Chimey is a System Preferences pane, basically a control panel. You configure Chimey in System Preferences, but you don't need to keep System Preferences running for Chimey to work.
When you double-click Chimey, System Preferences will start automatically and ask if you want to install Chimey. It will give you two choices.
If you choose "Install for this user only", Chimey will be installed in your home folder, in Library/PreferencePanes/Chimey.prefPane.
If you choose "Install for all users of this computer", Chimey will be installed in the top-level "Library" folder on your startup disk, in PreferencePanes/Chimey.prefPane. If you choose this option, Mac OS X will require you to enter your administrator password for your Mac. This will temporarily give administrator privileges to System Preferences, not to Chimey.
Each person who uses Chimey on their computer will have Chimey preferences saved for them. Also, while Chimey is active, it adds itself to the list of login items for your account.
Chimey plays the Westminster Quarters.
The Westminster Quarters is the most common name for a melody used by a set of clock bells to strike the hour. It is also known as the Westminster Chimes, or the Cambridge Chimes from its place of origin.
This chime is traditionally, though unsubstantiatedly, believed to be a set of variations on the four notes that make up the fifth and sixth measures of "I know that my redeemer liveth" from Handel's Messiah. It was written in 1793 for a new clock in St Mary the Great, the University Church in Cambridge. There is some doubt over exactly who composed it: Revd Dr Joseph Jowett, Regius Professor of Civil Law, was given the job, but he was probably assisted by either Dr John Randall (1715-99), who was the Professor of Music from 1755, or his brilliant undergraduate pupil, William Crotch (1775-1847).
In the mid-19th century the chime was adopted by the clock tower at the Palace of Westminster (where Big Ben hangs), whence its fame spread. It is now possibly the most commonly used chime for striking clocks.
(Thanks to Wikipedia for information on the Westminster Quarters).
Chimey uses a serial number file, which is sent by email when we receive an order. You can either click on the file attachment in your email application to open it, or save the file and use the control panel's "register" button.
Chimey can check for newer versions of itself. If it finds one, it can download and install the update.
When you start Chimey for the first time, it will ask if you want to check for updates automatically when Chimey starts up.
If you click "Yes", Chimey will connect to our web site to check for an update whenever it starts up. If you click "No", you can still check for updates on your own by clicking the "check for udpates" button in the control panel.
Chimey also asks if you want to include an anonymous system profile, which will include basic information about how your Mac is configured. Click the triangle to see what information is sent.
This information is completely anonymous and cannot identify you. We use this information to get an idea of what kind of computers our customers use, so that we can make better plans for future updates to Chimey. If you prefer not to send this information, simply un-check the box reading "Include anonymous system profile". You will still be able to check for updates, either automatically or manually.
Chimey has an "uninstall" button in its preference pane. Run System Preferences and click Chimey's icon. The "uninstall" button is near the bottom-right corner of the window.
Click the button and Chimey will uninstall itself, and move all of its files (including preferences) to the trash.
