https://github.com/charlierobin/foretell
MacOS only: kind of an updated version of desktop-clock, but listing upcoming appointments only: no clock
https://github.com/charlierobin/foretell
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MacOS only: kind of an updated version of desktop-clock, but listing upcoming appointments only: no clock
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/charlierobin/foretell
- Owner: charlierobin
- Created: 2024-12-16T12:07:37.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-02-12T07:51:15.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-02-12T08:49:02.763Z (over 1 year ago)
- Language: Swift
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- Size: 25.4 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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# foretell
A simple app written for an elderly relative who is getting to the point of life where regular medical appointments and various check ups and follow ups have become a fact of life.
Something of a spiritual successor to something I did a few years ago:
https://github.com/charlierobin/desktop-clock
I wanted aforementioned relative to have a constant list of upcoming appointments on their (macOS) laptop, without having to learn anything about the Calendar app.
So I took the idea of the desktop clock app, ditched the clock part of it, and changed a few other bits (including rewriting it using Swift/SwiftUI, rather than the original’s Xojo).
Relative’s local GP works an alternate week schedule, depending on whether the week numnber is even or odd.
So as well as listing appointments from a calendar/calendars, the app also checks the number of the week, and displays the appropriate info (stored in a couple of text files within the app’s resources directory), just so relative doesn’t have to go checking around on the internet hunting this information down.
I was interested in finding out a little about SwiftUI, so this initial version has been done using that.
A slight wrinkle is that relative’s laptop is running Catalina, and they refuse to consider changing up to something more contemporary. So there are a few places where what’s been done was limited by the versions of Swift and SwiftUI available with a target of macOS 10.15.7 in Xcode.
Needs access to user’s calendar(s) (via EventKit), and runs as agent (UIElement), ie: does not appear in the Dock as a running app.
The main window runs at desktop level, so is always behind all main app windows, but just above the desktop picture.
