Simple setup - Off Remote uses the same technology as the iTunes remote to connect over your local network to the helper on your computer.Control any number of computers on your local network.Send a message before you turn the computer off 'Go to bed - it's past your bedtime!'.Off, Sleep, Restart, Lock, Log off and Hibernate (not all computers can hibernate).
The timer function lets you set Off to trigger up to 24 hours in the future so you can set a computer to automatically turn off after a task such as completing a download or upload or to automatically lock at a certain time to limit a child’s screen time. Want to stop the kid’s marathon computer sessions? Do it remotely. Turn off any computer on your network from your iDevice.įorgot to turn off the office computer? No need to get up.
However, some iPhone/iPod touch-compatible clock radios will let you use the contents of a playlist on the device as an alarm.Off Remote lets you turn off, lock, sleep, log off and restart a PC or Mac directly from your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch - or even from your Apple Mac. If you use the iPhone or iPod touch all by itself, you’re stuck with the on-board sounds and any ringtones you add with GarageBand, iTunes, or an application such as Ambrosia Software’s $15 iToner 2. Regrettably, the iPhone and iPod touch can’t play music tracks as alarm sounds. Clickwheel iPods can wake you with an electronic beep played through their tiny internal speakers or by playing a playlist of your choosing. The iPod giveth and the iPod taketh away, so up and at ’em sleepy-head!Īn iPod can wake you in a couple of ways. (For those of you interested in exploring sleep-inducing soundtracks, give a listen to the albums from Ambient Music Therapy at the iTunes Store.) Get up! This indicates that the currently playing track will remain the currently playing track until you stop it. With an iPod touch or iPhone, locate the track you want to play, tap on the screen to produce the timeline, and tap on the Loop icon just below and to the left of the timeline until it shows a 1. It will repeat until you stop the iPod from playing (unless you’ve set a sleep timer, in which case the iPod will shut off when the timer expires). On any clickwheel iPod go to Settings -> Repeat, and push the Center button until the Repeat command reads “One.” Then navigate to the track you want to listen to and start it playing. An iPhone or iPod touch’s timer can run for up to 23 hours and 59 minutes. Sleep timers on clickwheel iPods run from as little as 15 minutes to as many as 2 hours. And with an iPod touch or iPhone, you use open the Clock application, tap Timer, set a time, tap When Timer Ends, and in the screen that appears, tap Sleep iPod. On early clickwheel iPods (an iPod mini, for example), go to Main -> Extras -> Clock -> Sleep Timer. On clickwheel iPods a little older-first- and second-generation iPod nanos, for example-follow this path: Main -> Extras -> Clock -> Your Clock -> Sleep Timer. On a recent clickwheel iPod you’ll find this option by following this path: Main -> Extras -> Alarms -> Sleep Timer. Unless you’ve explored your iPod’s every nanny and crook, you’ve likely missed its sleep timer.
Your little portable media player can also act as a sleep and wake aid. Ask Siri anything, from set the timer for 3 minutes to what movies are showing. But you needn’t restrict your iPod’s duties to the daylight. If you turn off predictive text, iPod touch may still try to suggest. Most of us are accustomed to using our iPods in our waking hours-for the morning commute, afternoon workout, and ride home from work.