Release Notes

Meeting Notifications

• Get a native macOS notification when a meeting with a Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, or Webex link is about to start
• Click Join on the notification, or the notification itself, to open the meeting right away
• Choose when you're notified: at start time, or 1, 2, 5, or 10 minutes before
• Pick the sound: your Mac's alert sound, one of the built-in macOS sounds, or none
• All-day, declined, and dismissed events never trigger a notification
• Tip: set Time's notification style to Alerts in System Settings so the notification stays on screen until you join or close it

Notifications Settings

• A new Notifications page in Settings shows whether Time is allowed to send notifications and which style they use
• One click takes you to Time's notification settings in System Settings

Accurate Time Zone Abbreviations

• Abbreviations now use the names people write when scheduling, like CEST, BST, JST, IST, and AEST, instead of GMT+2 style offsets for most zones outside the US
• Zones without a commonly used abbreviation, such as Dubai or Singapore, show their UTC offset instead
• Choose abbreviation, UTC offset, or both, separately for the popover and the menu bar

Bug Fixes

• Settings now opens in front of the app you were using when opened from the popover, instead of behind it
• Onboarding has a cleaner, consistent layout: every step shares the same header and the Back and Continue buttons no longer move between steps

Easier to Click Short Meetings in Day View

• Meetings shorter than 30 minutes are now drawn at a 30-minute height so they are easy to click and join
• Back-to-back short meetings sit side by side instead of overlapping, the same way macOS Calendar shows them

Checkout and Anonymous Usage Signals

• Buying a license now goes through menubartime.com before reaching the checkout, so the license is tied to the app that opened it
• The app sends a handful of anonymous lifecycle events (first launch, a daily active ping, trial expiry, license activation) with an anonymous device identifier, app version, and macOS version
• Nothing about how you use the app is sent: no names, emails, calendar contents, settings, or time zones. Details in the privacy policy at menubartime.com/privacy

Bug Fixes

• Fixed a case where quickly switching between menu bar items left an extra popover on screen that could not be dismissed, most visible on macOS 27
• Emoji can now be inserted into a time zone name with the emoji picker (Control-Command-Space); picking one no longer closes the popover
• Text in the rename and time entry fields no longer appears grayed out while editing on macOS 27

Calendar Day View

• New vertical day-timeline view for your calendar, like the day column in macOS Calendar
• Events are placed by start time and sized by duration, so gaps and overlaps are visible at a glance
• Overlapping events sit side by side; all-day events get their own strip at the top
• A red "now" line shows the current time on today, with the view auto-scrolling to it on open
• Move between days with the prev/next arrows or jump back with the Today button
• Switch between List and Day view from the calendar header or in Preferences

Fixed UTC Offset Time Zones

• Add fixed-offset zones by searching "UTC", "UTC+1", "UTC-5:30", "GMT+2", and similar
• These zones stay put through daylight saving changes — ideal for coordinating around a fixed offset
• Typing "UTC 3" suggests both UTC+3 and UTC-3; an explicit sign is respected
• Correct display of half-hour and other sub-hour offsets in the menu bar

Separate Menu Bar and Popover Visibility

• Each time zone can now be shown in the menu bar, the popover, or both, independently
• Keep a long list of zones in the popover while showing only a few in the menu bar
• Toggle visibility from a zone's right-click menu or the Manage Time Zones list in Preferences

Quick Actions Menu

• A visible "⋯" menu now appears on hover for time zone and event rows
• Reach Rename, Show/Hide, Remove, Dismiss, and Restore without needing to right-click

More Precise Typed Times

• Typing an exact time into a zone (e.g. 9:58) is no longer rounded to the nearest 15 minutes
• Snapping to round minutes now applies only to the slider, so typed times stay exact

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the license key could disappear from settings after restarting the app
• Improved license reliability when the app is used offline
• Fixed "Trial Expired" incorrectly shown for some licensed users

Click Away to Dismiss Editing

• Clicking anywhere outside a name or time text field now saves and dismisses the edit
• Matches standard macOS behavior: Enter saves, Escape cancels, click away saves

Scrollable Timezone List in Preferences

• The timezone list in preferences now scrolls properly when many timezones are added
• Previously, adding more than ~9 timezones made it impossible to manage them all

Click-to-Set Time

• Click on any time in the timezone list to set a specific time
• Type a time (e.g., "8:00 AM", "14:30", "8 PM") and all other timezones will adjust accordingly
• Great for scheduling meetings across timezones - just set the meeting time in one timezone and see what time that is everywhere else
• Supports both 12-hour and 24-hour formats
• Type an empty string or use the Reset button to return to current time

Cleaner Timezone List UI

• Removed hover controls (toggle switch and remove button) for a cleaner interface
• Right-click any timezone to access "Show/Hide from Menu Bar" and "Remove" options

Hide Timezone from Menu Bar

• Right-click any timezone in the menu bar to quickly hide it
• Only appears when clicking on a timezone, not on clock or calendar icons

Auto-Hide Current Time Zone

• New option in Menu Bar preferences: "Auto-hide current time zone"
• When enabled, time zones matching your current location are automatically hidden from the menu bar
• Perfect for frequent travelers - no need to manually toggle visibility when you arrive at a destination

Bug Fixes

• Fixed context menu positioning on smaller screens
• Fixed time not live updating in popover (seconds now tick properly)
• Fixed menu bar layout shifting when seconds are displayed

Date Picker for Time Scroller

• Added date picker to the time scroller, allowing you to view time zone alignments for any date
• Useful for planning meetings across time zones on future dates or checking DST transitions
• Click on the date in the time scroller to open the calendar picker

Improved Date Display

• Time zones now show actual dates (e.g., "Jan 15") instead of "Today/Tomorrow" when viewing dates further from the present
• Added preference to always show dates instead of relative labels (Settings → Time Zone List)
• Date formatting now respects system locale preferences

Dismiss Calendar Events

• Right-click any calendar event to dismiss it from the menu bar
• Dismissed events move to a separate "Dismissed" section in the popover
• Easily restore dismissed events with right-click → Restore
• Dismissed events are automatically cleaned up when they fall out of your event window

Airport Code Search

• Search for time zones using 3-letter airport codes (e.g., JFK, LAX, LHR)
• Includes over 5,500 airports worldwide
• Airport results show the code, airport name, and location

Improved Search Experience

• Use arrow keys to navigate search results and Enter to select
• Search field now auto-focuses when opened

Menu Bar Right-Click Menu

• Right-click any menu bar item to access quick actions
• Quickly open About, License, Preferences, or Quit the app

Bug Fixes

• Updated user-facing text from "timezone" to "time zone" for consistency
• Fixed search placeholder text not disappearing when typing in Preferences
• Fixed calendar access not reflecting in UI until app restart during onboarding
• Fixed onboarding text visibility in light mode

• Minor bug fixes and stability improvements

• Fixed automatic update checking not working correctly

• Added support for macOS 14.0 (Sonoma) and later