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Can I have the old (simple) alarm clock back?

A Haiku in Memorial:


Dear Alarm Clock App,

Oh How Deeply you’ll be Missed.

A Sad Night Indeed.


Thought I’d use this format to make fun of the situation because I don’t expect to get a serious fix for the issue, but just to give the community an idea of how I feel — I would literally pay to have access to the old minimalist version of the alarm clock app. (That’s a serious offer if anyone at Apple is considering the idea.)


Personally, the redirect to the health app just to set a simple alarm feels like a glitch in the matrix. It’s extremely “Un-Apple”. I half expected it to be an April fools joke, but then I saw older threads discussing this same issue. You can have my data or whatever, just give me the old simplicity please.


All jokes aside, if anybody has a solution to circumvent the roadblock in my alarm app I would be forever indebted to the advice.


(Im also open to suggestions on reputable minimalist clock apps that don’t go crazy on the ads. For now I’m using an old phone to get the job done.)


Posted on Mar 26, 2023 4:37 AM

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Posted on Mar 26, 2023 1:20 PM

Problem solved!


I was tired last night, and the size of the “Set Up” button in the clock app made me think that it was the only way to set up an alarm.


It turns out you don’t have to set up the sleep schedule in order to set an alarm (you can still use the tiny plus button in the upper right corner of the app).


My frustration stemmed from the fact that I thought the old simple system was totally replaced by the health app feature. Sorry for the unnecessary thread!

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Mar 26, 2023 1:20 PM in response to RIPclockApp

Problem solved!


I was tired last night, and the size of the “Set Up” button in the clock app made me think that it was the only way to set up an alarm.


It turns out you don’t have to set up the sleep schedule in order to set an alarm (you can still use the tiny plus button in the upper right corner of the app).


My frustration stemmed from the fact that I thought the old simple system was totally replaced by the health app feature. Sorry for the unnecessary thread!

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Mar 26, 2023 12:21 PM in response to muguy

The clock app redirects me to the health app where I have to set sleep schedules. I do free lance work, and I’m a student so it’s super impractical to schedule my sleep alarm.


I prefer to set 2-3 alarms per morning, and the times that I set are almost never the same time each day of the week.


I schedule enough things in my life between school/work and sitting in front of a new app just to schedule start and end times of every different sleep is *not* something that I intend to do.

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Can I have the old (simple) alarm clock back?

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