Questions tagged [alarm]
Use this tag for questions about alarm functionality and issues encountered with it.
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I want my morning alarm to ring through my telephone speakers and not my headset. How can I make it that the alarm ring on my phone and not headset
When I go to sleep at night, I have a headset so I could listen to my music, but my headset falls off so then when my morning alarm rings, I cannot hear the alarm. As the alarm is ringing through the ...
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How do I schedule a one-time alarm for a specific day?
I want to set a one-time alarm to go off on a specific date on my iPhone. On Android there was a "Schedule alarm" button in the clock app but I can't find an equivalent option on iOS. The ...
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In Shortcuts, how can I convert a time in plain text into a date?
I want to be able to write a text like "155pm" and have that get turned into a date and then into an alarm on the same day with that time. I tried the set of actions shown below (link to ...
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When did iOS remove the ability to set the alarm clock to play a Music playlist?
I am virtually certain that in early iOS products -- for example, on my old 5th-generation iPod Touch, which was contemporary with the iPhone 5, and which shipped with iOS 6 -- one could set the stock ...
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Ask Siri to change my wake up alarm time
In previous versions of iOS, I was able to ask Siri on either my iPhone or HomePod mini to “change my wake up time to 7 AM”.
In recent versions of iOS, this feature disappeared. Now Siri says “you don’...
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Is it possible to set an alarm so it will only ring once?
I like to have an alarm go off hourly to help me stay focused, and I’ve set my phone up to play church bell sounds for each hour. This works well, except that the alarms will keep playing forever (or ...
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How can I prevent the alarm app from sounding during a phone call on iOS?
Is it possible to configure the alarm app from sounding during a phone call?
This is extremely annoying that the alarm app sounds during a call.
This is loud and you have to ask the other party to ...
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How can I have Sleep Focus stay on longer tonight?
Last night, I worked late and wanted to push back my usual Sleep Focus end time from 7:00 to 9:00am. It looked like I was allowed to do that:
However, at 7:30am I was awakened by an email. Despite my ...
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My MacBook Pro beeps at random intervals
I was awakened last night by my MacBook beeping at what seemed like regular intervals. I shut it down. This morning I turned it on and the beeping came back. It was not completely regular. Sometimes, ...
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An Alarm for Calendar events
I have configured Calendar on my Mac to give an audible alert and show a notification when an event begins. However, this is nothing like enough for me – I still regularly miss meetings or arrive late ...
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Set default alarm app such that Siri alarm request is made in that app
How can I tell iphone OS to use a specific alarm clock app instead of default Clock app to for verbal request of 'set an alarm for 13:30'?
(because default 9 minute snooze that can not be changed is ...
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Disable all alarms on iPhone
I thought that switching the mute switch will disable all non-music sounds, but apparently that's not the case. Adjusting the music volume of course also didn't help. Is there a way to globally mute ...
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Waking up iPhone causes the alarm's volume to reduce after a few seconds
I'm using iPhone 12 with iOS 15.2, and I have set alarms with custom ringtones from the music library which is synced from my laptop (macOS 12). When the alarm is triggered and the ringtone starts ...
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How can I use streaming radio as alarm notification sound in iPhone?
How can I use streaming radio as the notification sound in iPhone's Alarm app?
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Loss of numerical keypad to enter alarm times
For a while within the past year, I was delighted to find that my iPhone allowed me to enter an alarm time using a numerical keypad instead of the simulated dials. Now, it has reverted to the dials. ...
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