Help · Mac
Window, menu bar and launch
Where AtControl lives
Settings ▸ General ▸ Show AtControl in:
| Mode | What you get | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Window | A main window only; the app quits when the window closes | |
| Menu Bar | A menu bar item with a popover; no Dock icon | Open the window from the popover’s “Open AtControl” |
| Both (default) | Window and menu bar item | A window to learn it in, a menu bar item to live in |
Launch at Login is a switch on the same pane (macOS may ask you to approve it in System Settings the first time).
The menu bar popover
330 points wide, three parts: the status hero (with the same switch and, in timer or agent state, the countdown or the elapsed time and the task name), the Quick sleep timer chips, and — when agents run, the line that says whether the Mac sleeps after them (Sleep instead / Stay awake), the remote-monitoring line, then Open AtControl, Settings… (⌘,) and Quit (⌘Q). The icon itself changes with the status.
The main window
900 points wide, fitted to its content — Home and Support do not scroll at the default text size and resize themselves in one step when their content changes; Stats and Remote are resizable (640–1200 pt wide). Tabs in the toolbar: Home · Remote · Stats · Support, plus Settings and, on narrow windows, one menu holding all of them. A small phone-link chip in the toolbar shows this Mac’s end of the companion channel and opens a popover with the details.
- Home — the hero, a nudge to connect a phone (until you do), the agent grid when agents are running, Quick Start, the remote-monitoring line, a one-line stats strip.
- Remote — the remote-access watcher: live connections and history.
- Stats — statistics and the full journal.
- Support — the tip jar.
Text Size is in the View menu (⌘+ / ⌘− / ⌘0) and applies to the main window only; the layout reflows rather than shrinks.
Appearance
Settings ▸ Appearance: a light/dark override just for AtControl (Theme) and an Accent color. Every colour in the app has a light and a dark version.