What is ClockWork Mobile?

Sometimes the right format clock change occurs to you on a Sunday afternoon at the lake. Or you're standing in the parking lot at the post office and remember that next Tuesday's master log still has yesterday's clock at 6 AM. ClockWork Mobile is the answer for those moments — it's the same scheduling and music-selection studio you use in the studio, available wherever you have a web browser.

Same Tools, Anywhere

Open ClockWork Mobile in a web browser on your laptop, tablet, or desktop computer, log in once, and you have access to all four of ClockWork's components — ClockMaker, MasterBuilder, TuneStacker, and The Editor. Edit a format clock, reassign an hour in a master log, kick off a TuneStacker run, or rearrange lines in a program log. The changes are saved at the studio in real time.

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If your studio computer is on and ClockWork is running, ClockWork Mobile is connected. There is no separate sync step — your edits hit the same files the desktop app reads from.

Why It Matters

Catch problems before they air. Realize at the airport that an event in your morning clock will produce zero matches for tomorrow? Open your laptop, fix it, and TuneStacker will pick up the corrected version on its next run.
Make adjustments without going to the studio. A weather emergency calls for a swap from the regular Friday clock to the disaster-coverage clock? Reassign each hour from the couch in under a minute.
Collaborate from the field. A guest host needs a one-off lineup change? Drop them into the relevant master log slot remotely and confirm the program log looks right — all from a coffee shop laptop.
Verify what's scheduled. Want a quick check of what's loaded for tonight's overnight hour? ClockWork Mobile shows you the same hour-by-hour list you'd see on the studio Mac.

How It Works

ClockWork (the desktop app) runs a small WebSocket server in the background. ClockWork Mobile, the companion web app, connects to that server through TuneTracker's secure relay so the connection works from anywhere — across the network, across town, or across the country — without you having to configure your router or open ports.

You log into the mobile app once with your TuneTracker credentials. From then on, every action you take in the browser is delivered to ClockWork at the studio, applied to the same on-disk files the desktop app uses, and confirmed back to your screen instantly. There's no separate database, no sync window, no "my mobile copy is out of date" surprises.

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The studio Mac must be powered on and running ClockWork for ClockWork Mobile to connect. If the desktop app isn't running, your changes will need to wait — but you can still browse the program logs and clocks for review.

Browser-Based, Same Logic

ClockWork Mobile presents ClockWork's controls in your web browser. The underlying logic is identical to the desktop: format clocks, master logs, library validation, Proximity Guard, and TuneStacker's selection engine all behave exactly the same. What you've learned about the desktop app applies directly to the mobile app.

In ClockWork Mobile, ProximityGuard has the same controls as the desktop: the Artist and Title sliders with their hours readout, the Balanced song rotation checkbox, and the test run that sets the panel's color. This requires ClockWork 1.1.170 or later, and the settings apply to both.

What You'll Need

A modern web browser. Safari, Chrome, Firefox, or Edge on a laptop, tablet, or desktop computer. No app to install — open the URL and you're in.
An active ClockWork session at the studio. The desktop app must be running on the station Mac.
Your TuneTracker credentials. The same login you use for other TuneTracker services.

Ask TuneTracker Systems for your station's ClockWork Mobile URL when you're ready to start using it. Most users find that within a week, ClockWork Mobile has become part of their daily routine.