Don't Forget for Mac
Your current task and its timer, always in the corner of your screen. Switch from any app with one shortcut, and let the timer pause itself when you step away.
Free · macOS 14.6 or later · Syncs with iPhone and iPad
The running task and its timer live in the menu bar. Click it for a panel with quick entry, the current task, today at a glance, and the tasks waiting for you. It opens without pulling you out of the app you're in, so you can type straight away.
Turn on the small floating window to keep the current task on screen next to your editor, browser or design file. Toggle it any time with ⌥⌘W or from the View menu.
When your Mac sleeps, locks or starts the screen saver, the running task pauses. Come back within the time you choose (up to 15 minutes) and it resumes on its own. Longer than that, and it waits for you, so a coffee break doesn't count as focus.
If a timer has been running for hours, Don't Forget checks in to ask if you're still on it. Missed it? Set when you actually stopped and your stats stay honest.
Keyboard first
Every action in the panel has a shortcut, and ⌃⌥D opens it from anywhere. It doesn't need Accessibility permissions.
Private by design
Auto-pause listens only for sleep, screen lock and the screen saver. Don't Forget doesn't record your screen, log your keystrokes or watch which apps you use.
The Mac app is the same download as the iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch app. Tasks sync through your iCloud account, so you can start something at your desk and see it on your wrist or Lock Screen.
If your job is full of context switches, like code reviews, support mail or calls, the menu bar is where Don't Forget is most at home. See how it fits into deep work with interruptions.
It lives in the menu bar. Click the timer (or press Control-Option-D from any app) to see your current task, switch, pause, or pick something up again, and keep a small floating widget on screen if you like. When your Mac sleeps, locks or starts the screen saver, the running task pauses, and it resumes if you're back soon.
Don't Forget for MacOn Mac, the timer pauses on its own when your Mac sleeps, locks or starts the screen saver. On iPhone, if you come back after a long time with the timer still running, the app asks if you were still working. You can also set when you actually stopped with "stopped at", or adjust the time by hand, so a forgotten timer doesn't skew your day.
Yes, through your own iCloud account. There's nothing to sign up for. Your tasks, timers, steps and photos appear on each device signed in to the same Apple Account.
Yes. Tasks, the timer, switching, steps, Up Next, Pomodoro, reminders, folders, widgets, the Mac menu bar app, the Apple Watch app, iCloud sync and your daily, weekly and monthly statistics are all free. Don't Forget Pro is an optional one-time purchase ($19.99 in the US; the App Store shows your local price).
Free on the App Store, macOS 14.6 or later. Also on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch.
