1. Click on the Guidance icon in the menu bar and select “Preferences”.
2. In the Preferences window, click on the “Location” tab.
3. Inside the Location tab, fill in the text boxes for City, State, and Country with appropriate information. Click the “Set Location” button underneath the text boxes.
4. Guidance will find the latitude and longitude for the location you gave. If Guidance was able to find the specified location, you should now see text at the top display the new location.
5. Finally, close the Preferences window. The prayer times will be calculated according to your new location.
6. If Guidance was unable to find your specified location check to make sure you spelled the location properly. If that is not the problem, enter in another location close to your own or enter your latitude and longitude manually.

If your prayer times are incorrect, first check to make sure your location is set correctly. To do this, select “Preferences” in the menu and click on the location tab. Verify that the “Current Location” text shows the correct location. If it doesn’t, enter the correct location into the text boxes and click “Set Location.” Close the Preferences window to save your changes. The prayer times should now display the correct prayer times for your location.
 
If your prayer times are still incorrect, you should modify your prayer time calculation settings. These changes might bring Guidance’s calculation of prayer times closer to what your local mosque uses.

1. Select “Preferences” from the menu and click on the “Prayer Times” tab.
2. In the Prayer Time tab, there are options to choose an “Asr Method” and a “Fajr and Isha Method.” Try changing the calculation options here.
3. Close the preferences window and your prayer times will display the new prayer times.

If your prayer times are still incorrect, please contact us and let us know.

Growl notifications are small windows that subtly fade into the top right corner of your screen and inform you when it is time to pray. Growl notifications automatically fade away after a few seconds unless you have selected the “Sticky” option in the preferences. “Stickied” notifications will only fade away when clicked upon. To customize Growl notifications for Guidance, go to “System Preferences” in the Guidance menu and select the Growl icon.
 
Clicking on the Growl notification that arises will mute the currently playing Adhan. Clicking on the X button in the top left corner of a Growl notification will close the notification while keeping the Adhan playing.
 
For more information on Growl you can visit the Growl website at http://growl.info.

You have many options to customize your Guidance display. Any of these can be enabled or disabled to make the Guidance display as discrete or obvious as you desire. To set these preferences, click on “Preferences” in the menu and select the “General” tab. Here, select the display options you want and then close the Preferences window.

• Time of next prayer - You may set Guidance to display either the time of the next prayer or how much time (in hours and minutes) is left until the next prayer
• Name of the next prayer - You may set Guidance to display either the full name of the next prayer (e.g. Fajr) or only the letter of the next prayer (e.g. F) or no name at all
• Star and crescent menu icon - You may set Guidance to display or disable the star and crescent icon next to your choice of name and time.

You can stop the currently playing Adhan by either clicking on the Growl notification window or by opening the menu and clicking on the name of the prayer for which the Adhan is currently being played. The current Adhan will have a small speaker icon next to it.
 
To completely disable the Adhan, select “Preferences” from the menu and then click on the Alerts tab. In the alerts tab, deselect the checkbox that says “Enable Sound.” You can also disable the Adhaan for any specific prayer. To do this, simply deselect the checkbox that is next to the name of the prayer for which you want to disable the Adhan.

1. Click on the Guidance icon in the menu bar and select “Preferences.” In the Preferences window, click on the “Alerts” tab.
2. Select which Adhan you wish to be played from the drop down menu labeled “Adhan.” You may preview each Adhan by selecting it from the drop down menu and clicking on the “Preview” button.
3. Once you have selected the Adhan you wish to use, close the preferences window and your preferences will be saved.

1. Select “Preferences” from the menu and then click on the “Alerts” tab.
2. In the Alerts tab, deselect the checkbox next to the name of the prayer for which you wish to disable the Adhan.
3. Close the preferences window to save your preferences.

You can set Guidance to play at a designated time before Fajr. For example, you can set Guidance to play the Fajr Adhan one hour before Shuruq so that you will not be too late for Fajr! This way, you will be able to pray at a time convenient to you but still within the proper allotted time.

1. Select “Preferences” from the menu and then click on the “Alerts” tab.
2. In the Alerts tab, select the checkbox labeled “Shuruq” and type in the number of minutes before Shuruq you would like to be reminded with an Adhan. (For example, 60 min. before Shuruq, 30 min. before Shuruq, etc.). At your set time, Guidance will play the Adhan to remind you before Fajr time is over.
3. Close the box to save your preferences.