Add a Focus Timer, Countdown and World Clock to Your Mac's Dock

Why put time in the Dock at all

macOS already has the time tools. They just live in different places. Setapp's 2026 guide notes that the native countdown timer lives in the Clock app, which can also show world time, set an alarm and run a stopwatch (Setapp).

If you want time you can see at a glance, Apple lets you add Clock's City and World Clock widgets to the desktop or to Notification Center (Apple Support). To add a widget to the desktop, Control-click the wallpaper and choose Edit Widgets (Apple Support). On macOS 26, desktop widgets turn monochrome while app windows are open and return to full color when you show the desktop, unless you change Dim widgets on desktop in System Settings → Desktop & Dock → Widgets (macplus.pro).

Moor's docks can hold widgets right next to your apps. That means a clock, a countdown and a focus timer stay at the edge of the screen while you work, and you don't need another app or window.

The time widgets at a glance

Here's what each of Moor's time widgets shows, from the Widgets documentation:

Most widgets come in several sizes: icon, wide and extra wide. Click a widget for its details. Widgets update on their own and pause while the dock is hidden or your screens are asleep.

How to add and size a time widget

1. Press Control-Option-E, or choose Edit Docks in Moor's menu bar. The icons start to wiggle and a toolbar appears above the dock.
2. Choose Add in the toolbar and pick a widget.
3. Drag the widget to where you want it in the dock.
4. Still in edit mode, click the widget to change its size (icon, wide or extra wide) and its settings.
5. Press Done, or Control-Option-E again.

You can also add widgets from Settings → Docks → Items → Add Widget. Each dock's page in Settings → Docks has a live preview.

Widgets grow with your icon size, so a large dock gets large, readable widgets. If the text still feels too small or too big, open Settings → Themes, choose Duplicate to Edit on a built-in theme, and change Widget text size (75 to 150%).

Setting up each one

Clock and World Clock

The Clock widget shows the time and date in either a digital or an analog style. Try the icon size in a narrow side dock and a wider size in a main dock, and keep whichever reads best for you.

World Clock shows the time in other cities and marks each one as day or night. On Apple's side, you add cities in the Clock app by clicking World Clock (or choosing View → World Clock) and then the Add button (Apple Support). In Moor, click the World Clock widget while editing to open its settings.

Focus Timer

The Focus Timer runs work and break phases. It can also turn on Zone mode automatically during work phases. Zone mode dims everything except your working tools and silences chat badges, so your screen quiets down when a work phase begins.

If you want an alert when a phase changes, Moor needs the Notifications permission. It asks the first time a notification would appear, and Settings → Permissions lists every permission it uses.

Countdown

Countdown shows the time left until a date you choose. Click it while editing to open its settings. Good uses include a product launch, a trip, a tax deadline, or the end of a free trial you're testing.

Stopwatch and Time Progress

Stopwatch is just what the name says. Time Progress shows how much of the current day, week, month and year has already passed. Other apps offer a similar idea on the desktop: Moment, for example, offers Date, Time Progress and Life widget types (Setapp).

Tips and tricks

• Separate time from apps with a divider. Add a divider from the Add menu between your apps and your time widgets. If you use the Islands theme, the dock splits into separate pods at each divider.
• Pair the timer with your calendar. Add the Next Event widget beside the Focus Timer so you can see whether a session will run into a meeting. More in how to show your next meeting in the Dock.
• Give deep work its own profile. Save a profile with just your work apps, a Focus Timer and a Countdown, then switch to it with Control-Option-1 to 9. More in the Profiles documentation.
• Use a second display. Put a slim dock with World Clock and Time Progress on the left edge of your second monitor. Set its display under Placement in edit mode, or pin it to a specific display in Settings → Docks.
• Zone mode without the timer. You can also turn on Zone mode from the menu bar (Modes), from Search (Control-Option-F, then type "Zone"), or with the Set Zone Mode Shortcuts action, which works in a Focus automation.
• Add more at-a-glance info. Weather and battery fit well next to a clock. See adding Weather, Now Playing and system stats.

Limits and troubleshooting

• Widgets only appear in Moor's docks. Apple's Dock doesn't change. If the active profile is set to Apple's Dock, you won't see any Moor docks. Change the mode to Moor only or Both in Settings → Profiles.
• A widget shows "Set Up". Click it, either directly or after pressing Control-Option-E, and finish its settings.
• No phase notifications. Turn on Notifications in Settings → Permissions.
• Moor needs macOS 26 (Tahoe) or later.
• Desktop widget problems on Tahoe are a separate issue. Some users report Apple's desktop widgets disappearing after upgrading to macOS 26 (Apple Support Communities). Before anything else, check System Settings → Desktop & Dock → Show Widgets → On Desktop, because turning it off hides every desktop widget at once (Widget Vault). None of this affects widgets in a Moor dock.

Other apps take different approaches. According to its developer's website, Clock mini puts a live clock in the Dock, can keep timers or world clocks on the desktop as standalone windows, and supports multiple independent timers, each with its own duration and alert preferences (Clock mini).

Next steps

Start with two widgets: a Clock and the one you'd actually use every day, probably Focus Timer or Countdown. Live with them for a week, then add World Clock or Time Progress if you find yourself wanting them. The full list of widgets is in the Widgets documentation.

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