now

Native macOS meeting reminders that live in your menu bar.

Connect Apple Calendar or an iCal/ICS feed. Get a fullscreen reminder or macOS notification, then join your meeting with a click.

Download

Apple Silicon · macOS 13 or later

Grab now-vX.Y.Z.zip from the latest release, unzip, and move now.app to /Applications.

Or install with Homebrew:

brew install --cask BoThomas/tap/now

The Homebrew install removes the quarantine attribute during install, so first launch is not blocked. Homebrew also handles updates (brew upgrade --cask BoThomas/tap/now); the app detects this and leaves installing to Homebrew.

Manual downloads are signed but not notarized. If macOS blocks the first launch of a manual download, use one of these options:

• System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway (Apple’s instructions).
• Or, right-click now.app → Open → Open (if available on your macOS version).
• Or, run xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/now.app in Terminal, then open the app again.

Get started

1. Open now and choose your reminder style and timing in the setup assistant.
2. In Settings, add an iCal/ICS link or grant Apple Calendar access and select your calendars.
3. Try a reminder preview, then leave now running in your menu bar.

Launch at Login and automatic updates are optional. Upgrades keep your calendars and preferences.

See the app

Learn more

• Quick guide
• Changelog
• Building and testing from source

Author & License

Thomas Boch · GitHub · MIT license

Inspired by inyourface.app.