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There are so many. One feature most people don't know about is macOS can speak the current time every 60, 30, or 15 minutes. (Settings > Control Center > Clock) It's a very old feature.

Most people can't understand why they would want a computer speaking the time, it would drive them nuts. I have ADHD and no sense of time passing. It helps me offload keeping track of time. (Which is otherwise continuously looking at a clock.)

I also turn off every auto-playing feature in any app that supports it. Some types of motion can be highly distracting. That can trigger a panic attack if I'm constantly needing to redirect my focus away from it. (If this sounds strange, it causes me to feel trapped in a tiny closet. Anxiety is a bitch.)

Google's latest video conferencing iteration lets people spam flying emoji. It's a "fun" feature that is absolute hell for me. Fortunately, there is a buried setting to remove it from my view.



I never thought about using that feature but I should for the same reasons. I have a LCD digital clock right under my monitor even tho the OS has a clock of course. But as soon as I'm "immersed" in something, or the menubar is obscured bc I do keep some apps fullscreen, time does not exist.

It also has the temp and humidity and looks attractive and runs on usb: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B088LZRT94/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b...

Its a good clock.




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