotify every morning.
yeah me too..
this app still open spotify every morning even I removed the wakefy.
I think, because wakefy using our computer to doing cron jobs, not from spotify third party permission.
Hopefully, wakefy give the solution and fix this issue
@gagah_kharismanuary hey Gagah – I've just seen this comment, did you manage to solve the problem? Please reach out at hi[at]wakefy[dot]com if you have any issues, I'll be glad to help!
I left my phone at work one time and installed Wakefy on my Mac. I disabled the password so it would wake it up from sleep and set up a test alarm that night. It didn't work, the music would only play if my computer was running. I uninstalled the app but the problem was that one test alarm I set up kept playing and turned up the volume.
The developer replied to my comment here and sent instructions to do a full uninstall. He was very responsive after and the solution was pretty straightforward.
I was gonna post the full solution here but it involves downloading a file from a link that he has. If you've trouble email him. He's pretty responsive though it's only him behind the app so email again if he doesn't reply immediately. Thanks for your help Javi.
Hi, I also have the same problem where i cannot uninstall it and it continues to go off each night! If anybody has the solution i would love to hear it! the app worked perfectly for me during my exams and is only that im finished that i uninstalled it, thanks!
Hm, not sure if it's the difference in time zone, but it went off at the completely wrong time for me. Also it would be cool if I could pick my own playlists to be played.
Nice concept, but currently completely unusable for my. Sadly...
Fantastic app, did exactly what I was looking for. The creator is super helpful, too
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