Hourglass
Dynamic Mac desktop
Hourglass launched on August 23, 2021 with 211 votes, #119 of 2,953 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.
What it does
Hourglass reinvents your desktop experience with beautiful rotating conical gradients that moves like a clock and optional texts that provides additional info, including current time, next calendar event, weather forecast, and now playing.
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The app works great its super clean but it's way too much with it spinning once per minute with a once per hour option, as the name references. or even once per day and really slow it down so its closer to the system backgrounds that change very occasionally. The app works great its super clean but it's way too much with it spinning once per minute with a once per hour option, as the name references. or even once per day and really slow it down so its closer to the system backgrounds that change very occasionally. To help you better understand the developer’s responses, see Privacy Definitions and Examples . Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age.…from apps.apple.com
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