HourWorld^TM for Macintosh

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HourWorld^TM v3.3.3, Interactive World Clock with Displays up to 1280x1024
            This update incorporates bug fixes and adjusts and extends daylight saving rules and maps through 2009

On this page you may:

• Find out about HourWorld^TM .
• Download a copy of HourWorld^TM.
• Learn about the benefits of registering.
• Register your copy of HourWorld^TM.

Key Benefits of HourWorld^TM for the Power Macintosh

What is it Like? Nothing else. HourWorld^TM is unique!

Now incorporating GTS® from Global Time Systems, HourWorld^TM offers a trusted worldwide time reference, enhanced with time zone animation that adjusts automatically as daylight saving starts and stops in countries around the world.

HourWorld^TM provides a world of time, sun and moon information graphically, attractively, and intuitively. A beautiful blend of graphics and text, HourWorld^TM deserves a place in your Power Macintosh.

* What time is it in Alice Springs, Australia? How far away is it, and what direction?
 * What is a good time for a conference call with Sydney, Seattle, New York, London, and Manama?
  * Is it daylight or nighttime in New York? When is sunrise tomorrow? Sunset?
   * Where can I get an almanac printout for my city or location? Kathmandu?
    * What will the lighting and shadows be like at 10 AM next October 12, in Santiago, Chile?
     * What time will the moon rise in Boston next March 3rd?
      * When should I plan my astronomy observation to have a moonless, starry night?
       * What direction should I aim my shortwave antenna to pick up Moscow?
        * Where along the horizon will the sun and moon rise today? What times?
         * What will the moon look like tonight? What is will be the maximum lunar illumination?
          * When will it be dark enough to use my telescope?
           * Is Auckland on daylight time or standard time on November 14th?
            * I have an idea of the lighting I want for a photographic "shoot". When will it occur?
             * What will be the solar radiation at local noon today? What is it right now?

Downloads: The software downloadable below is the full version with full features and documentation. Until a registration key is entered, display size is limited to 400x300 pixels and some other features are limited. Registration information is included in the download package.

Please Note: The downloads below are for the HourWorld^TM Interactive WorldClock. To download HourWorld^TM Live Deskpicture, go to the Live Deskpicture page.

Latest HourWorld - Requires Mac OS X 10.2 or later.  Works under Rosetta on Intel Macs. Also backward compatible with Classic Mac OS 9.2. 
Click a selection below to download in your preferred transfer format.

Download HourWorld v. 3.3.3  3.9 MB Disk Image File (.dmg)

Download HourWorld v. 3.3.3  3.6 MB Zip Archive (.zip)

Download HourWorld v. 3.3.3  3.6 MB Stuffit Archive (.sit)

Download HourWorld v. 3.3.3  5.0 MB Binhexed Archive (.hqx) - For OS 9 Download

About HourWorld's Display Sizes

The HourWorld^TM software as downloaded (above) contains the maps and programming code to operate on five different monitor sizes up to 1280x1024 pixel resolution. The sizes supported are small (400x300), medium (VGA 640x480), large (SVGA 800x600), (XGA 1024x768), and SXGA (1280x1024).

As downloaded, without a registration key, HourWorld^TM will operate as "HourWorld^TM Lite", limited to the smallest display size, with some features limited.  Larger sizes are included in the software, but operate in a demonstration mode until the copy is registered.

Two registration keys are available.

$35.00 - A full registration key key provides FIVE SIZES - enables full features plus all five sizes built into the software, for up to 1280x1024 monitors.

$15.00 - A "Lite Registration" key bypasses the startup "agree" screen, but does not expand the display.

Upgrade Policy

If you previously purchased a registration key for version 3.x.x, first distributed in 2001, this is a free upgrade to ensure that changes to time zone boundaries and DST rules changes are applied through 2009.  The new version should automatically detect your previous registration key from version 3.3.0 or later.  New version 3.3.3 uses a changed database format, making it necessary to re-enter settings and custom locations, when upgrading from versions 3.2.9 and earlier.  Upgrading should be automatic from versons 3.3.0 and later.

Upgrades to versions 1.x and 2.x are available from Kagi.

If you prefer not to use Kagi to order an upgrade, send us an email or FAX with your delivery details. We will include an invoice with the registration key.

Benefits of Registration

• Larger map options, with up to 15 clocks instead of the 4 in HourWorld^TM Lite.
• 5 displays optimized for common screen sizes up to 1280x1024 pixels resolution.
• Customizing the database by adding, removing, or editing locations.
• A phone call coordinator, designed for planning worldwide phone calls.
• Printouts of almanac data for any location and date.
• Lunar and solar illumination information.
• Use global positioning information from a GPS receiver through GPSy^TM
• Graphics of the moon phase for any location and date.

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Last modified: March 7, 2008