What does iSleep do ?

Have you ever wanted to have your Mac play music when you go to bed, and have it stop when you are asleep ? Or would you like your Mac to wake you up with music from your favorite iTunes or Whamb playlist ? Even better, do you want your Mac to go to sleep when you do, and automatically wake up, so that you aren't disturbed by its noise during the night ? If so, iSleep is there for you.

When you launch iSleep (if you haven't registered it yet, close the reminder window), you get a little window which you will use to set up your night. The upper half of the window tells iSleep what it should do while you are trying to get asleep, and the bottom half is an alarm clock.

If you just want iSleep to play music while you are trying to get asleep, just use the upper half : if you want iSleep to play music for 20 minutes, for example, just enter "20" in the text field and hit "Go to Sleep".

You can also ask iSleep to wake you up. Just check the "Please wake me up too" box and enter the hour at which you'd like to wake up. The date should automatically the right one, but you can change it if you like. You can then hit "Go to Sleep". (Try not to mess up your settings; double-check the date and double-check that the "Please wake me up" checkbox is actually ticked. Anyway, I strongly advise you to use a real alarm clock the first time just to be sure you'll be on time - and to be less anxious :-)

That's it : iSleep will play music for some time (you can tell for how long it will still be playing by looking at the progress bar), then gradually lower the sound volume, and stay quiet while you're asleep. Enjoy your music while falling asleep ; iSleep will care for the rest. If you have asked it to wake you up, it will then fade the music back in at the specified time.

Contents