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Relocate the Lock screen’s date and time indicator with mcClock11

Right out of the box, your iPhone centers the date and time near the top of the Lock screen interface. But if you’ve ever wanted to move the date and time indicator around to different positions on the Lock screen, then you’re in luck.

A new free jailbreak tweak called mvClock11 by iOS developer Soh lets you relocate the Lock screen’s date and time indicator anywhere you’d like.

The best clock apps for Apple TV

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There are a lot of ways to use your Apple TV. From watching movies to playing games to learning a new skill, apps are plentiful per your interest. But, when your Apple TV is sitting idle, a clock is both a useful and attractive display.

If you’re in the market, here are some of the best clock apps for Apple TV.

How to have your Mac to announce the time

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Whether you are working, browsing the web, or playing a game on your Mac, time can easily get away from you. One neat feature of macOS is that you can have the time announced to you. This is a helpful reminder of the time that you can configure for how often you hear it and what voice speaks to you.

How to set and manage alarms on HomePod

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Like other Apple devices, your HomePod permits you to set custom alarms.

You can create multiple alarms using just your voice, optionally add some context to them, if you like, and more. Your Siri speaker will signal you when one of your created alarms goes off.

Siri on HomePod allows you to create as many alarms as you want, manage them, remove ones you no longer need, turn specific alarms on or off, create recurring alarms, and more.

Alarms do not synchronize across multiple devices via iCloud. Any alarms created using your HomePod will not appear on your Mac, iPhone, or other devices, and vice versa.

How to display clocks for other time zones in your Mac menu bar

Day and time of cities in other time zones being displayed in the Mac menu bar

If like me you're working with people spread out across different time zones, figuring out what time it is for them in their specific location can quickly become confusing, especially when you take daylight savings time into account. The same may happen if your relatives are spread across the globe.

On your Mac, you can add a World Clock widget to the Today view, but I find this solution inelegant and not perfect since the time is shown as an analog clock without any indication of whether it's the morning, the afternoon, or even the same day in the time zones.

The advantage of adding another clock to the menu bar is convenience and immediacy. If the clock is in the menu bar, I can quickly glance at it without first having to launch any app or click on anything. It's right there.

Simple WorldClock adds a World Clock display to your Lock screen

If you keep track of several time zones around the globe, then the World Clock tab in the native Clock app can be your best friend. Nevertheless, it takes an effort to find, launch, and check the Clock app whenever you want to know what time it is in another part of the world.

Enter Simple WorldClock, a new free jailbreak tweak by iOS developer NeinZedd9 that puts all your World Clocks under the large time display on the Lock screen.

DynamicTimer automatically configures iOS timers to “Stop Playing” when music is playing

Anyone who uses the timer in iOS knows that it's useful for one of two things: 1) to count down for something special, or 2) to make your music playback stop after a designated amount of time.

If you use your iOS timer for both cases mentioned above frequently, then it can be cumbersome to switch back and forth between your favorite sound and the "Stop Playing" option for each situation. Fortunately, a new free jailbreak tweak called DynamicTimer by iOS developer KingPuffdaddi helps automate this process.

TextyClock replaces the digital clock on your jailbroken iPhone with text

The Lock screen is a great place to check the time, but if you want to add some personality to your time-telling, you might be interested in a new jailbreak tweak called TextyClock by iOS developer NeinZedd9.

As shown in the example above, the tweak spells out the current time in English, rather than displaying a digital clock as you’re probably accustomed to by now.