I cannot turn off the Apple Clock timer alarm.

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I cannot turn off the Apple Clock timer alarm.

When I set the timer (Application: "Clock") on my Macbook Pro (M1 Sonoma 14.1.1), and the time runs down to zero, the alarm comes on, and I cannot turn it off.

Sometimes the banner pops up, and when I click on it with my mouse, nothing happens; the alarm keeps ringing.
Sometimes, the little banner does not pop up, and the alarm keeps ringing.
When I quit the application, nothing happens; the alarm keeps ringing.

The only thing that works is restarting the computer (I am going to restart now, because, as I write this...you guessed it).

Can any of you folks help?

MacBook Pro (2021)

Posted on Jan 3, 2024 7:50 AM

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LC5701

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Feb 18, 2024 12:41 PM in response to plfaber

I have had the problem, on my Mac mini M1, of the alarm notification popping up and going away too fast for me to click on it. It doesn't get saved in the Notification Center, either, so if you're away from your desk when it goes off, you're up a creek and there is no way to turn off the alarm except, as the original poster wrote, to restart the computer.

It has been this way on my Mac mini for months, before the update to Mac OS Sonoma, and I spent a lot of time searching the Clock User Guide and then troubleshooting on my own to try every possible fix. :( I posted a notification of this glitch on the Product Feedback and bug page feedback a couple of months ago and have been hoping to see it fixed.

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I cannot turn off the Apple Clock timer alarm.

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