02-20-2023, 04:44 AM
So, my old fashioned clock-radio-alarm has been temperamental (not to mention the radio station I've got it set to come on to in the morning has been having transmitter issues... and is presently "dead air")....
So, I figured I have this new fangled iPhone, right? I'll just set a weekday alarm to turn on my current Podcast...
I open the Clock app, and... oh.. there's no way to set a "weekdays" alarm. But, what's this? A link to the Health app for "wake up"?
OK, so, I go to Health... and have to set up when my bedtime is to set an alarm? What am I, nine? So now it's plays a little lullaby tone at 9:30pm... I don't want a &#$% lullaby... I just want a damn weekday alarm!
Naturally, there's no SIMPLE way to have it start a podcast in Overcast (my podcast player of choice) at a particular time... I sort of expected that part...
But, I was able to use the "Shortcuts" app to program a "shortcut" to hit Play in Overcast when the "Wake Up" sounds... I don't know if the alarm sound is going to sound TOO, or, if I'll turn off the podcast at the same time I'm turning off the annoying alarm sound that's not found in the Clock app...
Somewhere, at Apple, is some overpaid middle manager I'd like to kick in the nuts for screwing up what SHOULD be a really SIMPLE thing; setting an Alarm... (I'd also like to give a Kudo to the Shortcuts app, which may enable the alarm to play a podcast).
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to drop a nice note to the developer of Overcast, asking them to add an "Alarm" feature....
So, I figured I have this new fangled iPhone, right? I'll just set a weekday alarm to turn on my current Podcast...
I open the Clock app, and... oh.. there's no way to set a "weekdays" alarm. But, what's this? A link to the Health app for "wake up"?
OK, so, I go to Health... and have to set up when my bedtime is to set an alarm? What am I, nine? So now it's plays a little lullaby tone at 9:30pm... I don't want a &#$% lullaby... I just want a damn weekday alarm!
Naturally, there's no SIMPLE way to have it start a podcast in Overcast (my podcast player of choice) at a particular time... I sort of expected that part...
But, I was able to use the "Shortcuts" app to program a "shortcut" to hit Play in Overcast when the "Wake Up" sounds... I don't know if the alarm sound is going to sound TOO, or, if I'll turn off the podcast at the same time I'm turning off the annoying alarm sound that's not found in the Clock app...
Somewhere, at Apple, is some overpaid middle manager I'd like to kick in the nuts for screwing up what SHOULD be a really SIMPLE thing; setting an Alarm... (I'd also like to give a Kudo to the Shortcuts app, which may enable the alarm to play a podcast).
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to drop a nice note to the developer of Overcast, asking them to add an "Alarm" feature....