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Chime is a macOS menubar app that helps you never miss another meeting. It sits quietly in your menubar, syncs with your calendars, and shows beautiful full-screen alerts when your meetings are about to start - so you're always on time.
Chime provides impossible-to-miss alerts with:
Regular calendar notifications are small banners that are easy to dismiss or ignore. Chime makes sure you actually see and acknowledge your meetings.
Chime is exclusively for macOS. It requires macOS 14.0 (Sonoma) or later.
Yes! Chime works with any calendar added to macOS Calendar.app, including:
Simply add your calendar account in System Settings > Internet Accounts, and Chime will automatically sync.
This usually means:
Chime shows full-screen alerts before your meetings start:
You can customize alert timing for individual meetings in the settings popover.
Yes! You can snooze alerts for 2 minutes. However, Chime limits you to 3 snoozes per meeting to prevent chronic procrastination and ensure you actually join your meetings.
After 3 snoozes (2 minutes each), the alert will automatically dismiss and mark you as having joined the meeting. This prevents endless snoozing and ensures you don't completely miss your commitment. You can still access the meeting link from the menu bar.
Yes! Chime includes 5 built-in alert sounds:
Change your alert sound in Settings > Sound & Alerts.
Not currently, but this feature is on our roadmap! For now, you can choose from our curated selection of 5 professional alert sounds.
Chime automatically detects and extracts video links from over 30 platforms, including:
Just click the green "Join" button in the alert to open the meeting.
Yes! Click any meeting in the menubar dropdown to open settings, then toggle alerts off. This is useful for:
Yes! Connect your Todoist account to sync tasks directly into Chime:
Perfect for keeping your tasks and meetings in one place!
Yes! In addition to syncing with your calendar meetings, you can create standalone reminders:
Reminders appear alongside your meetings in the menu bar and trigger the same full-screen alerts.
Yes! Chime integrates with Apple Reminders app for seamless task management:
Grant Reminders permission during onboarding or in System Settings > Privacy & Security.
Yes! You can create meetings that automatically sync to your calendar:
Yes! The Meeting Link Manager lets you save frequently used meeting links for quick reuse:
Perfect for recurring meetings or your personal meeting room - no more hunting for your link!
Meetings sync with your calendars (Google, Outlook, iCloud) and appear in Calendar.app. Reminders can be created in Chime (standalone) OR synced from Apple Reminders app. Standalone reminders are perfect for quick personal alerts like "Take medication" or "Start dinner."
Chime offers flexible pricing to suit your needs:
All options include the same features. Choose the payment model that works best for you.
After your 14-day trial, you'll need to purchase Chime to continue using it. Your settings and preferences will be preserved when you activate your license. You can choose between a one-time purchase or subscription at that time.
Yes! All purchases come with a 30-day money-back guarantee. If Chime isn't right for you, just email support for a full refund.
No! Chime stores all meeting data locally on your Mac. Your calendar information never leaves your device. We don't have access to:
Chime requires three macOS permissions to function:
All data stays completely local on your Mac. Chime never uploads your calendar data to any server.
Optional: Todoist integration requires internet access to sync tasks with your Todoist account. This is only used if you choose to connect Todoist.
Yes! Once your meetings are synced, Chime works completely offline. Alerts will fire even without an internet connection.
The Chime menu bar displays:
Click the Chime icon anytime to view your full schedule.
Chime can launch automatically at login:
Chime will now start silently in the background every time you log in to your Mac.
Chime requires:
If your calendars aren't appearing, check:
Common reasons:
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