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rameerez

Wakefy - Turn your Mac into a Spotify alarm clock.

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Wakefy is a simple, beautiful macOS app that turns your Mac or Macbook into a Spotify alarm clock ✨

It works even if your Mac is turned off.

Wakefy forces you to actually get out of bed and walk to turn off your alarm .

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rameerez
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👋 Hi Product Hunters! Are you a morning snoozer? Personal story here: I have a sleep disorder called DSPS that makes me a really heavy sleeper – it tricks my brain into thinking it’s still nighttime when there’s already light. It’s early in the morning right now here in Spain and it usually would have been really difficult for me to get up and get anything done, had I not had Wakefy. I needed a way to force myself to actually get out of bed and stand up every morning. You know, having my phone within arm's reach wasn’t helping me getting up on time – I just learned to hit the snooze button without even opening an eye. And since my Macbook usually sits in a desk away from my bed, I thought of the idea of using it as my alarm clock, which would force me to walk to it to turn off the alarm. And, preferably, I wanted to wake up in a good mood 💫 That’s why I created Wakefy, a simple macOS app that turns my Mac into a Spotify alarm clock. I made it free, I just wanna help people solve their waking up problems, or just have better mornings. It soon became obvious Wakefy was really useful in a whole different range of situations: - When you fall asleep watching Netflix/TV and you forget to set up alarms on your phone - In situations where you ran out of battery on your phone or just left it at home altogether (travelling, staying over at some friend’s…) - Or if you just want to wake up to your favorite Spotify tunes 🎶 Some friends tested it and thought this was something that could help others… so here we are 🚀 This is my first launch ever! 🎉 Really excited! Please let me know your feedback! Happy to answer any questions :)
Abadesi
@rameerez This is genius !! Every now and then I see a product and think - I can't believe this didn't already exist, makes so much sense. This is one 👏🏽
rameerez
Maker
@abadesi wow. Just wow. Thank you for your words, Abadesi! :)
GazzaMerda
@abadesi @rameerez shitty fucking product. Shit won't work
Marc Köhlbrugge
Congrats on your launch! I much prefer waking up to music than an annoying alarm. Much better way to start the day! Request: This as an iPhone app. Not sure how that would work technically, but I don't always have my Mac nearby my bed.
rameerez
Maker
@marckohlbrugge Thanks Marc! :) Yup, that would definitely be the next logical step, but I'm not sure it can be technically done either. On the Mac, Wakefy needs sudo permissions to change the computers' scheduled wake up time, not sure that's even possible under more limited mobile operating systems. Will try to come up with a hack anyways, this has been requested multiple times by friends. But I wanted to finish the macOS version first and ship, ship, ship 🚀
Ryan Hoover
@marckohlbrugge +1 for the iPhone app suggestion. I would much rather wake up to Justin Bieber, but I don't leave my Macbook on overnight. 😁
rameerez
Maker
@marckohlbrugge @rrhoover Hey Ryan, thanks for commenting! We all love Justin Bieber in the morning :D Btw, maybe I need to make it clearer, you can turn your Mac off and Wakefy will power it on in the morning to wake you up. No need to leave your Macbook on overnight!
Ryan Hoover
@rameerez ahh! I missed that. Smart.
Arda Karaçizmeli
Hey Javi, Great idea. I personally wanted to build this for myself but couldn't get around the fact that my Mac is password protected. How did you guys get around it?
rameerez
Maker
@ardakaracizmeli Thanks! Password-protected login is not a problem as long as your Mac is sleeping – apps can be launched if there is a user logged in. If the Mac is completely turned off, automatic login has to be enabled, though. As a security feature, Macs won't launch any user program unless a user is logged in. In the FAQ (https://wakefy.com/faq.html) we explain exactly how this works + it's explained within the app too. We recommend just putting the Mac to sleep, as it will work without having to worry about anything else.
Arda Karaçizmeli
@rameerez Lovely, and thanks for the explanation!
Charles Magnuson
I sure wish I could listen to albums or playlists I create using this program. I see that I can wake up to playlists created by Spotify, but all the best music exists in playlists that I create myself.
rameerez
Maker
@magnuson Thanks for commenting! Hmmm... are those playlists of yours public?
doydle llama

I think this app is a security concern.

Pros:

It works

Cons:

Can't uninstall! I removed the Wakefy app and it still wakes me up through Spotify every morning.

Gagah Kharismanuary
yeah me too.. this app still open spotify every morning even I removed the wakefy. I think, because wakefy using our computer to doing cron jobs, not from spotify third party permission. Hopefully, wakefy give the solution and fix this issue
rameerez
Maker
@gagah_kharismanuary hey Gagah – I've just seen this comment, did you manage to solve the problem? Please reach out at hi[at]wakefy[dot]com if you have any issues, I'll be glad to help!
rameerez
Maker
@doydle Hi Doydle, I've just seen this message here on Product Hunt, but I've checked and I already replied to your email with the solution the following day after you commented here. Just following up – did it solve your problem?
gb becerra
@doydle @rameerez Hey I emailed you guys two weeks ago and haven't gotten a response. I have the same problem this guy did. How do I uninstall the app completely?
Srinivasan R
Hey, this is exactly what I was looking for!!! Will try it out!!
rameerez
Maker
@tweetsrinir Thank you! Please let me know your feedback! :D
Alex Erszebet
What a great idea! Excited to try this over the weekend :)
rameerez
Maker
@alex_erszebet Thanks! :)
Dinuka Jay
Finally! I've been looking for a product like this 👌
rameerez
Maker
@dinuka_jayasuriya Glad you liked it, Dinuka! :)
Divyansh Patel
Awesome! I've been searching this since long! :)
rameerez
Maker
@divjpatel That's awesome! Really hope you enjoy it :)
Javier Bilbao
Not bad man, FINALLY! Took me 4 snoozes today to wake up :D
rameerez
Maker
@velohub_ch no more snoozes! Get up and get in your bike! ;)
gb becerra
I left my phone at work one time and installed Wakefy on my Mac. I disabled the password so it would wake it up from sleep and set up a test alarm that night. It didn't work, the music would only play if my computer was running. I uninstalled the app but the problem was that one test alarm I set up kept playing and turned up the volume. The developer replied to my comment here and sent instructions to do a full uninstall. He was very responsive after and the solution was pretty straightforward. I was gonna post the full solution here but it involves downloading a file from a link that he has. If you've trouble email him. He's pretty responsive though it's only him behind the app so email again if he doesn't reply immediately. Thanks for your help Javi.
rameerez
Maker
@sldn3 hi Gizeh, I'm so sorry – I've just seen your email. I've just replied with a full fix to the problem. Please check your email and let me know if you have any trouble.
Robin M Koppensteiner
Hm, not sure if it's the difference in time zone, but it went off at the completely wrong time for me. Also it would be cool if I could pick my own playlists to be played. Nice concept, but currently completely unusable for my. Sadly...
Isabella G
Fantastic app, did exactly what I was looking for. The creator is super helpful, too
Robert Shaw
Hi, I also have the same problem where i cannot uninstall it and it continues to go off each night! If anybody has the solution i would love to hear it! the app worked perfectly for me during my exams and is only that im finished that i uninstalled it, thanks!