TICKE-TACK 4+

I like the idea of this, and it looks and works great, but I had to turn it off whenever I was working away from an outlet.

FIRST REVIEW: I’m using OS X 9.4 and while I can get it to work as a wallpaper app (which I didn’t want), it doesn’t display the time feature as a screensaver, just the picture. I love the idea of a clock telling the time this way throughout the day, and I will continue to fiddle and/or contact the developer for support. It may be that I can only use it as both wallpaper and screensaver app, not just one or the other … which would also be a disappointment, since I’d lose my rotating daily comics wallpaper. If I can get it to work, I’ll come back to update my review.

UPDATE (later, that evening…): I did indeed contact the support email address and one of the creators got back to me 5 hours later asking me to try changing the language choice in the Ticke-Tack screensaver settings. I at first tried this via the wallpaper app preferences (thinking they were that interconnected), but when that only changed it for the wallpaper, I turned that back off and looked again at the screensaver preferences. Same interface as the wallpaper app, but for a different app, obviously. And that worked! It doesn’t pick up the user’s system language choice, I guess, in installing, but as long as you know to set language, too, when you’re setting it as a your screensaver in the first place, you’re good to go! Thank you, Sebastian, for such a quick response!

This is exactly the app clock I always wanted. It’s so beautiful. You can tell that they made this because they were passionate about the idea and not just trying to make some money. I have my language set to Spanish and have been learning how to count time. Thanks so much you wonderful creators!